Excellent school management approaches for enhancing students’ creative self-efficacy

Abstract

Promoting creative self-efficacy in schools is essential for helping students develop their creativity and innovation and prepare them for the competitive climate of today’s society. This study aimed to study the priority needs of excellent school management development and to propose excellent school management approaches for enhancing students’ creative self-efficacy. The sample of the study was the 28 public high schools in Banteay Meanchey province, selected by using simple random sampling. The informants were directors, deputy directors, and teachers; in total, 215 people. The research instruments were questionnaires and evaluation forms. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, modified priority need index (PNI _modified), and content analysis. The findings revealed that, of the seven criteria for excellent school management, the Leadership criterion had the lowest priority need value, whereas the Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management criterion had the highest priority need for development in order to create excellent school management to increase students’ creative self-efficacy. To improve students’ creative self-efficacy in the school, five excellent management approaches must be applied, namely, establishing a welcoming climate for students’ and stakeholders’ engagement, fostering the context of Teach for Learn more than Teach for Test, designing a future-focused strategic plan to bring about nurturing creativity, designing the new paradigm of teacher professional development, and cultivating innovative-driven leadership to foster change and execute the current status quo.