The Needs for Developing Learning Organization of Teachers in Private Schools under the Office of Khon Kaen Provincial Education Office

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: (1) to investigate the current and desirable conditions of learning organization among teachers in private schools under the Khon Kaen Provincial Education Office, and (2) to assess the priority needs for the development of learning organization among teachers in private schools under the Khon Kaen Provincial Education Office. The sample group consisted of 335 teachers, determined by using Yamane’s (1973) formula with a margin of error of .05. Multi-stage stratified random sampling was employed. The research instrument was a five-point Likert scale questionnaire. The index of item-objective congruence (IOC) for the entire instrument was 1.00, and the reliability coefficient was .97. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and the Modified Priority Needs Index (PNI_modified).
The results indicated that the current condition of learning organization among teachers in private schools under the Khon Kaen Provincial Education Office was at a moderate level, whereas the desirable condition was at the highest level. The overall priority needs index for the development of learning organization was 0.41. The priority needs, ranked in descending order, were as follows: (1) systems thinking, (2) team learning, (3) mental models, (4) personal mastery, and (5) shared vision.