Open AccessConfirmatory factor analysis of head of department’s functional competencies development: a case study in the secondary schools inThailand
Author(s) -
Teerasak AEBSAPAP,
Pariyaporn Tungkunanan,
Boonchan Sisan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista espacios/espacios
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2739-0071
pISSN - 0798-1015
DOI - 10.48082/espacios-a21v42n13p05
Subject(s) - confirmatory factor analysis , commission , curriculum , medical education , psychology , professional development , head teachers , pedagogy , medicine , political science , structural equation modeling , computer science , machine learning , law
Functional competencies of Head of Department has been paid attention to because for a school in Thailand, the head of each department, is very important. However, the issue is the appointment of a teacher who does not have any prior proper training before. This may cause such a teacher to have incomplete functional competencies. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the functional competencies of the Head of Department. This research focuses on the components of the functional competencies of the Head of Department of secondary schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission. As for this study, from the review on a great number of related literature, it can be granted that functional competencies of the Head of Department of secondary schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission can be grouped as follows: 1) Intellectual Leadership 2) Quality Management 3) Educational Innovation and Information Technology 4) Professionalism Development 5) Curriculum, Measurement and Evaluation of Learning 6) Learning Organization and 7) Professional Ethic. These seven dimensions are then examined using Confirmatory Factor Analysis, which shows the congruence with the empirical studies.