STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL INSPECTION ACTIVITIES IN THANH HOA PROVINCE
i STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL INSPECTION ACTIVITIES IN THANH HOA PROVINCE A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of International Graduate School Southern Luzon State University, Lucban, Quezon, Philippines In Collaboration with Thai Nguyen University, Socialist Republic of Vietnam In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education Management LE MINH HUNG April, 2014 i APPROVAL SHEET The Dissertation of LE MINH HUNG entitled STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL INSPECTION ACTIVITIES IN THANH HOA PROVINCE Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Management In the Graduate School Southern Luzon State University, Republic of the Philippines in collaboration with Thai Nguyen University, Socialist Republic of Vietnam has been approved by the Committee _____________________ ______________________ Member Member ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ Chairman DR. APOLONIA A.ESPINOSA DR. APOLONIA A. ESPINOSA Adviser Dean, Graduate School Accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Management WALBERTO MACARANAN, Ed. D Vice President, Academic Affairs _____________________ Date ii ACKNOWLEDGMENT The researcher wishes to extend his most sincere gratitude to the following people, who in one way or another, made this piece of work a reality: Dr. Cecilia N. Gascon, President of Southern Luzon State University, Republic of the Philippines, who made possible the linkage with Thai Nguyen University and the offering of Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Management, through the ITC-TUAF; Dr. Dang Kim Vui, President of Thai Nguyen University, who developed the linkage with Southern Luzon State University, Republic of the Philippines and the offering of Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Management, through the ITC-TUAF; Dr. Apolonia A. Espinosa, his research adviser, for his support and supervision throughout his graduate study program. His advice and support during the conduct of his study has greatly helped him a lot; Prof. Nordelina Ilano, Director, Office for International Affairs of SLSU for her outright assistance to the Ph.D. students; Dr. Tran Thanh Van, the Dean of the Graduate School of Thai Nguyen University, for his assistance and encouragement to pursue this study; Dr. Dang Xuan Binh, the Director of International Training Center, for his indefatigable effort to encourage the Ph.D. students to pursue this study; To all the SLSU and TNU Professors, who unselfishly shared their time and knowledge throughout the graduate studies in Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam; Special thanks to his family and friends for their support, encouragement for being the sources of greatest inspiration, which made his career a success. Le Minh Hung iii TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE Page APPROVAL SHEET i ACKNOWLEDGMENT ii TABLE OF CONTENTS iii LIST OF TABLES v LIST OF FIGURES vii LIST OF APPENDIX viii ABSTRACT ix CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………… 1 Background of the Study 4 Objectives of the study 6 Hypothesis of the Study 7 Significance of the Study 7 Scope and Limitation of the Study 8 Definition of Terms 8 CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Review of Related Literature 10 Research paradigm 41 CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY……… … 43 Locale of the Study 43 Research Design 43 Respondents of the study 44 Research Instruments 44 Data Gathering Procedures 45 Statistical Treatment 45 iv CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 48 CHAPTER 5 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 68 Summary 68 Findings 69 Conclusions 71 Recommendations 72 BIBLIOGRAPHY 74 APPENDIX 79 CURRICULUM VITAE 105 v LIST OF TABLES 1: Level of Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Professional Inspection…… 48 2. Level of Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Inspection Management… 49 3. Level of Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Complaint Management… …50 4. Educational Qualifications of the Respondent Schools as to Professional Quality of Teachers ………………………………………………………………………………………… ……51 5. Educational Quality of the respondents' school as to the Performance of Students… 54 6. Difference between the Schools and their Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Professional Inspection ……………………………………………………………… ……56 7. Difference between the Schools and their Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Inspection Management…………………………………………………………… ………57 8. Difference between the Schools and their Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Complaint Management ………………………………………………………… …….57 9. Relationship of the professional quality of teachers to the Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Professional Inspection ………………………………….…………… ………58 10. Relationship of the professional quality of teachers to the Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Inspection Management……………………………………………… 59 11. Relationship of the professional quality of teachers to the Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Complaint Management…………………………………….