PARENTAL NEEDS FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES OF ALPHA GENERATION STUDENTS: A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN THE ECONOMIC HUB OF LOWER SOUTHERN THAILAND
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This research was a mixed method research to analyze the parental needs for extracurricular programs of alpha generation students in a private school in the economic hub of lower Southern Thailand. The research sample in the quantitative study consisted of 264 parents of students from the kindergarten level to primary level of a private school in Hat Yai District, Songkhla Province, obtained by stratified random sampling. The employed research instrument was a questionnaire with IOC indices ranging from 0.67 to 1.00 and reliability coefficient of 0.92 for the entire questionnaire. The statistics used for analysis of quantitative data were the frequency and percentage. The research results showed that the top three most popular extracurricular programs were (1) Robot Program from the Science and Technology Learning Area which required the highest fee, (43.26%); (2) International Music Program from the Contemporary Art Learning Area, (27.19%); and (3) Intensive English Program from the Academic Tutoring Learning Area (18.1%). In the qualitative study, the researcher embedded in the field study area for five months and used the ethnographic research method to collect research data from 14 key informants. Research data were analyzed with content analysis. The research findings from content analysis of qualitative data revealed that the majority of parents’ needs were based on the success-oriented thinking in combination with realism thinking to make decisions for choosing extracurricular programs for alpha generation students.
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