Management of Professional Education of Junior High Schools under Buriram Primary Educational Service Area Office 3

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study and compare the opinions
of administrators and teachers on management of professional education of junior
high schools under Buriram Primary Educational Service Area Office 3, classified by
the sample’s status. The sample consisted of 158 informants including 79 school
administrators and 79 teachers at the educational opportunity expansion schools
under Buriram Primary Educational Service Area Office 3. Moreover, one director of
educational promotion section, one supervisor and 26 administrators of educational
quality development group of the educational opportunity expansion schools were
in-depth interviewed. The research instrument was a 3-parts questionnaire including
check list, 5–rating scales and open-ended questions withthe reliabilityof 0.966. The
statistics used to analyze the obtained data were percentage, mean and standard
deviation. The content analysis was also conducted. Moreover, the hypothesis was
tested by using t-test. The research results revealed that:
1.Thesample’smanagementof professionaleducationof juniorhighschools
under Buriram Primary Educationa lService Area Office 3 was overall found at a high
level. Upon consideration each aspect, it showed that participation of communities

quality development and implementation of policy while process of learning management was found at the average lowest level.
2. The sample’s opinions on the aforementioned issue, classified by their
status, were not different.
3.Thefollowing pointsofmanagementof professionaleducationof juniorhigh
schoolsunderBuriram Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 were recommended
and suggested by the samples: The budget should be provided for management of
professional education; labor force should be exhibited in order to meet and talk to
entrepreneurs; understanding about how to bring school curriculum based on Basic
Education Core Curriculum (A.D. 2008) intouse for teaching basicoccupations should
be established; careers should be guided for students; and the management of professional education should be reported.
4. Having in-depth interviewed the sample group; it revealed that career instructions should betaught inline withthecommunity context, school readiness and
students’aptitudes. Curriculumshould bereconstructed inaccordance withstudents’
careers. Students should be givena chance tolearnand practice by themselves. And
educational management should also be collaborated with partners and networks.
and networks was ranked at the average highest level and was followed by student