Expectations and Needs of Stakeholders towards Master of Education in Early Childhood and Primary Education Management

Abstract

This research was aimed to study 1) the expectations on learning outcomes of stakeholders in the Master of Education Program in Early Childhood and Primary Education Management 2) the needs of stakeholders on the Managerial Competency and the masters’ degree attributes in the Master of Education Program in Early Childhood and Primary Education Management. The sample group consisted of 360, Office of the Basic Education Commission, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, Educational Management Quality of independent organization and 38 of the experts in Early Childhood and Primary Education Management. The instrument was used the survey of further studies and entrepreneurs needs on the Master of Education Program in Early Childhood and Primary Education Management. The statistics used in data analysis were Percentage, Mean and Standard deviation.

The results showed that 1) Stakeholders have expectations on the Master of Education Program in Early Childhood and Primary Education Management on learning outcomes that: (1) the ability of school administrators to manage the institutions pass quality criteria (2) the leadership skills to guide society and (3) have adherence to the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy and applied resource management. 2) the Managerial Competencies consisted of professional ethics, teamwork, vision, and self-development, Moreover, the desirable characteristics of masters’ degree; have morals and ethics, adhere the principles of good governance, professional skills, leadership changes and must understood the academic of early childhood and primary education.