Title: Development of Ethical Competency Indicators for Primary School Administrators in the Northeast of Thailand
Stream: Educational Policy, Leadership, Management & Administration
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Authors:
Jirawat Wongkhong, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Dawruwan Thawinkan, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Chiranan Wachrakul, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Jatuphum Ketchatturat, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Abstract:
The objectives of this research were 1) to study factors and indicators of ethical competency for primary school administrators. 2) to check congruence between model of indicators of ethical competency for primary school administrators and the empirical data.The study consists of two phases: Phase I, Studying factors and indicators of ethical competency for primary school administrators by theoretical documental analysis and conducting an interview with 7 experts.Phase II, concerning the quality check indicators of ethical competency with the empirical data. The research instrument is a questionnaire with 5 rating scale and 0.964 reliability. The sample size are 280 administrators and teachers from the primary school administrators in the northeast of Thailand were selected by Stratified Random Sampling in each cluser. The research findings were as follows: The results showed that the confirmatory factors analysis model indicators of ethical competency for primary school administrators was congruence with the empirical data. The indexs of model were x^2=38.687 , df=28, P-Value=0.0861 , RMSEA=0.037, SRMR=0.019, CFI=0.995, TLI=0.992. And factor loading of ethical competency was between 0.940 and 0.982. Ranking from 1) Ethical Problem Solving (β= 0.982) 2) Ethical Reasoning (β= 0.981)3) Ethical Attitude(β= 0.949 and 4) A Code of Ethics (β= 0.940) ,respectively.
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