The Engaged Leadership Development Model of Private School Principals

The objectives of this research were: 1.) to study the framework of the engaged leadership and leadership development model, 2.) to study the current and the ideal characteristics in engaged leadership of private school principals, and 3.) to develop an engaged leadership development model of private school principals. The population was general education private school principals in Bangkok.  The engaged leadership is defined as the ability to make the people engage with their jobs and organizations in three distinct ways: cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally. It consisted of 5 components: 1.) directional leadership, 2.) motivational leadership, 3.) organizational leadership, 4.) inclusive leadership, and 5.) character core. The level of engaged leadership of private school principals, for the current characteristic, was performed at a high level. For the ideal characteristics, the overall score was at the highest level. The engaged leadership development model of private school principals is “the four-tier social change model of engaged leadership development”. The model was created to examine the engaged leadership development at four different levels: individual, group, social in organization, and organization. Additionally, the model provided two development experiences: 1.) formal development: cover 10% of total time, consisted of an initial self-evaluation test, self-learning from video lecture, and self-study through an interactive case scenario 2.) informal development: cover 90% of total time, which consisted of fieldbased learning with feedforward coaching, and post self-evaluation

Higher Education Institution Management Strategies for Developing Citizenship of University Student

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the current and desirable states of management for developing citizenship of university students 2) to analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of management for developing citizenship of university students and 3) to develop management strategies for developing citizenship of university students. The study applied a mixed method approach. The sample population were 94 higher education institutions. The instruments used in this study were questionnaires and the strategic evaluation form to testify feasibility and appropriateness of the strategies. The data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, standard deviation, PNIModified and content analysis. The research results showed that 1) In general, the current state of management for developing citizenship of university students was performed at the middle level. While considering each aspect, democratic knowledge had the highest average ( = 3.041). The desirable state of management for developing citizenship of university students was performed at a high level as a whole. While considering each aspect, democratic knowledge had the highest average ( = 4.454). 2) The strengths of management for developing citizenship of university students were democratic participation and democratic knowledge, while the weakness of management for developing citizenship of university students was democratic skills. The opportunity for management for developing citizenship of university students was technology. While the threats of management for developing citizenship of university students were the government policy, economy and society. 3) The management strategies for developing citizenship of university students comprised (1) reforming higher education institution management for developing democratic skills of university students, (2) reforming higher education institution management for developing democratic participation of university students and (3) reforming higher education institution management for developing democratic knowledge of university students

School Management Strategies to Enhance The Accountability

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the framework of management to enhance the accountability 2) to study the current and desirable states of management to enhance the accountability 3) to analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and treats of management to enhance the accountability and 4) to develop school management strategies to enhance the accountability. The study applied a mixed method approach. The sample were 395 schools under the office of the Basic Education Commission. The instruments used in this study were questionnaires and the strategic evaluation form to testify feasibility and appropriateness. The data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, standard deviation, PNI Modified and content analysis.The research results showed that 1) the framework of management to enhance the accountability consist of five school management: Physical and Emotional well-being of students, Students Learning outcome, Equity for Opportunity to learn of students, Improving capacity of teacher and school management and Parents and community empowerment. 2) In general, the current state of management to enhance the accountability performed at the middle level (x= 3.224). While considering each aspect, physical and emotional well-being of students had the highest average (x= 3.352). The desirable state of management to enhance the accountability was performed at a highest level as a whole. While considering each aspect, equity for opportunity to learn of students had the highest average (x= 4.679). 3) The strengths of management to enhance the accountability were students learning outcome and physical and Emotional well-being of students, while the weakness of management to enhance the accountability were improving capacity of teacher and school management and parents and community empowerment. The opportunity for management to enhance the accountability was technology. While the threats for management to enhance the accountability were the government policy, economy and society. 4) The school management strategies to enhance the accountability were (1) Reforming school management for improving the capacity of teacher and school management to enhance the accountability. (2) Increasing the efficiency of school management focused on equity for opportunity to learn of students to enhance the accountability. (3) Developing the quality of school management for parents and community empowerment to enhance the accountability. (4) Promoting school management of students learning outcome to enhance the accountability. (5) Driving school management of physical and emotional well-being of students to enhance the accountability

Equity in Thai private institutions of higher education / Nuntarat Charoenkul.

