Needs Assessment of Internal Supervision in Secondary Schools under the Office of Basic Education Commission

  • Kampon Khantawong Department of Educational Administration, Faculty of Education, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
  • Saowanee Sirisooksilp Department of Educational Administration, Faculty of Education, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
  • Dawruwan Thawinkarn Department of Educational Administration, Faculty of Education, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30560/ier.v4n1p71
Keywords: innovative media and digital technology, internal supervision, need assessment, secondary school

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the need assessment of internal supervision in secondary schools under the jurisdiction of the Office of Basic Education Commission, Thailand. A total of 944 teachers participated in the survey using multistage random sampling. The five scopes of internal supervision were investigated, namely, academic in curriculum development, development of learning process, evaluation and comparison of grades transfer, development of innovative media and digital technology, and educational supervision using a 43-items questionnaire. The need assessment results showed that the development of innovative media and digital technology (PNImodified=0.373) is the most essential scope of internal supervision according to respondents’ perceptions. This is followed by the development of the learning process (PNImodified=0.267), educational supervision (PNImodified=0.262), and evaluation and comparison of grades transfer (PNImodified=0.257). The least capacity scope is academic in curriculum development (PNImodified=0.246). The overall results imply that supervisors or school principals should attempt to ensure that internal supervisions are regularly operated to improve the teaching and learning process by paying more attention to the scope of development of innovative media and digital technology without ignoring the other four scopes. 

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2021-06-22
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Vol 4 No 1 (2021)
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