The Analysis of the Components of Information Technology Leadership of School Administrators in Small -Sized Primary Schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission

Abstract

                  This research aimed to analyze the components of information technology leadership of small primary school administrators under the Office of the Basic Education Commission. The research studied related research documents, interviewed 9 experts, and collected data from a sample group of 400 administrators under the Office of the Basic Education Commission. The sample size was determined according to the criteria of Hair (Hair, et al., 2006), which states that multivariate analysis used to estimate parameters should use a sample size of 400 units or more. The instrument used in the study was a semi-structured questionnaire with a reliability of 0.98. The statistics used to analyze the data included mean and standard deviation, content analysis, and exploratory factor analysis using varimax rotation. The research findings were as follows:

                  Components of the characteristics of educational administrators in the new normal era of educational administrators in Nakhon Sawan Provincial Educational Service Area consist of 8 components, which can explain the variance of 83.060 percent, with Eigen values between 1.124 - 26.103. Each component is ranked from highest to lowest weight as follows: 1) Application of information technology in management, with component weights between 0.984 - 0.657; 2) Creation of information technology vision, with component weights between 0.970 - 0.798; 3) Management of information technology resources, with component weights between 0.960 - 0.852; 4) Creation of a collaborative learning environment, with component weights between 0.972 - 0.939; 5) Development of information technology skills, with component weights between 0.980 - 0.73; 6) Personality of information technology leaders, with component weights between 0.967 - 0.731; 7) Management of information technology in the organization. The component weights are between 0.939 - 0.652. 8) Morality, ethics and professional law in using information technology have component weights between 0.977 - 0.93.