The Development of a Curriculum on Administrative Law for Administrators of Legal Entity Primary Schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to assess training needs, develop and evaluate a curriculum on administrative law for administrators of legal entity primary schools under the office of the Basic Education Commission.  The research approach was mixed-method research. The research design was done in 3 phases as follows. 1) Assess training needs on curriculum of administrative law. The sample group was 485 school administrators, 2) Develop curriculum on administrative law. The data was collected from 13 experts. and 3) Evaluate curriculum using on administrative law. The data was collected from 40 school administrators. And follow up evaluation on the utilization after training was carried out for 1 year.

            The research results found that

1. The overall level of training needs assessment on the curriculum on administrative

Law of school administrators were rated at a high level.

1. The curriculum on administrative law for administrators of the legal entity

primary schools had 32 hours. It covered 4 areas. The evaluation of possibilities and suitability from experts found that the curriculum was appropriate and possible at a high level.

1. The school administrators who participated training course of curriculum on administrative law had achievement test score higher than before undertaking the training course at .01 level. and follow-up evaluation after the training had been done for 1 year, found that the administrators are much more careful in doing administrative acts.