Need Assessment in Participatory in the Development of Learning Resources Outside School between Community and School under the NakhonSawan Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

The purpose of this research were 1) to study the actual and situation that should be in development of learning resource outside school between community and school under NakhonSawan Primary Educational Service Area Office 2,2) to rank the needs of in Participatory in the Development of Learning Resources Outside School between Community and School under the NakhonSawan Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, 3) to present a proposedguidelines to improve Participatory in the Development of Learning Resources Outside School between Community and School under the NakhonSawan Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The sample group was 294 people which consisted of school administrators, teachers, basic education committees, students, student parents, community leaders and village philosophers were obtained by multistage random sampling. A total of 42 schools were used as a sampling unit, 7 students per school, and the personal data sources consisted of school administrators, teachers, and community leaders which totaling 10 people obtained by selective selection. Quantitative data were collected by using a 5-level estimation scale questionnaire, namely 17 items of status quo questionnaires with discriminant powers between 0.88-0.98 and confidence values of 0.988, and 17 items of status quo questionnaires with discriminating powers. between 0.75-0.95 and has a confidence value of 0.970 and qualitative data with group discussions. Data analyses by Mean, Standard Deviation, Priority Need Index with Modified Priority Need Index (PNI modified),and analytic induction.

       The results of the research were as follows: 1) The participation in the development of learning resources outside the school between the community and the school under the NakhonSawan Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, the actual situation It was at a moderate level ( =2.95, S.D. = 0.70) and the situation it should be were at a high level ( =4.23, S.D.= 0.67) and were statistically different at the .01 level. 2) Needs that are urgently important and need to be first developed include participation in the implementation, followed by participation in supervision, monitoring, evaluation,and 3) a guideline for participation in the development of learning resources outside school between the community and school under NakhonSawan Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 should focus on the aspect of participation in planning, the implementation committee should be clearly appointed, active participation in all matters should be organized, and a workshop should be held between the educational institution and the community, andshould coordinate with the local authorities at the district and provincial level or nearby provincial areas.