A Study of Academic Administration for Primary Schools in Digital Age under the Ubon Ratchathani Primary Educational Service Area Office 5

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to study of academic administration for primary schools in digital age 2) to compare the state of academic administration for primary schools in digital age which was classified by work positions, work experiences and school sizes 3)to examine the problems and guidelines for the academic administration for primary schools in digital age under the Ubon Ratchathani Primary Educational Service Area Office 5. The sample used in the research were administrators and academic teachers numbering 400 under the Ubon Ratchathani Primary Educational Service Area Office 5.The research instrument was a questionnaire with the entire confidence value of .95. The statistics used in data analysis include frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and one-way anova. The research findings were as follows. 1) The overall state of the academic administration for primary schools in digital age was in high level. 2) Comparing opinions on the condition of academic administration of primary schools in the digital age, it was found that school administrators and academic teachers with different work positions had no different in overall. 3) The problems and recommendations for the academic administration for primary schools in digital age under the Ubon Ratchathani Primary Educational Service Area Office 5 as the following. The problems were: lacks of teachers who was able to understand and develop the local curriculum clearly, lack of teachers in class, extra workload, inadequate budget for media and technology development. The recommendations were; it should be training on creating local curriculum concerning the educational institutions and should be arranging teachers according to the major and cover all grades. Moreover, encouraging teachers to use technology in education as much as possible.