GUIDELINES FOR CLASSROOM RESEARCH PROMOTION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS UNDER THE UTHAI THANI PRIMARY EDUCATION SERVICE AREA 2 ACCORDING TO 7 KALYA ̅ṆAMITTA- DHAMMA PRINCIPLES

Abstract

This research aims to 1) study the status of classroom research promotion of school administrators, 2) compare the opinions of school administrators and teachers on classroom research promotion of school administrators, classified by gender, age, status, position, education level, and professional experience, and 3) find a guideline for classroom research promotion of school administrators according to the principles of 7 Kalyṇamitta-dhamma (Qualities of a good friends). This research is a mixed-method research. The quantitative research used a questionnaire with a sample of 285 sets. The data were analyzed using statistics, including frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, comparison of hypothesis testing, t-test, and One Way ANOVA. The qualitative research was conducted by interviewing 9 key informants. The data were analyzed using content analysis. The results of the research found that 1) The status of classroom research promotion of school administrators in Uthai Thani Primary Educational Service Area 2 was at a high level overall. When considering each aspect, the opinions were at a high level in 3 aspects: research promotion, supervision, monitoring, and research implementation. In terms of promoting progress and respecting teachers, respectively, each aspect had a moderate level of opinion: Basic knowledge about research 2) The results of comparing opinions of school administrators and teachers on promoting classroom research of school administrators in Uthai Thani Primary Educational Service Area 2 classified by gender, age, position status, education level, and professional experience found that school administrators and teachers with different genders, ages, education levels, and professional experience had no statistically significant differences at .05. As for position status, school administrators and teachers with different positions had statistically significant differences at .01. 3) The guidelines for promoting classroom research of school administrators according to the 7 Kalyṇamitta-dhamma principles (Qualities of a good friends) were as following: (1) In terms of promoting and supporting research, supporting teachers in producing media and innovations, planning off-site study tour projects, allocating appropriate budgets, and building good relationships with communities and local areas. (2) In terms of promoting progress and respecting teachers, supporting teachers with research results to use the research results to develop effective teaching and learning, creating model teachers with research knowledge to mentor teachers. (3) In terms of basic knowledge about research, supporting teachers to develop teaching and learning processes using research as a foundation and the school administrators themselves must have knowledge and understanding of the research process, always studying and seeking knowledge, being able to transfer knowledge to teachers correctly, and not advising teachers to commit research ethics. (4) In terms of supervision and monitoring of research operations, creating awareness among teachers that research was a role and duty of teachers and that there should be continuous supervision and monitoring of research operations by organizing meetings to explain the research planning and research evaluation, setting evaluation criteria, and giving all parties an opportunity to participate in evaluating the research results so that each teacher would be aware of the problems and finding ways to develop research results together.