PRIVATE SCHOOL ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT BASED ON CREATIVE THINKER CONCEPT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

Abstract

This research aimed to study private school academic management based on creative thinker concept of early childhood. Total 357 schools under the Office of Private Education Commission for early childhood (3 – 6 years of age) were included in this study. All schools were selected by multi-stage sampling. The data were collected from 714 school directors and teachers. In this study, a 5-rating scale questionnaire was used to assess the academic management based on creative thinker concept, with 89.63 % of the response rate. The statistical analyzed data were frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. For the academic management based on creative thinker concept, the highest mean and standard deviation was found in the experience management followed by media, environment, learning resources, developmental evaluation and early childhood curriculum, respectively. By considering each part separately, the most developed skill was the ability to work with others while the lowest developed one was risk taking ability.