Development of critical thinking skills of basic education administrators

Abstract

The objectives of this research on the development of critical thinking skills of administrators of basic education institutions are: 1. To study the development of critical thinking skills of administrators of basic education institutions and 2. to create a model for developing critical thinking skills of administrators of basic education institutions. The sample group is Schools under the Samut Sakhon Secondary Education Service Area Office, Samut Songkhram, total 20 plants, which are the total population. There were 20 information providers in each school, comprising a director, one deputy director, eight group leaders, and ten teachers, totaling 400 informants. The tools used were questionnaires and interview forms. A total of 327 questionnaires were returned, or 81.75 percent. They had a consistency index of 0.67-1.00, the confidence of the whole questionnaire was 0.974, and the discrimination power of the questions was between 0.540-0.909. Analyze the data by composition analysis and content analysis.

            The results of the research were as follows: 1. The development of critical thinking skills of the administrators of basic educational institutions consisted of 24 variables divided into 5 components. 2. The model for developing critical thinking skills of basic educational institute administrators is divided into 5 aspects, namely, determination in making decisions based on databases; Reasonable acceptance seriously reviewing and evaluating data Knowledge and self-development and the aspect of being fair.