THE GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE THAILAND 4.0 ERA UNDER THE SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE LOEI NONG BUA LAMPHU

Abstract

               The objectives of the research were to study the current condition, the desired condition, the modified priority needs index, and the guidelines for developing transformational leadership of secondary school administrators in the Thailand 4.0 era under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Loei Nong Bua Lamphu, to study and to evaluate the guidelines. The research study was divided into 3 phases. The first phase was to study the current condition, the desired condition, and the modified priority needs index, and it had two steps; the first step of the survey study by collecting the quantitative data from the sample group of 329 school administrators and teachers, selected by Krejcie and Morgan sample size calculating table, including the stratified random sampling, and the second step on collecting the qualitative data from the target group of three school administrators and teachers with the in-depth interview. The second phase was to study the guidelines by collecting the data from ten experts with the focus group discussion. The third third phase was an evaluation of the guidelines by five experts. The research instrument comprised the rating scale questionnaire, the semi-structured interview, the focus group discussion, and the connoisseurship. The statistics used for data analysis comprised frequency distribution, arithmetic mean, and standard deviation. The descriptive analytics was utilized to analyze the qualitative data.  The research finding revealed that the current condition of development of transformational leadership of secondary school administrators in the Thailand 4.0 era under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Loei Nong Bua Lamphu was totally and individually found to be at a high level (x̅ = 3.37, S.D. = 0.67), the desired condition was totally found at the highest level (x̅ = 4.91, S.D. = 0.33), and the modified priority needs index (PNI_modified) = 0.46). The other finding disclosed that the guidelines for developing transformational leadership for secondary school administrators in the Thailand 4.0 era consisted of five elements; 1. Idealised Influence (II), endowed with three operational methods, three activities/projects, and four practices, 2. Inspirational Motivation (IM), endowed with three operational methods, three activities/projects, and four practices, 3. Intellectual Stimulation (IS), endowed with three operational methods, three activities/projects, and four practices, 4. Individualised Consideration (IC), endowed with three operational methods, three activities/projects, and four practices, and 5) Media and Technology Leadership, endowed with three operational methods, three activities/projects, and four practices. 3. Another finding was the evaluation of the guidelines for developing transformational leadership of secondary school administrators in the Thailand 4.0 era. That was, the appropriateness was totally at the first highest level (x̅ = 4.89, S.D. = 0.33), followed by usefulness (x̅ = 4.87, S.D. = 0.34), and the feasibility was found at the lowest level (x̅ = 4.57, S.D. = 0.77).