The Development Model toward Innovative school under the Office of the Basic Education Mission in Thailand

Authors

  • Veeradej Maneenop
  • Dawruwan Thawinkarn
  • Kanokorn Somprach

Abstract

The purpose of this research were to 1) study to components of innovative school under the office of the basic education mission 2) school level factors and teacher level factors affecting the innovative school under the office of the basic education mission 3) construct a model toward innovative school under the office of the basic education mission 4 ) evaluating a model toward innovative school under the office of the basic education mission. The research methodology has been a mixed method research sequential explanatory design. The research was divided into three phases; ( I ) to study components of innovative school under the office of the basic education mission using synthesis document and in-depth interview from five selected expert ( purposive sampling) and CFA analysis . ( II ) to study school level factors and teacher level factors affecting the innovative school under the office of the basic education mission using HLM (Hierarchical Linear Model) the sample include 1350 Teachers and administrators from 450 schools under the office of the basic education mission in Thailand using multi - stage sampling. ( III ) construct a model toward innovative school under the office of the basic education mission were draft using synthesis documents and in –depth interview from five selected expert, and were developed using Multi-Attribute consensus reaching with a sample consisting of 11 selected experts. The instrument used in the study were semi-structured interviews and evaluated a model. Data was analyzed using basic statistics such as frequency and percentage which were then summarized.

The research found that;

1) The Innovative school under the office of the basic education mission was composed of seven components; 1) Mutually challenging visions 2) A flexible organizational structure 3) An innovator team 4) Innovation strategies 5) Innovative behaviors 6) culture and open climate and 7) Open communication. The purposed structural equation model of innovative school fit quite well with the empirical data set. ?2 = 112.489, df = 92, RMSEA = 0.011, SRMR = 0.017, CFI = 0.999, TLI = 0.997

2) The teacher level; academic level of teacher, experience teaching, using media and technology, and creative teaching affecting innovative school in significant .01and school level; school as learning community and school curriculum affecting innovative school in significant .05 and found that policy factor negative affecting innovative school.

3) A model toward innovative school under the office of the basic education mission include; 1) Principles 2) Objective 3) Method and 4) Indicators success. and the process developing toward innovative school under the office of the basic education mission include; 1) Leader 2) Strategic planning 3) using innovative strategy, and interne vision.

4) A model toward innovative school under the office of the basic education mission showed that propriety, feasibility, accuracy and utility was overall at the highest level.

 Keywords: the development model, innovative school

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2019-12-12

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