Professionalism of Educational Institution Administrators in The 21st Century as Perceived by Teachers under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Nonthaburi

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study professionalism of educational institution administrators in the 21^st century as perceived by teachers under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office, Nonthaburi, and 2) to compare the professionalism of educational institution administrators in the 21^st century as perceived by teachers under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office, Nonthaburi classified by gender, age, education level, work experience and school size. The sample consisted of 306 teachers. The research instrument was a questionnaire with a content validity, IOC values, between .67–1.00 and a reliability value of .88. The data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, One-way ANOVA and LSD.

The results of the research were as follows: 1) professionalism of educational institution administrators in the 21^st century as perceived by teachers under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Nonthaburi were at a high level in overall ( 𝑥̅= 4.40) and particular aspects, ranking from the highest to the lowest mean: Morality and Ethics ( 𝑥̅= 4.47), Leadership ( 𝑥̅= 4.39), Visionary ( 𝑥̅= 4.37), Management ( 𝑥̅= 4.35), and 2) professionalism of educational institution administrators in the 21st century as perceived by teachers as perceived by teachers classified by gender, education level, and school size were not different in overall and particular aspects,while the differential age and work experience were statistically significant at the level of .01 in Visionary, leadership and morality and ethics.