Guidelines for Promoting Digital Leadership of School Administrators in the 21st Century in Private Schools, PakKret District, under the Nonthaburi Provincial Education Office

Abstract

The objective of this research were : (1) to investigate the digital leadership of school administrators in the 21st century in private schools in Pak Kret District under the Nonthaburi Provincial Education Office; (2) to compare the digital leadership of school administrators classified by gender, age, educational level, school size, and work experience; and (3) to examine guidelines for promoting digital leadership among school administrators in the same context. The sample consisted of 214 school administrators, selected through stratified random sampling by district. The research instruments included a questionnaire with content validity ranging from 0.67 to 1.00 and a reliability coefficient of 0.98, as well as an interview form. Data were analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Least Significant Difference (LSD), and content analysis.

The research findings revealed that: (1) digital leadership of school administrators was at a high level overall and across all aspects, with participatory culture ranked highest, followed by digital vision, technology application, learning environment creation, digital fluency, innovation development, and digital communication; (2) significant differences at the .01 level were found in digital innovation development by gender and educational level, and in both digital innovation development and digital communication by work experience; and (3) guidelines for promoting digital leadership focused on fostering participatory, technology-supported environments, strengthening stakeholder collaboration, and aligning management with each school’s context and resources to enhance learner development.