…………60 12. Relationship of the Performance of Students to the Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Professional Inspection …………………………………………… ………61 13. Relationship of the Performance of Students to the Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Inspection Management………………………………………… ………… 62 14. Relationship of the Performance of Students to the Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Complaint Management ………………………………………… …………63 vi Title: STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL INSPECTION ACTIVITIES IN THANH HOA PROVINCE Researcher: Le Minh Hung Degree Doctor of Philosophy, Development Education Nam/ Address of the Institution Southern Luzon State University Graduate School Lucban, Quezon Date Completed April, 2014 Adviser Dr. Apolonia A. Espinosa ABSTRACT This study on “Strategies to Improve the Quality of Educational Inspection Activities in ThanhHoa Province” was conducted to find out the strength and weaknesses of educational training qu ality of all school levels in ThanhHoa Province during the Academic Year 2012- 2013, and then to offer suitable measures to improve the quality of educational management. Specifically, this study sought to (1) Determine the level of educational inspection activities as to: • Professional inspection • Inspection management • Complaint management (2) Find out the educational quality of the respondent schools as to • Educational qualifications of teachers vii • Performance of students (3) Establish the relationship betweeneducational inspection and educational quality; and to (4) Propose a program that will help improve the educational inspection activities This study used the descriptive correlation design in analyzing the investigated variables. It is designed to help determine the extent to which different variables are related to each other in the population of interest and state that the critical distinguishing characteristics are the effort to estimate a relationship, as distinguished from simple description. Based on the data gathered, the following are the findings of the researcher: 1. The level of educational inspection activities in terms of professional inspection shows that all the teachers in ThanhHoa Province were always using standard grade equivalent with a mean score of 5.00. Teachers were also often pursuing their graduate studies with a mean score of 4.40. And in ThanhHoa, only few teachers were observed to retain or make their student in competent level with a mean score of 1.98. In general, the professional inspections in ThanhHoa were sometimes observed with grand mean of 3.32. While on the level of educational inspection activities in terms of inspection management, it shows that the management of the schools in ThanhHoahave always set specific date for the examination. And the administrative activities of the principal and the school managing board were always abided to the instruction of the education and training branch. But the transparency on school finances among students, staff and parents were sometimes observed. In general, the inspection management was oftenly observed with weighted mean of 3.89. And, on the level of educational inspection activities in terms of complaint management, it shows that unresolved complains are often directly referred to the highest education management with mean score of 4.26. But they are sometimes resolved immediate viii remedy in five working days with mean score of 2.66. In general, complaint management inspections were sometimes observed with grand mean of 3.30. 2. Considering the quality of the respondent schools in terms of educational qualifications of teachers, data shows that out of a total of two-hundred eighty-nine (289) teachers who taught in the said province, twenty-six percent (26%) had already attained their master’s degree and the rest seventy-four percent (74%) were still at their bachelor’s degree. This presents the distribution of the ten schools in ThanhHoa Province based on the highest educational attainment of the employed teachers. Whilst the educational quality of the respondents’ school as to the performance of the students, data shows that the students in high school of ThanhHoaperforms 70 to 75 percent in classroom level, 50 to 65 percent in inter-school level and only 25 to 35 percent got into regional level; the students’ performance in secondary school was 40 to 50 percent in classroom-level, 35 to 40 percent performance in inter-school level and 15 to 20 percent performance in provincial level. And, data shows that the performances of the students in primary schools was 45 to 55 percent in classroom level, 40 to 50 percent in inter-school level and 20 to 35 percent were in provincial level. 3. In view of the significant difference of the educational inspection activities in terms of professional inspection of the ten schools, results show that the observed professional inspection were significantly different from the ten schools. Having p-value of 0.031 that is less than to its threshold value of 0.05 leads to the rejection of the null hypothesis; thus, the ten schools in ThanhHoa Province have different level on their educational inspection activities in professional inspection. Considering the significant difference of the educational inspection activities in terms of inspection management of the ten schools, it shows that the observed inspection management was the same as observed in the ten schools in ThanhHoa. Having p-value of 0.246 that is greater than to its threshold value of 0.05 leads to the acceptance of the null ix hypothesis; thus, the ten schools in ThanhHoa Province have same level on their educational inspection activities in inspection Management. While on the significant difference of the educational inspection activities in terms of complaint management to the ten schools, it shows that the observed complaint management was the