ADMINISTRATIVE FACTORS EFFECTING CONCERN-BASED ADOPTION MODEL OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY FOR INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS UNDER THE SECONDARY EDUCATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

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The purposes of this research were to determine 1) the level of actual administrative factors in schools under the secondary education quality improvement project 2) the level of adoption of information and communications technology for instruction in schools under the secondary education quality improvement project 3) the causal effect of administrative factors to concern-based adoption model of information and communications technology for instruction in schools under the secondary education quality improvement project. The sample consisted of 220 English, Mathematics, Science, and Computer teachers (each subject = 55 teachers) in sixteen provinces under the secondary education quality improvement project. The instrument used for data gathering was a questionnaire about administrative factors based on Richard M. Steers’ theory and concern-based adoption model of information and communications technology for instruction in schools based on Hall, G.E. and Hord, S.M.’s theory. Frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis were used for data analysis

The results of the research were as follow ;

1. The level of administrative factors as a whole and as an individual factor in schools were at a high level.

2. The level of adoption of information and communications technology for instruction in schools in the Northern, Central and Southern parts of Thailand. as a whole and as an individual factor were at a high level accept mechanical use,routine, integration, and renewal were at a Moderate level.

3. Administrative factors effecting concern-based adoption model of information and communications technology for instruction both by part concerned and subject concerned in differences aspects.