THE GUIDELINE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT OF FEMALE ADMINISTRATORS UNDER THE OFFICE OF PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA IN NONGBUALUMPHU PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) study the states of social support of female administrators under The Office of Primary Educational Service Area in Nongbualumphu Province. 2) study the guideline of social support of female administrators. The research using the mixed methods research by divided the research into 2 phases. Including Phase 1, studied the states of social support of female administrators under The Office of Primary Educational Service Area in Nongbualumphu Province. The sample consisted of 180 administrators obtained by stratified random sampling. The research instruments was a rating scale questionnaire which the reliability was 0.99.  The results of the research found that the social support of female administrators was at a high level overall. When considered in each aspect found that there was the evaluation support at a high level and the others consisting of information support, resource management support and emotional support were at a medium level. Phase 2, studied the guideline of social support of female administrators under The Office of Primary Educational Service Area in Nongbualumphu Province using In-Depth Interview with 12 interviewees namely supervisors, administrators, school directors and teachers. The data were analyzed using content analysis and checking the quality of information using triangulation technique. The research found that the guideline of social support of female administrators under The Office of Primary Educational Service Area in Nongbualumphu Province consisted 2 guidelines 1) behaving to female administrators 2) reinforcement to female administrators.