Administrators’ Skills Affecting Learning Management of Teacher in Digital Era Under Nakhon Phanom Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

The rapid changes in the world caused by advanced and modern technology require teachers to develop learning management that can develop learners to their fullest potential. The purposes of this research were to (1) study and compare the administrators’ skills, (2) study and compare the learning management of teachers in digital era, (3) study the relationship between the administrators’ skills and the learning management of teachers in the digital era, and (4) study the predictive power of the administrators’ skills affecting the learning management of teachers in the digital era under Nakhon Phanom Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The samples consisted of 319 school administrators and teachers followed the percent criterion in the sample size specification, and they were selected by stratified random sampling. The instruments used were 2 aspects of five-rating scale questionnaires: (1) a questionnaire on the administrators’ skills (2) a questionnaire on the learning management of teachers in the digital era. The statistics employed were percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test (Independent samples), one-way analysis of variance, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression stepwise analysis.

The results revealed that 1. the overall administrators’ skills were at the high level. In comparison, the overall administrators’ skills classified by status and classified by school size revealed non-significant different. 2. The overall learning management of teachers in the digital era was at the high level. In comparison, the overall learning management of teachers classified by status revealed non-significant different, while the results revealed that there was statistically significant difference at the .01 level. 3. The administrators’ skills and the learning management of teachers in the digital era revealed quite high significant positive correlation at the .01 level. 4. There were 4 variables of administrators’ skills that affected the learning management of teachers in the digital era. They could be predicted up to 53 percent. This research can use the data obtained as a guideline for developing the skills of administrators and can use the data obtained as a guideline for developing the learning management of teachers in the digital age to be efficient and effective.