THE PRIORITY NEEDS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS

Abstract

The objective of this research was to analyze the priority needs of academic management development based on the concept of Innovative entrepreneurship skills. This study used a descriptive research methodology. The sample groups used in this research were 341 secondary school by multi-stage random sampling. A total of 1,023 informants included school director or school vice director, head of academic affairs or head of subject department, and student. The research instrument was a rating-scale of present and desirable state of academic management development based on the concept of Innovative entrepreneurship skills questionnaire. The data was analyzed by frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Modified Priority Needs Index (PNI_Modified). The findings revealed that the ranking of priority needs in academic management based on the concept of Innovative entrepreneurship skills, the area with the highest priority needs index was curriculum development (PNI_Modified = 0.196), followed by the teaching and learning management (PNI_Modified = 0.134), measurement and evaluation (PNI_Modified = 0.133) and media, technology and learning resources using (PNI_Modified = 0.112) respectively. When considered in each aspect of innovative entrepreneurship skills, it was found that the skill which had the highest priority needs index was networking (PNI_Modified = 0.166), followed by the associative thinking (PNI_Modified = 0.132) and the lowest priority needs index was experimenting (PNI_Modified = 0.097).