Guidelines for Managing Information Systems to Enhance Efficiency in Educational Management of Primary Schools in Kathum Baen District Under Samut Sakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office

Abstract

Technological advancement has brought about changes and plays an increasing role in school operations for administration and teacher’s management of education. It is hence imperative to develop an effective educational approach based on the analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of instructional environment and learning media to provide a more effective system of teaching and learning. Educational institutions or schools should have implementation guidelines for acquiring information that will facilitate a proper decision-making to solve problems, with an action plan supported by such information rather than speculation. With these background and significance, the researcher was thus interested to study about Guidelines For Managing Information Systems To Enhance Efficiency In Educational Management of Primary Schools In Kathum Baen District Under Samut Sakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office. The study result will serve as the data or guide to prepare for the use of information technology in school administration and also the use of technology in teaching and learning. The objectives of this research was 1) to study the current and desired conditions of information system management to promote efficiency. in the provision of primary school education Krathum Baen District Under the jurisdiction of the Samut Sakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office 2) To propose guidelines for information system management to promote efficiency. in the provision of primary school education Krathum Baen District Under the jurisdiction of the Samut Sakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office. It took a quantitative research method which includes a sample of school administrators and teachers for totally 261 persons. There were 242 questionnaire respondents, accounting for 90.64%.  The research tools was a 5-point rating scale questionnaire with IOC in a range of .67 - 1.00 and reliability of .98. The analysis employed the Priority Need Index Modified. Informants were 15 experts. The tool used was a propriety and feasibility evaluation form as a 5-point rating scale. Statistical analysis was performed for percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Priority Need Index Modified.

Research result found that the school management to promote information technology  skills of teachers in Kratumbaen district under  under the Samutsakhon Primary Education Service in overall and individual aspect was at a moderate level for the current state, and in overall at a highest level for the desirable state, with 5 aspects at a highest level.  The priority needs of guidelines for school management to promote information technology skills of teachers in Kratumbaen district under  under the Samutsakhon Primary Education Service suggested PNImodified as .378 in overall, and by individual aspect including the need for using information technology in teaching and learning (PNImodified = .357) at a lowest level as the strength; using information technology in administration (PNImodified = .391), developing information technology for education (PNImodified = .379), and readiness of information technology system (PNImodified = .361) at a highest level as weaknesses. Accordingly, the guidelines with 2 main approaches and 5 sub-approaches were determined. Main Approach 1: Defining policies for the use of information technology in administration and management of education. Sub-Approach 1.1 Analyzing and establishing an information technology system for administration and management of education; Sub-Approach 1.2 Developing the knowledge and ability of personnel to support the use of information technology in education management. Main Approach 2: Defining policies for the management of data and information in education management. Sub-Approach 2.1 Organizing database on the knowledge of teaching and learning management; Sub-Approach 2.2 Securing resources for the use of information technology in teaching and learning management; Sub-Approach 2.3. Networking for learning exchange of information technology in teaching and learning management