THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE IN PSYCHOLOGY FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

Abstract

            The purposes of this research were 1) to identify the body of knowledge in psychology for secondary school administration and 2) verify the body of knowledge in psychology for secondary school administration. The sample were 97 basic education schools, determined by Taro Yamane sample size table at the confidence level of 90%. 
The respondents were a school director, the deputy director of personnel and guidance teacher with a total of 291 respondents. The research instruments were the
semi-structured interview, the questionnaire about the body of knowledge in psychology for secondary school administration and the confirmatory form. The statistics used to analyze the data were frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, confirmatory factor analysis, and content analysis. The research findings revealed that:

1. The body of knowledge in psychology for secondary school administration were composed of 16 factors : 1) General psychology 2) Guidance psychology 3) Counseling psychology 4) Buddhism psychology 5) Experimental psychology 6) Learning psychology
   7) Educational psychology 8) Personality psychology 9) Clinical psychology 10) Crowd psychology or Mob psychology 11) Abnormal psychology 12) Community psychology 13) Industrial and organization psychology 14) Development psychology 15) Social psychology and 16) Parapsychology.
2. The body of knowledge in psychology for secondary school administration were verified with accuracy, propriety, feasibility, and utility.