Strategies for Academic Administration to Enhance the Innovation Ability of Student under Roi Ed Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

This research aimed to: 1. examine the current conditions, desired conditions, and needs regarding academic administration for enhancing students’ innovation creation abilities under the Roi Et Primary Educational Service Area Office 2; and 2. develop academic administration strategies to strengthen students’ capacity for innovation creation under the same office. It was conducted in two phases. Phase 1 investigated the current conditions, desired conditions, and needs concerning academic administration to promote students’ innovative abilities. The sample consisted of 350 school administrators and teachers, determined using Yamane’s formula and selected through stratified sampling. Data were collected using a five-point rating scale questionnaire. Phase 2 focused on developing academic administration strategies to enhance students’ innovation creation abilities. Data were gathered through a focus group discussion with eight experts, followed by an assessment of the strategies’ appropriateness and feasibility. The questionnaire assessing the current and desired conditions demonstrated a reliability coefficient of 0.989, while the five-point strategy evaluation form showed a reliability coefficient of 0.705. Statistical analyses employed included percentage, mean, standard deviation, and the Modified Priority Needs Index (PNI_modified).

The findings were as follows: 1. The overall current conditions of academic administration to enhance students’ innovation abilities were at a high level, while the desired conditions were at a very high level. The ranking of needs, from highest to lowest, was as follows: 1) Use of media, innovation, and technology, 2) Measurement, evaluation, and transfer of student learning outcomes, 3) Curriculum development, 4) Teaching and learning development and 5) Educational supervision. 2. The academic administration strategies developed to enhance students’ innovation creation abilities comprised four types: 1) Proactive strategies: 5 main strategies, 34 sub-strategies, and 165 operational methods, 2) Expansion strategies: 5 main strategies, 15 sub-strategies, and 70 operational methods. 3) Turnaround strategies: 5 main strategies, 15 sub-strategies, and 63 operational methods, 4) Preventive strategies: 5 main strategies, 15 sub-strategies, and 62 operational methods. The evaluation results revealed that the appropriateness and feasibility of the main strategies, sub-strategies, and operational methods were rated at the highest level in all aspects.