Approaches for Developing Learning Environment Management to Enhance Innovator Characteristics of Kaenchanwittaya School Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to study the priority needs of developing learning environment management to enhance innovator characteristics of Kaenchanwittaya school students; 2) to purpose approaches for developing learning environment management to enhance innovator characteristics of the students. The research informants consisted of 1 school director, 3 co-directors, 38 teachers and 3 educational personnel. The total of this research were 45 informants. The research instrument used in this study was 5 rating scaled questionnaire. The data ware analyzed by frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Modified Priority Needs Index (PNI_modified).

The research results turned out as follows. The priority needs of developing learning environment management, sorted from the highest to the lowest PNI_modified revealed that: 1) for Physical Environment (PNI_modified = 0.391); the highest element of priority need was Risk-Taking (PNI_modified = 0.425); 2) for Management Environment (PNI_modified = 0.390), the highest element of priority need was Risk-Taking (PNI_modified = 0.422); 3) for Academic Environment (PNI_modified = 0.379), the highest element of priority need was Experimenting (PNI_modified = 0.400). There were 3 main approaches; 1) transform classroom and learning area conditions into those that encourage risk-taking and experimenting in both teachers and students through evaluation of school’s physical environment. 2) improve management system based on the principle that teachers need to be led innovators through evaluation of current management system. and 3) create academic environments through education design that aims to build the innovator characteristics in learners.