Participation in Educational management of the Educational Service Area Boards under SakonNakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office

Abstract

            The research entitled, “Participation in Educational management of the Educational Service Area Boards under SakonNakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office,” aimed 1) to study the state of participation in educational management of the educational service area boards under the SakonNakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office, 2) to create the model of participation in educational management of the educational service area boards under the SakonNakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office,and 3) to evaluate the model of participation in educational management of the educational service area boards under the SakonNakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office.

             The population used in the first period of this research wasthe 54 educational service area boardsselected fromthe three offices under theSakonNakhon Primary Educational Service Area. In addition, 18 educational service area boards were selected from each office. 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 .98. 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 participatory state of educational service area boards from offices under the SakonNakhon Primary Educational Service Area, overall were at high level. Especially, the budget administration aspect was at the highest level; then, come to the academic affairs aspect, and the lowest level was the general administration aspect.
2. The model of participation in educational management of the educational service area boards under the SakonNakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office consisted of 6 aspects, namely, 1) the model objectives, 2) the model principles, 3) operating mechanism, 4) operation, 5) evaluation, and 6) success condition.
3. The results of possibility and appropriateness evaluation for the model of participation in educational management of the educational service area boards under the SakonNakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office overall were at the highest level. When considering each aspect, it was found that every aspect was considered to be at the highest level.