PRIORITY NEEDS FOR DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP OF NONTHABURI MUNICIPALITY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS

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Thitikorn Thipsuwan
Nantarat Charoenkul

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This research article aimed to: 1) study the current state and desired state of technology leadership of Nonthaburi municipality school administrators; 2) investigate the priority needs for developing technology leadership of Nonthaburi municipality school administrators. This study employed a descriptive research design. The population included 6 of school principals, 6 of deputy principals, 24 of heads of divisions, and 48 of heads of departments, totaly 84, selected through purposive sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire, which had been validated for content validity (IOC = 1.00) and demonstrated high reliability (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.985). The data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, the Modified Priority Needs Index (PNImodified), and content analysis.


The research findings revealed as follow. 1) Overall, the current state of technology leadership of Nonthaburi municipality school administrators was at a moderate level. The highest-rated dimension was Equity and Citizenship Advocate, followed by Visionary Planner, Empowering Leader and Connected Learner, respectively. The lowest-rated dimension was Systems Designer. The desired state of technology leadership of Nonthaburi municipality school administrators was, overall, at the highest level. The highest-rated dimension was Equity and Citizenship Advocate, followed by Visionary Planner, Empowering Leader and Systems Designer, respectively. The lowest-rated dimension was Connected Learner. 2) In terms of priority needs for developing technology leadership of Nonthaburi municipality school administrators, the dimension with the highest priority need was Systems Designer (PNImodified = 0.423), followed by Connected Learner (PNImodified = 0.414), Empowering Leader (PNImodified = 0.406), and Visionary Planner (PNImodified = 0.321), respectively. The dimension with the lowest priority need was Equity and Citizenship Advocate (PNImodified = 0.312)

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Thipsuwan, T., & Charoenkul, N. . (2025). PRIORITY NEEDS FOR DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP OF NONTHABURI MUNICIPALITY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS. Journal of Educational Review Faculty of Education in MCU, 12(3), 362–370. retrieved from https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/EDMCU/article/view/279543
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