The 21st Century Learning Leadership Development Guidelines of Administrators in Schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Nakhon Phanom
Abstract:
This study aimed to propose the development guidelines for 21st century learning leadership of school administrators. The participants consisted of 320 school administrators and teachers under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Nakhon Phanom, who were recruited using multi-stage sampling in academic year 2024. The instrument was a five-level rating scale questionnaire, which the part of current state indicated validity index was at 1.00, discrimination power index ranged ranging from 0.39 to 0.99 and reliability index was at 0.99, whereas the desirable state indicate validity index was at 1.00, discrimination power index ranged from 0.46 to 0.95 and reliability index was at 0.99. Statistics used in data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, modified priority needs index and confirmatory factor analysis.
The findings were as follows.
1. The 21st century learning leadership of school administrators comprised seven components, namely 1) team learning, 2) technology integration in operations, 3) creating a learning-conducive environment, 4) creativity, 5) integration, 6) learning innovation showed the highest level of propriety. The measurement model for 21st century learning leadership of school administrators demonstrated a good fit with empirical data (χ² = 1.04, df = 2, p-value = 0.60, GFI = 1.00, AGFI = 0.99, RMSEA = 0.00). All factor loadings were positive, ranging from 0.21 to 0.79, with statistical significance at 0.01. The component showed the highest factor loading was creativity, followed by integration, team learning, creating a learning-conducive environment, technology integration in operations, self-directed learning, and learning innovation development, respectively.
2. The actual state of 21st century learning leadership of school administrators was rated at high level, while the desirable state was rated at the highest level.
3. The overall modified priority needs index for developing 21st century learning leadership of school administrators was at 0.100. The highest priority areas were creativity, followed by team learning, and integration, whereas the lowest priority area was learning innovation development.
4. The development guidelines for 21st century learning leadership of school administrators consisted of three main aspects with 18 specific strategies, namely 1) creativity included six strategies, 2) team learning included six strategies, and 3) integration included six strategies. In overall, the development guidelines are showed the highest level of propriety and feasibility.