TEACHERS’ GUIDELINES IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT TO PROMOTE QUALITY OF AN ECO-FRIENDLY GROWTH LIFE FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS IN RAYONG PROVINCE

Abstract

            This research aimed to study the conditions of teachers’ educational management to promote quality of an eco-friendly growth life for secondary students in Rayong province and propose guidelines in their educational management. The research was a mixed method. The samples, selected by using non proportional stratified random sampling, were 320 secondary school teachers in Rayong province. Eight key informant teachers were interviewees by in-depth interview. Questionnaire and structural interview form were the research instruments. The questionnaire’s quality was tested by content validity (IOC = .97) and reliability (α-Cronbach coefficient = .947). The structural interview form was checked for the appropriateness of the questions by 3 experts. The statistics for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, independent t test, one-way ANOVA, and triangulation. The results of the research were found, as follows: 1) Each aspect of the conditions of teachers’ educational management to promote quality of an eco-friendly growth life for secondary students in Rayong province was found at a high level. Learning management to the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy was the most ranking while learning management on environmental education was the lowest ranking. When studying personal factors of teachers, it was found that age, education level, teaching experience and subject groups affected different educational management of teachers while gender did not affect educational management, and 2) The guidelines in teachers’ educational management to promote quality of an eco-friendly growth life for secondary students in Rayong province were found that the teachers employed learning resources, activity-based learning, problem-based learning, and integrated learning.