Academic Administration Development of Child Development Centers in Charity Schools of Buddhist Temples

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the condition of academic administration of child development centers in charity schools of Buddhist temples; 2) to develop academic administration of child development centers in charity schools of Buddhist temples; and 3) to propose guidelines for the development of academic administration of child development centers in charity schools of Buddhist temple. Quantitative and qualitative research was designed. The sample group was 354 executives and data were analyzed using statistics of mean and standard deviation, focus group discussion with 9 experts, and analyzing the research papers. Results indicated that 1) academic administration of the Child Development Center in charity schools of Buddhist temples, overall and in all aspects, was at a high level, including academic work, budget, school public relations, personnel work, and student affairs administration. The mean was 3.52, in order of importance of academic work in charitable schools of Buddhist temples. 2) Results of development consisted of studying and analyzing strategies for the development of academic administration in various fields, such as the process of promoting and developing academic work by bringing innovations in educational technology to develop an academic event management system to develop learning and changes in the situation of the current world society. 3) Guidelines for the development of academic administration at the Center have important elements, namely strategies for the development of academic work and create a strong corporate culture. There are leaders or executives with vision, longsighted (Cakkhumā), expertise in academic work (Vidhūro), skilled in human relations, (Nissayasampañño) according to the “Pāpaṇika-dhamma” to lead the organization to develop academic administration of the Child Development Center in the charity school of Buddhist temples in the Thailand 4.0 era.