A Model of a Learning Organization within a World-Class Standard School in the Secondary Educational Service Area 12
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The purposes of this research were: 1) to study the current state of a learning organization within a world-class standard school in the secondary educational service area 12; 2) to construct a model of a learning organization within a world-class standard school in the secondary educational service area 12 ; and 3) to assess a model of a learning organization within a world-class standard school in the secondary educational service area 12. The research approach was the mixed methods, and comprised of three phases: 1) Studying the current situations of a learning organization within a world-class standard school based on an investigation of documents, concepts, theories and a review of relevant research studies and an interview of 53 administrators within the secondary educational service area 12 ; 2) Constructing a model based on an investigation of documents, concepts, theories and a review of relevant research studies in conjunction with the data in phase 1; and 3) Assessing and verifying a model by a connoisseurship amongst 9 educational experts and a focus group discussion amongst 5 administrators from the world-class standard school within the secondary educational service area 12. A 5 rating-scale questionnaire was used for data collection. The data were analyzed for frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and content analysis.
The findings of the study were as follows:
- As a whole, the current states of a learning organization of world-class standard school within the secondary educational service area 12, were at a high level. When each factor was considered, from the highest to the lowest, it was found that shared vision which was the highest, followed by organization transformation, team learning, personal mastery and creative production which was the lowest.
- A model of a learning organization within a world-class standard school in the secondary educational service area 12 consisted of 5 factors: 1) shared vision; 2) organization transformation; 3) team learning 4) personal mastery; and creative production.
3. For assessing and verifying a model of a learning organization within a world-class standard school in the secondary educational service area 12, it showed that the model was accurate, appropriate, feasible and utilizable.
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