A STUDY OF INTEGRATED EDUCATION MANAGEMENT CONDITIONS AT EARLY CHILDHOOD LEVEL OF SCHOOLS IN PHITSANULOK PROVINCE, THAILAND

การศึกษาสภาพการจัดการเรียนร่วมระดับปฐมวัย โรงเรียนในจังหวัดพิษณุโลก

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study and compare the integrated education management conditions at early childhood level of schools in Phitsanulok Province, Thailand, classified by respondent position, educational service area, and school size. A total of 60 respondents, including 10 school administrators, and 50 teachers who were responsible for children with disability, was the sample in this study.  A questionnaire was used as a research instrument. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test analysis, One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and Least Significant Difference (LSD).   

The findings were;           

1. The integrated education management condition at early childhood level of schools in Phitsanulok Province, of the school administrators and the teachers were at a moderate level.            

2. The comparisons of the integrated education management condition at the early childhood level of schools in Phitsanulok Province were as follows; (1) By the respondents' position, it was found that the administrators and teachers responsible for children with disabilities were statistically significantly different at level 0.5. (2) When compared according to the educational service area, it was found that it was not statistically significant; and (3) compared by school size, it was found that schools of different sizes were significantly different at the .05 level. The mean score of the small-size schools differed from the medium-size and large-size schools at the .05 level of statistical significance.