THE TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF ADMINISTRATORS AFFECTING THE ACTIVE LEARNING MANAGEMENT OF TEACHERS AT AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING SCHOOL, DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE

Abstract

This research article aims to 1) study the level of transformational leadership of the administrators of the Air Technical Training School, 2) study the level of proactive learning management of the teachers at the Air Technical Training School, 3) study the transformational leadership of the administrators that affects the proactive learning management of the teachers at the Air Technical Training School, and 4) study the guidelines for developing the transformational leadership of the administrators that affects the proactive learning management of the teachers at the Air Technical Training School. It is a mixed-methods research combining quantitative and qualitative approaches. The research procedure used a questionnaire as a data collection tool for a sample group of 86 teachers from the Air Force School, selected by stratified random sampling according to population proportion. The questionnaire had a reliability of .982. The results were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and inferential statistics through stepwise multiple regression analysis. An interview was used as a data collection tool for a sample group of 5 experts, and the results were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.

The research findings revealed that: 1) The level of transformational leadership of the Air Technical Training school administrators, overall and in each aspect, is at a high level; 2) The level of proactive learning management of the Air Technical Training school teachers, overall and in each aspect, is at a high level; and 3) The transformational leadership of administrators affecting the proactive learning management of the Air Technical Training school teachers can predict 63.60% of the variance in proactive learning management of the teachers, with the aspects that significantly contribute being intellectual stimulation, and the aspects that are not significant but still have an impact in order are vision, positive attitude, individuality, and flexibility. And 4) Approaches to developing the change leadership of executives that affect proactive learning management of the Air Technical Training teachers include strategic communication, reinforcement, individual self-development planning, development of learning community skills, and autonomy in creating learning activities.