The Best Practice and Scenarios in Academic Administration Innovation for School Management in the 21st Century

Abstract

           The objectives of this research were to 1) study the current state of the best practices of academic administration innovations 2) study the scenarios of academic administration innovation 3) affirm the feasibility and trial of academic administration innovation for school administration in the 21^st century.  Research methodology is qualitative and policy research with EDFR research technique.  The first group of 19 informants was acquired by specific sampling. Research tools were semi-structured interviews, opinion questionnaires, and the data were analyzed by finding the median, range between quartiles. The second group of 25 informants was obtained through specific selections. Research tools were group discussions, academic conferences, data analysis with content analysis.  The third group of informants was 3 schools from specific selections including small schools, medium-size schools and large schools with the best practices of academic administration innovation for school administration in the 21^st century. The data were analyzed by content analysis.
           The results of the research were as follows. 1) The current state of the best practice of academic administration innovation was the scope and mission as specified in the 17 areas of the Ministry of Education's regulations. 2) The scenarios of academic management innovation consisted of 4 aspects as follows. 1.1) curriculum management, 1.2) measurement and evaluation, 1.3) teaching management, and 1.4) educational supervision. 3) Confirming the feasibility of scenarios in academic administration innovation, it was found that all practices were appropriate and feasibility of academic administration for effective school administration. As for the results of the trial, it was found that it helped to work cooperatively with fellow teachers and increase opportunities to build good relationships between teachers and learners in order to enhance academic achievement to be more effective and to upgrade the school to have a quality standard in education management.