Academic Affairs Management Model of Dhamma Education Division in PhraPariyattitham Schools in Nongkhai Province

Abstract

           The research entitled, “Academic Affairs Management Model ofDhamma Education Division ofPhraPariyattitham Schools in Nongkhai Province”, aimed 1) to study the state of the academic affairs management ofDhamma Education Division ofPhraPariyattitham Schools in Nongkhai Province, 2) to create the academic affairs model ofDhamma Education Division ofPhraPariyattitham schools in Nongkhai Province, and 3) to evaluate the academic affairs model ofDhamma Education Division ofPhraPariyattitham schools in Nongkhai Province.

            The samples used in the first period of this research were totally 64 administrators/teachers, i.e. 9monk-administrators and55 teachers who were teaching in 9Dhamma Education Division ofPhraPariyattitham Schools in Nongkhai Province in the academic year of 2014. While in the second period of this research, the 9 informants were invited to participate in a focus group discussion. And in last period, the 20 experts were invited to be as the informants for evaluation.

            The instruments used in this research were the questionnaire, focus group discussion, and the evaluation by the experts. In the quality test, the only items of questionnaire with above .50 value of the IOC were acceptable, and in the reliability test, Cronbach’s alpha value was rated at .97. The statistics used for quantitative data analysis in this research were percentage, mean, and standard deviation. In addition, the content analysis was employed for the qualitative data which were concluded from the experts’ suggestions.

            The research findings revealed that

1. The state of the academic affairs management of PhraPariyattitham Schools in Nongkhai Province was at high level. Especially, the instructional mediaand technology development aspect was at the highest level; the educational supervision aspect was at the lower, and the lowest level was the school’s curriculum development aspect.
2. The academic affairs model of PhraPariyattitham schools in Nongkhai Province consisted of 2 variables that were relevant to each other, i.e. the 5 aspect-academic affairs management and the 4aspect- academic affairs management based on administrative principles.
3. The results of evaluation for the appropriate and possible academic affairs model of PhraPariyattitham schools in Nongkhai Province overall were at the highest level. Moreover, every aspect was found at the highest level.