Strategies for Developing Learning Organizationof Schools Subsidiary to The Secondary Educational Service office KhonKaen

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) investigate the existing situation, desirable situation and needs of being learning organization of schools, 2) to develop strategies being learning organization of schools. The design of the study was mixed methods. There were two phases of the study. Phase 1 was the study of the existing situations, desirable situations and needs of being learning organization of schools. The sample of the study in phase 1 was 224 participants consisted of school administrators and teachers who were selected by stratified random sampling. Phase 2 was the developing strategies being learning organization of schools. The participants were 24 consisted of school administrators and teachers who were selected by purposive sampling. The instruments used were questionnaire, interview questions, document recorded form, not involved observation form and evaluation form. Thediscriminationof questionnaire of existing situationsrated0.495-0.897 and reliability was 0.982.Thediscriminationof questionnaire desirable situations rated0.519-0.939and reliabilitywas 0.994. The statistics used in the study comprised of frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and PNI_modifiedand content analysis.

          The results of the study revealed that 1)Theexisting situations of being learning organization of schools shown that overall and all aspectswererated in more level which could be ordered according to the highest mean as follows; systems thinking, building shared vision, personal mastery, team learning and mental models respectively. The desirable situations of being learning organization of schools shown that overall and all aspects were rated in most level which could be ordered according to the highest mean as follows; team learning, systems thinking, personal mastery, building shared vision and mental models respectively. PNI modified of needs for being learning organization of schools rated 0.108-0.168.When considered of each aspect shown that the most needed of developing the strategies being learning organization of schools was mental models, team learning, personal mastery, building shared vision and systems thinking respectively. 2) Strategies for developing learning organization of schools covered five strategies included 1) strategy for administration promoting with the sustainable quality systems, 2) strategy for administrators and teachers’ capacity promoting, 3) strategy for using of knowledge, experience and technology to support operations promoting, 4) strategy for schools administration with aim at theperformance-based-work promoting and 5) strategy for schools development participation promoting. Five strategic developing consist of five measures, five objectives, fifteen targets, twenty-three key performance indicators and forty-four practices guidelines. Results of suitability and possibility evaluation of strategies for developing learning organization of schools pointed out that overall and all aspectswere rated in most level.