A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF READINESS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOLS UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE BASIC EDUCATION COMMISSION, PHETCHABUN PROVINCE, BETWEEN 2015 AND 2025
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Early Childhood Education Management Readiness, Comparative Study, Phetchabun ProvinceAbstract
The objective of this research was to compare the readiness for early childhood education management of schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission in Phetchabun Province by applying the CIPP Model, which consisted of four aspects: context, input, process, and product, between the years 2015 and 2025. The samples in 2015 included 220 school administrators, 220 early childhood teachers, and 440 members of school boards of basic education institutions, totaling 880 participants. In 2025, the samples consisted of 206 school administrators, 206 early childhood teachers, and 412 school board members, totaling 824 participants. The research instrument was a five-point rating scale questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.88. The data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and an independent samples t-test.
The results revealed that (1) overall, schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission in Phetchabun Province had a significantly higher level of readiness for early childhood education management in 2025 than in 2015 at the .05 level of statistical significance; and (2) the readiness in the aspects of input, process, and product differed significantly, with 2025 showing higher readiness, whereas the context aspect showed no significant difference between the two periods
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