School Management Strategy to Develop Students' Life Skills According to the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy by Using the Professional Learning Community Process of Schools under the Office of Udon Thani Primary Education Service Area 2
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The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the current condition, desirable condition and needs of school management to develop students' life skills according to the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy by using the professional learning community process, for the schools under the Office of Udon Thani Primary Education Service Area 2. The sample consisted of 178 administrators and academic head teachers, obtained through stratified random sampling; 2) to set strategies, having 9 informants; 3) to verify appropriateness of the strategies, having 9 experts, selected through purposive sampling.The tools used for data collection comprised 2 questionnaires, having the validity from 0.80 to 1.00. One questionnaire was for the current condition, with the reliability of 0.97. The other was for the desirable condition, with the reliability of 0.98. The tools also included an interview form, a focus group discussion record, and a strategy assessment form, having the validity from 0.80 to 1.00. For the suitability aspect, the reliability was 0.95. For the possibility, the reliability was 0.97. The analysis of data employed descriptive statistics: frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation. The analysis of priorities of the needs employed the PNI Modified.
The results were as follows:
1. The current condition of school management to develop students' life skills according to the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy by using the professional learning community process, on the whole, was at the moderate level. The overall desirable condition was at the high level. The needs in setting strategies were arranged in the following order: school administration according to the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy, educational institution’s personnel development, curriculum for developing students' life skills according to the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy, activities to develop students' life skills according to the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy, and success, respectively.
2. The four strategies set for school management consisted of 4 main strategies as follows: 1) strategy for developing academic ability, 2) strategy for applying local wisdom,
3) strategy for integrating learning resources inside and outside the school, and 4) strategy for enhancing experiences.
3. The strategy evaluation results revealed that the suitability and possibility, on the whole, were at the high level.
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