ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS UNDER THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION OF NAKHON PHANOM PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this study were: 1) to examine the level of opinions of administrators, teachers, and educational personnel regarding the administrative management of child development centers, and 2) to compare the level of opinions of administrators, teachers, and educational personnel on the administrative management of child development centers under the local administrative organization, Nakhon Phanom, classified by job positions and work experience. The sample consisted of 335 participants, including administrators, teachers, and educational personnel. The sample size was determined using the Krejcie and Morgan table, followed by multi-stage random sampling. The research tool was a set of questionnaires assessing the administrative management of child development centers, with the IOC values ranging from 0.60 to 1.00, the discriminative power values ranging from 0.23 to 0.75, and the reliability of 0.91. The statistical methods included percentage, mean, standard deviation, and one-way ANOVA F-test.

 The results revealed that: 1) The perceived opinion levels of participants, both overall and in each aspect, were rated at a high level. The aspect with the highest mean score included buildings, and environment and safety. Although organizational management, academic affairs and curriculum-aligned activities, classified by job positions, recorded the lowest mean scores, they remained at a high level. When classified by educational qualifications and work experience, the perceived opinion levels were rated at a high level overall, and 2) The comparative analysis on the overall perceived opinion levels of participants with different job positions showed no differences. When considering each aspect, organizational management showed differences at the .01 level of significance; however, no differences were found overall in terms of work experience.