Open AccessModel of Participative Academic Administration for Buddhist Temple Charity Schools
Author(s) -
Phra Poompanya Athimootto Et al.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 0033-3077
DOI - 10.17762/pae.v58i1.2167
Subject(s) - buddhism , psychology , curriculum , focus group , administration (probate law) , medical education , data collection , descriptive statistics , pedagogy , mathematics education , sociology , political science , social science , medicine , philosophy , statistics , theology , mathematics , anthropology , law
The objectives of this research were 1) to study problems of participative academic administration for Buddhist Temple Charity Schools, 2) to develop a participative academic administration model for Buddhist Temple Charity Schools, and 3) to propose a participative academic administration model for Buddhist Temple Charity Schools. Mixed methods research was designed. In qualitative research, data were collected by in-depth interviews from 5 school administrators and from focus group discussion with 10 experts. The research tools were interview form and questions for focus group discussion, and data was analyzed by content analysis. In quantitative research, data were collected by using questionnaires from 381 teachers and 115 school administrators by multistage randomization. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistic consisted of percentage, frequency, mean, standard deviation and PNIModified of needs assessment. Results indicated that 1) problems of participative academic administration for Buddhist Temple Charity Schools in all 5 aspects has shown the suitability at a high level. 2) Development of a participative academic administration model for Buddhist Temple Charity Schools consisted of 1) curriculum development by managing teaching and learning in accordance with core curriculum, 2) teaching and learning management by arranging to encourage learners to do their own actions for students to think critically, 3) development and use of innovative media and educational technology by encouraging learners participate in activities and explore the need for courses, 4) educational supervision by organizing a teacher meeting before visiting students' homes and always evaluate the results of supervision, and 5) learning assessment and the transfer of grades according to the actual situation without bias. 3) A participative academic administration model for Buddhist Temple Charity Schools conducted the curriculum with the core curriculum, focus on students taking action and taking part in activities, encourage supervision, and evaluating results according to activities.