Guidelines for Developing the Building, Environment, and Safety of Children Development Centers under Local Government Organization in Ang Thong Province.
Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to 1) study the operating conditions in accordance with the standard criteria of the children development centers under the local administrative organization in Ang Thong province, and 2) study the guidelines for the development of the operation, building, environment and safety quality of the children development centers under the local administrative organization in Ang Thong province. There were 2 steps of the research methods. Step 1 was studying the operating conditions according to the standard criteria. The sample group used in the research was the 110 directors of the children development centers. The instrument used in this research was a questionnaire with a reliability of 0.95. The statistics used were mean and standard deviation. Step 2 was creating guidelines for improving the operational quality of buildings, places, environment and safety of the children development centers under the local government organization in Ang Thong province by interviewing 5 experts. The research instruments were interview form, and data analysis using content analysis technique.
The results of the research are as follows: 1) the overall operating conditions according to the standard criteria are at a high level with the highest mean in the aspect of buildings and the aspect of environment respectively while the lowest mean is safety; and 2 guidelines for improving the quality of operation of buildings, facilities, environment and safety of the children development centers under the local government organization in Ang Thong province are divided into 3 areas according to the level of operations. There are 4 items to be installed in the safety warning system. There are 4 items, such as creating an environmental action plan and 3 aspects. There are 5 aspects of the buildings, for example, planning the structure of the building.