Political Culture of the School Administrators: A Case Study of the Extended Educational Opportunity Schools in Det Udom District, Ubon Ratchathani Primary Educational Service Area Office 5

Abstract

This study aims to examine the pattern of political culture and factors that influence the determination of political culture among school administrators of extended educational opportunity schools in Det Udom District, Ubon Ratchathani Primary Education Service Area Office 5. The research instrument were questionnaire and interview record form. Statistics used in this research were percentage, and F-test. samples in the survey stage were 44 school administrators of extended educational opportunity schools in Det Udom District, Ubon Ratchathani Primary Education Service Area Office 5 who were obtained from 32 schools. In the interview stage, samples were 43 school administrators from 8 schools. The research result revealed that the administrators of these schools had democratic culture as their political culture; the influential factors were age, sex, status, income, duration of employment, and political information acquisition. Education level was the factor which was not influence the determination of political culture because all samples had educational level higher than bachelor degree therefore they had no difference at all.