GUIDELINES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION LEARNING RESOURCES MANAGEMENT BASED ON BAHUSUTA OF SCHOOLS

Abstract

This research article aimed to 1) study the management of learning resources in secondary schools in the Office of the Secondary Education Service Area, Saraburi; 2) compare teachers’ opinions on learning resources in schools according to their work experience, education level, gender, job position, and personal characteristics, and 3) propose a guideline for managing learning resources in schools according to the principle of polymath using a mixed-method research methodology. The quantitative research method collected data from a sample of 297 people. The research instrument was a questionnaire with a reliability of .63. Data were analyzed by finding frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The hypothesis of comparison was tested by using the F-test and one-way analysis of variance. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from 9 key informants and analyzed by content analysis. The research results found that 1) The management of learning resources in secondary schools as a whole and in each of the 5 aspects was at a high level. 2) The results of comparing teachers’ opinions on the management of learning resources in schools according to the principle of polymath were tested by analyzing the differences between variables, namely, classification by gender, education level, job position, and work experience, which showed different opinions on the management of learning resources in schools according to the principle of polymath. Overall, there was no statistically significant difference. 3) The guidelines for school learning resource management according to the principle of polymath are as follows: (1) Planning for learning resource management, administrators should have a careful and clear plan, set a budget for learning resource study for teachers. (2) Personnel management, school administrators should have good human relations principles that are essential for relying on others, assigning appropriate tasks to individuals. (3) Management, administrators should manage and support learning resources appropriately by organizing a variety of activities that were conducive to learning resource users. (4) Development and use of learning resources, school administrators should have clear development principles, have a plan, implement projects to create and develop learning resources systematically. (5) Summarizing and reporting the results of learning resource creation and development, administrators must learn from what they have learned, whether it was planning and managing learning resources systematically that could solve problems.