same as observed in the ten schools in ThanhHoa. Having p-value of 0.103 that is greater than to its threshold value of 0.05 leads to the acceptance of the null hypothesis; thus, the ten schools in ThanhHoa Province have same level on their educational inspection activities in complaint Management. On the significant relationship of the professional quality of teachers to the level of the educational inspection activities of the school in terms of professional inspection, it shows that the educational degree of the teachers in ThanhHoa Province doesn’t affect the level of professional inspection that the school was observed. Having p-value of 0.747 that is greater than to their threshold value of 0.05 leads to the acceptance of the null hypothesis; thus, the level of the educational inspection activities of the school in terms of professional inspection doesn’t affect by the educational degree of the teacher. [...]... team of professional inspectors for the enhancement of professional inspection activities, which may contribute to improving the educational management as well as the quality of teaching and learning in all school levels in Thanh Hoa Province For these reasons, the researcher chose the title: "Strategies to Improve the Quality of Educational Inspection Activities in Thanh Hoa Province. " Objectives of the. .. Study The main purpose of this study was to find out the strengths and weaknesses of educational training quality of all school levels in Thanh Hoa Province during the Academic Year 2012-2013, and then offer suitable measures to improve the quality of education management Specifically, the study sought to: 1 Determine the level of educational inspection activities as to 1.1 professional inspection 1.2 inspection. .. 2004, the Vietnam Government issued another inspection law which replaced the 1990 Inspection Law It stated that the inspection system shall consist the following: government inspectors, state inspectors, educational inspectors, provincial inspectors, and district inspectors Effectiveness of the inspection includes management measures of inspection, considering the inspectors' cooperation in reaching the. .. determine the performance of their respective schools in terms of students performances Then, the educational experts were requested to assess the reliability of the result of inspection activities After finding out the factors that affect the educational quality of selected 10 schools in ThanhHoa Province, the researcher proposed suitable measures to improve the educational inspection activities The time... attempts to improve education quality into the background To quote the Decision of the 2nd Central Committee Communist Party III, the main targets of the educational management are "Innovation of management mechanisms, training the manpower, improving the capacity of education and training, in order to complete the inspection system of education, increase the number of inspectors, and focus on professional... exists between the educational inspection activities of the respondent schools Significance of the Study This study was carried out with the aim of finding out the weaknesses of the educational training quality and propose suitable measures to improve the quality of education in all school levels in Thanh Hoa Province In this context, this study would be beneficial to the following: Administrators This... 4 In 1990, the State Council (now Chairman of the Convention) issued a system of inspection which included the state inspectors, home affairs inspectors, and educational inspectors Then, in 1992 the Council of Office (now the Government) issued Decree 358/HDBT, which provided the educational inspection system to include the state inspectors, home affairs inspectors, and educational inspectors In 2004,... from the stakeholders and school managers asking for inspection; and (d) follow-up inspection from concerns indicated in the previous inspection report In most countries in the world, inspection services and report-writing is the responsibility of the Inspectorate, the professional and consultancy arm of the Ministry of 15 Education The Inspectorate is charged with the responsibility of maintaining... relevant to inspection in schools and colleges Inspection experience in France The Inspection of education in France was found very early (nineteenth century), in parallel with the establishment of the school Initially, the function of the inspection is to check the curriculum, then, developed into checking the functions of educational staffs and the pedagogical evaluation Nowadays, the French inspections,... throughout the world have developed some means of monitoring the quality and standards of their education systems In most cases, the monitoring process involves supervision by inspection of educational institutions such as schools, and other aspects of the education systems The critical role of inspection as one of the dominant strategies for monitoring and improving the performance of education system in . management staff is expected to play an important role in organizing, managing and directing educational activities; they must study and improve themselves continuously in terms of moral standards,. education management policies of any organizations. 3 Inspection is an important stage of the entire educational management of the government. It enables leaders to evaluate their own leadership. defense and security; must implement standardization, modernization, and socialization; must ensure the balance in terms of qualifications, professional and regional structure; must expand scale