PhD ThesisThis research aims to investigate the policies, administrative plans and strategies taken by eight leading Thai private institutions of higher education to develop equality of educational opportunity for economically disadvantaged college-age people. It also probes into the viewpoints of students, as the real users of higher education, on the ethics of markets in education as well as the possibility of the development of equity in a private university in Thailand. In addition, it explores students' attitudes towards equity in private higher education, socio-economically disadvantaged students and student aid schemes provided by the eight focus institutions. In this study, the researcher applied a mixed-methods approach to elicit data from a range of sources: the government, the eight focus universities and students. The staff participants are university administrators and officers (ten of them in total, at least one and sometimes two from each focus institution) in charge of student grants and loans. Student participants are divided into two groups: the control group and the focus group. The control group consists of on average 174 students who are non-takers of loans and grants from each institution (1,390 in total). The focus group is composed of on average 203 students who are loan and grant takers from each university (1,626 in total). In the research, all student participants were asked to fill in the questionnaire on students' attitudes towards Thai private higher education, designed by the researcher. Face-to-face interviews were also conducted with 35 students from all the focus institutions (four or five from each university). The research findings reveal that it is possible for the eight focus institutions to develop equality of educational opportunity through the application of a variety of student aid programmes, focusing on loans. In this study, it turns out that a student loan programme tends to be able to assist economically disadvantaged students on a larger scale than can a grant or a scholarship scheme. These results are hoped to serve as a guideline for the promotion of equality of educational opportunity, the establishment and improvement of future student aid schemes, as well as the creation and development of a more equitable system in Thai higher education.International Research Studentship. School of Education, Communication and Language Science

The Current and Desirable States of School Management to Enhancing Creative Thinking Characteristics of Elementary School Students

This study investigated the thinking framework of school management to enhance creative thinking characteristics of elementary school students, and to explore the current and desirable states of school management that help stimulate creative thinking characteristics of the elementary school students. The participants were school directors, vice directors, heads of administrations, teachers and students in 396 schools under Office of the Basic Education Commission. The  participants were required to complete the questionnaires and the interviews. The results of this study revealed that there were five tasks of the thinking participate in framework of school management which performed following the planning, implementation and evaluation processes such as, Course Development Task, Learning Process Management Task, Measurement and Evaluation Task, Learning Sources Development Task and Student Affairs. These tasks may have encouraged all the characteristics reflecting creative thinking of the elementary school students: curiosity, persistence, freedom, imagination, innovative though, aesthetics, risk taking, creative problem solving and intuition. The results also indicated that the current state of school management was found at a high level ( X = 3.73, S.D. = 0.67), while the desirable state of school management was found at the highest level ( X = 4.60, S.D. = 0.44)

Analysis of demand for canned pink salmon

The purpose of the study was to estimate the parameters of the demand equation for canned pink salmon at the processor-distributor level. Opening prices for the years 1951 to 1965 were used, along with disposable income and tuna prices, as an independent variable in a demand equation in which quantity demanded was the dependent variable. The method of least squares was applied to estimate the coefficients of the linear equations. These coefficients for the demand equation were used to calculate price, income, and cross-elasticity figures. It was tentatively concluded that, at the processor-distributor level, the demand is price-elastic, while the computed elasticities were >1 and <1 for income and tuna prices, respectively. The effect of inventories was explored and found to have a significant impact on the demand analysis, although further work is required here

International School Management According to the Concept of Developing Students’ Global Leadership

This research aimed to 1) explore the proper conceptual framework of international schoolmanagement according to the concept of developing students’ global leadership, and 2) study the current and desirable states of international school management according to the concept of developing students’ global leadership. The study applied a mixed-method approach. Samples were obtained from 102 international schools in Thailand. The instruments used in the study were, a validation form for the conceptual framework, and a questionnaire for the current and desirable situations.The data were analysed by frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation.The results showed that the conceptual framework of international school managementaccording to the development of students’ global leadership is comprised of 3 areas: international school academic management, including the school’s philosophy and guiding statements, curriculum development and implementation, and professional development; development of student’s global leadership through environmental conditions, and students’ action and; students’ global leadership competencies, including competency in forming cross-cultural relationships, interpersonal skills, global traits and values, global thinking and orientation, global business expertise, global organisational expertise, global vision, and being technologically savvy. Regarding the current state of international school management according to the concept of developing students’ global leadership it was found that there was good management (high level) in terms of school philosophy and guiding statements, and curriculum development and implementation, but moderate management in terms of professional development. In contrast, the desirable states of international school management according to the concept of developing students’ global leadership, were shown to be a high level of management in terms of school philosophy and guiding statements, and professional development, and the highest level in terms of curriculum development and implementation

