A Holistic Approach to Early Childhood Educational Management in Muangkhong District Municipal Anuban School: Participatory Action Research
The objective of this
research were to study: 1) the former
and present conditions, problems,
expectations, possible alternative
solutions to solve problems or achieve
expectations, and the choices made in
formulating an action plan for early
childhood educational management at the
Muangkhong District Municipal Anuban
school; 2) the phenomena changes,
learning by doing at the individual,
group and organization level, and new
knowledge created both by the action
plan (main intervention) and the
holistic approach (additional
intervention) within the two cycles of
the spiral participatory action research
methodology. Research participants
consisted of 65 stakeholders affiliated
with the Muangkhong Distict Municipal
AnubanSchool. Research instruments
included an observation form, in-depth
interview, and document examination, The
research findings were as follows: 1)
Muangkhong District Municipal Anuban
School was established by the new policy
of Muangkhong Distict Municipal
administrators to lighten the burden of
parents in raising children. The
implementation of education management
complied with early childhood education
standard management, there were the
educational factor, educational process
and educational productivity. However,
there were several standard assessments,
in less than "very good"
levels. Therefore the researcher and
co-researcher performed the projects
to
solve the problems together,
including 3 projects: (1) enhancing
educational factor project; (2)
enhancing educational process project;
and (3) enhancing the standards of
educational productivity project. 2) The
phenomenon of the performance showed
that early childhood education
management was clearly appropriate in
accordance with the standards of early
childhood education. As a result,
Muangkhong District Municipal Anuban
School had results of quality assessment
is according to standards of internal
quality assurance, with "very
good" levels to all standards. 3)
Knowledge was gained from these changes.
At the personal level, there were
responsibility, commitment, and
dedication to work, and learning. At the
group level, there were love, unity,
supporting, sharing, teamwork,
corroboration, solving the problems
together, and leadership. Finally, at
the organizational level, there were a
warm and trust climate of management,
shared vision, and more transparency in
the education management.
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