The Development of a Causal Relationship Model of Factors Influencing to Professional Learning Community Management in Schools under Secondary Educational Service Area Office 21

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SATHIT KOONSORN
RAPIPAN KAEWPOKA
PRAYAD RUECHAKUL

Abstract

ABSTRACT


       


            The purposes of this research were to develop and examine a causal relationship model of influencing factors on Professional Learning Community Management under Schools of Secondary Educational Service Area Office 21 by developing with the empirical data. The research was conducted in 2 phases. The first phase was the conceptual framework construction by a study of document involved and interviewing experts with Delphi technique. The second phase was the hypothesis examination by using questionnaire with five rating scale at the reliability of 0.98. The research was carried out with 584 teacher samples of schools of Secondary Educational Service Area Office 21 which were obtained by purposive sampling. The statistic used for analyzing basic data and Confirmatory Factor Analysis: CFA and Congruence Analysis between hypothesis model and empirical data was computer program.


            The research findings found as follows:


1) A causal relationship model of influencing factors on Professional Learning Community Management under Schools of Secondary Educational Service Area Office 21 consisted of transformational leadership, organizational structure, knowledge management, organizational culture, knowledge management plan and information technology.


2) A causal relationships model developed had congruence with empirical data by considering to c2 = 220.18, df value = 177.00, p - value = 0.15, GFI value = 0.97, AGFI value = 0.95 and RMSEA value = 0.02. The factor of transformational leadership had directly influenced and total in influenced on Professional Learning Community management of schools at the highest level, followed by organizational culture, knowledge management and information technology, respectively. All variances of model developed could describe the variance of PLC management in schools under secondary educational service area office 21 at 68 % and the level of significance is 0.05.


 


Key words: Management, Professional Learning Community, A Causal Relationship Model

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KOONSORN, S., KAEWPOKA, R., & RUECHAKUL, P. (2019). The Development of a Causal Relationship Model of Factors Influencing to Professional Learning Community Management in Schools under Secondary Educational Service Area Office 21. Santapol College Academic Journal, 6(1), 123–133. retrieved from https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/scaj/article/view/218612
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