Equity in Thai private institutions of higher education

This research aims to investigate the policies, administrative plans and strategies taken by eight leading Thai private institutions of higher education to develop equality of educational opportunity for economically disadvantaged college-age people. It also probes into the viewpoints of students, as the real users of higher education, on the ethics of markets in education as well as the possibility of the development of equity in a private university in Thailand. In addition, it explores students' attitudes towards equity in private higher education, socio-economically disadvantaged students and student aid schemes provided by the eight focus institutions. In this study, the researcher applied a mixed-methods approach to elicit data from a range of sources: the government, the eight focus universities and students. The staff participants are university administrators and officers (ten of them in total, at least one and sometimes two from each focus institution) in charge of student grants and loans. Student participants are divided into two groups: the control group and the focus group. The control group consists of on average 174 students who are non-takers of loans and grants from each institution (1,390 in total). The focus group is composed of on average 203 students who are loan and grant takers from each university (1,626 in total). In the research, all student participants were asked to fill in the questionnaire on students' attitudes towards Thai private higher education, designed by the researcher. Face-to-face interviews were also conducted with 35 students from all the focus institutions (four or five from each university). The research findings reveal that it is possible for the eight focus institutions to develop equality of educational opportunity through the application of a variety of student aid programmes, focusing on loans. In this study, it turns out that a student loan programme tends to be able to assist economically disadvantaged students on a larger scale than can a grant or a scholarship scheme. These results are hoped to serve as a guideline for the promotion of equality of educational opportunity, the establishment and improvement of future student aid schemes, as well as the creation and development of a more equitable system in Thai higher education.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceInternational Research Studentship, School of Education, Communication and Language ScienceGBUnited Kingdo

Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule at a University Teaching Hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: A Retrospective Review of 34 cases.

Sister Mary Joseph's nodule is a metastatic tumor deposit in the umbilicus and often represents advanced intra-abdominal malignancy with dismal prognosis. There is a paucity of published data on this subject in our setting. This study was conducted to describe the clinicopathological presentation and treatment outcome of this condition in our environment and highlight challenges associated with the care of these patients, and to proffer solutions for improved outcome. This was a retrospective study of histologically confirmed cases of Sister Mary Joseph's nodule seen at Bugando Medical Centre between March 2003 and February 2013. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. A total of 34 patients were enrolled in the study. Males outnumbered females by a ratio of 1.4:1. The vast majority of patients (70.6%) presented with large umbilical nodule > 2 cm in size. The stomach (41.1%) was the most common location of the primary tumor. Adenocarcinoma (88.2%) was the most frequent histopathological type. Most of the primary tumors (52.9%) were poorly differentiated. As the disease was advanced and metastatic in all patients, only palliative therapy was offered. Out of 34 patients, 11 patients died in the hospital giving a mortality rate of 32.4%. Patients were followed up for 24 months. At the end of the follow-up period, 14(60.9%) patients were lost to follow-up and the remaining 9 (39.1%) patients died. Patients survived for a median period of 28 weeks (range, 2 to 64 weeks). The nodule recurred in 6 (26.1%) patients after complete excision. Sister Mary Joseph's nodule of the umbilicus is not rare in our environment and often represents manifestation of a variety of advanced intra-abdominal malignancies. The majority of the patients present at a late stage and many with distant metastases. The patient's survival is very short leading to a poor outcome. Early detection of primary cancer at an early stage may improve the prognosis

High pressure intensification of cassava resistant starch (RS3) yields

Cassava starch, typically, has resistant starch type 3 (RS3) content of 2.4%. This paper shows that the RS3 yields can be substantially enhanced by debranching cassava starch using pullulanase followed by high pressure or cyclic high-pressure annealing. RS3 yield of 41.3% was obtained when annealing was carried out at 400 MPa/60°C for 15 min, whereas it took nearly 8 h to obtain the same yield under conventional atmospheric annealing at 60°C. The yield of RS3 could be further significantly increased by annealing under 400MPa/60°C pressure for 15 min followed by resting at atmospheric pressure for 3 h 45 min, and repeating this cycle for up to six times. Microstructural surface analysis of the product under a scanning electron microscope showed an increasingly rigid density of the crystalline structure formed, confirming higher RS3 content