Executive Management Behaviors that Affect Learning Management of A Community Learning Center of Thai Mountain. "Mae FAH Luang" Northern Territory

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study administrative behaviors of the executives of the “Mae Fah Luang” Learning Center of Mountain Thai People Community in Northern Territory, to investigate administrative behaviors of the executives which affected the learning management, and to gather desirable administrative behaviors of the executives which would be appropriate to teacher´s learning management. The administrative behaviors composed of eight aspects included leadership, motivating, communicating, relationship, decision making, policy making, controlling, and coaching. Population in the study were the executives of the learning center, the District Office of Non-Formal and Informal Education, teachers working for the learning center in the academic year 2556 in nine provinces, totally 118 persons. The tool used in the research was questionnaire for survey on administrative behaviors. The statistics used in data analysis were the frequency (f), percentage (%), mean (μ) and standard deviation (s).

The results were as follows:

1. Administrative behaviors of the executives of the learning center: in the overall and each aspect was high level. When sorted average scores by descending, it was coaching, controlling, leadership, communicating, motivating, decision making, relationship, and policy making, respectively.


2. Executives’ administrative behaviors affecting teacher´s learning management: in the overall and each aspect was high level. When sorted average scores by descending, it was decision making, relationship, policy making, communicating, coaching, motivation, controlling, and leadership, respectively.


3. Desirable administrative behaviors for appropriateness of teacher´s learning management: the executives should support teachers to be free for expressing their opinion on the working of the learning center, encourage teachers to be creative and participating in the working, build understanding between teachers in guideline and target of the working, arrange for the happy workplace, and give consolation.