Development Guidelines for Converting Educational Administration Paradigms in the Digital Era of School Administrators under Kalasin Secondary Educational Service Area Office

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to investigate factors and indicators concerning the actual state, the desirable state, needs assessment and Development guidelines for converting Educational Administration Paradigms in the Digital Era of School Administrators under Kalasin Secondary Educational Service Area Office. The study was conducted in three Phases. Phase 1: To investigate the factors and indicators for converting educational administration paradigms in the digital era of school administrators, the key informants were five scholars. Phase 2: To investigate the actual state, the desirable state, needs assessment for converting educational administration paradigms in the digital era of school administrators. The sample group consisted of 322 administrators and teachers. The research instrument was a five-point Likert scale questionnaire. Its reliability was at 0.98. The data were analyzed by  percentage, mean and standard deviation and PNI modified. Phase 3: to investigate the development guidelines for converting educational administration paradigms in the digital era of school administrators under Kalasin Secondary Educational Service Area Office, seven experts were interviewed. 

The study showed as follows: The factors and indicators concerning the actual state, the desirable state, needs assessment for converting educational administration paradigms in the digital era of school administrators consisted of 7 factors and 58 indicators. The actual state, the desirable state, needs assessment for converting educational administration paradigms in the digital era of school administrators. The research findings revealed that the average value of the actual state was at a moderate level, overall desirable condition was at the highest level and needs were in every aspect. Investigation of development guidelines for converting Educational Administration Paradigms in the digital era of school administrators under Kalasin Secondary Educational Service Area Office found that there were 24 guidelines. The academic experts’ finding was propriety at very high and had operational feasibility at high level. In order to develop routine to academics, this study suggested that the school administrators or stakeholders should have a guideline of the training and development or a field trip in the school that had high administration paradigm in digital era.