Strategies to improve the quality of educational inspection activities in thanh hoa province

STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL INSPECTION ACTIVITIES IN THANH HOA PROVINCE _ A DISSERTATION Presented to the Faculty of the 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 Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Management _ By LE MINH HUNG (TEN) October 2014 i APPROVAL SHEET ii CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY iii 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 StateUniversity, 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 StateUniversity, 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 her support and supervision throughout his graduate study program Her advice and support during the conduct of his study has greatly helped him a lot; Prof.Nordelina B 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 hisassistance and encouragement to pursue this study; Dr Dang XuanBinh, the Director of International Training Center, for his indefatigable effort to encourage the Ph.D students to pursue this study; iv 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 and for being the sources of greatest inspiration, which made his career a success LMH v DEDICATION This piece of work is dedicated to my family LMH TABLE OF CONTENTS vi PAGE TITLE PAGE ……………………………………………………………… i APPROVAL SHEET ……………………………………………………… ii CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY ……………………………………… iii ACKNOWLEDGMENT ………………………………………………… iv DEDICATION ……………………………………………………………… vi TABLE OF CONTENTS ………………………………………………… vii LIST OF TABLES ………………………………………………………… ix LIST OF FIGURES………………………………………………………… xi LIST OF APPENDICES ………………………………………………… xii ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………………… xiii CHAPTER I II III INTRODUCTION …………………………………………… Background of the Study …………………………………… Objectives of the Study …………………………………… Hypothesis …………………………………………………… Significance of the Study …………………………………… Scope and Limitation of the Study ………………………… Definition of Terms ………………………………………… 10 REVIEW OF LITERATURE ……………………….……… 12 Conceptual Framework ………………… ….……… …… 48 Research Paradigm …………………………… ….……… 50 METHODOLOGY …………………………………………… 52 Locale of the Study ………………………….……………… 52 Research Design …………………………….……………… 52 Population and Sampling ………………….… ………… 53 Instrumentation……………………… ………… …….… 53 Data Gathering Procedure …………………………….… 54 Statistical Treatment …….………………………………… 55 vii IV RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS ……………………….… V SUMMARY, FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 57 Summary ………………… ………………………………… 78 Findings…………………….……… …………………….… 79 Conclusions ……………………………………………….… 81 Recommendations …………………………………… …… 82 REFERENCES …………………………………………………………… 84 APPENDICES …………………………………………………………… 88 CURRICULUM VITAE …………………………………………………… 112 viii LIST OF TABLES TABLE 10 11 12 13 PAGE Weighted Mean and Rank Distribution of the Responses on Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Professional Inspection……………………………………………………………… 57 Weighted Mean and Rank Distribution of the Responses on Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Inspection Management …………………………………………………………… 59 Weighted Mean and Rank Distribution of Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Complaint Management … 60 Educational Quality of the Respondent Schools as to Educational Qualification of Teachers …………………………… 61 Educational Quality of the Respondents' School as to Performance of Students………………………………………… 63 Difference between the Schools and their Educational Inspection Activities in Terms of Professional Inspection…………………… 64 Difference between the Schools’ Educational Inspection Activities in termsof Inspection Management ……………… 65 Difference between the Schools’ Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Complaint Management ……………… 66 Relationship of Educational Qualifications of Teachers to the Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Professional Inspection ………………………………………………………… 67 Relationship of the Educational Qualifications of Teachers to the Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Inspection Management …………………………………………………… 68 Relationship of the Educational Qualification of Teachers to the Educational Inspection Activities in terms of Complaint Management …………………………………………………… 69 Relationship of the Performance of Students to the Educational Inspection Activitiesin terms of Professional Inspection………………………………………………………… 70 Relationship of the Performance of Students to the Educational Inspection Activitiesin Terms of Inspection Management …………………………………………………… 71 ix TABLE 14 PAGE Relationship of the Performance of Students to the Educational Inspection Activitiesin terms of Complaint Management …………………………………………………… x 72 98 28 August 2013 CERTIFICATE OF VERIFICATION This is to certify that I have reviewed and verified the questionnaire of Mr Le Minh Hung (Mr Ten) in relation to his research entitled “Strategies to Improve the Quality of Educational Inspection Activities in ThanhHoa Province” and found the stated items appropriate and essential in the study (Signed) NGUYEN THI CUC Head Teacher, Chieu Hoc Dong Tan 99 28 August 2013 CERTIFICATE OF VERIFICATION This is to certify that I have reviewed and verified the questionnaire of Mr Le Minh Hung (Mr Ten) in relation to his research entitled “Strategies to Improve the Quality of Educational Inspection Activities in ThanhHoa Province” and found the stated items appropriate and essential in the study (Signed) MAI THI XOAN Head Teacher, Truong Mam Non AnHoach 100 28 August 2013 CERTIFICATE OF VERIFICATION This is to certify that I have reviewed and verified the questionnaire of Mr Le Minh Hung (Mr Ten) in relation to his research entitled ““Strategies to Improve the Quality of Educational Inspection Activities in ThanhHoa Province” and found the stated items appropriate and essential in the study (Signed) LE THI TAM Head Teacher, Truong Mam Non Dong Tan 101 28 August 2013 CERTIFICATE OF VERIFICATION This is to certify that I have reviewed and verified the questionnaire of Mr Le Minh Hung (Mr Ten) in relation to his research entitled “Strategies to Improve the Quality of Educational Inspection Activities in ThanhHoa Province” and found the stated items appropriate and essential in the study (Signed) LE THI THANH HUYEN Head Teacher, THCSAnHoach 102 28 August 2013 CERTIFICATE OF VERIFICATION This is to certify that I have reviewed and verified the questionnaire of Mr Le Minh Hung (Mr Ten) in relation to his research entitled “Strategies to Improve the Quality of Educational Inspection Activities in ThanhHoa Province” and found the stated items appropriate and essential in the study (Signed) HOANG THI HAU Head Teacher, Truong THCS Dong Tan 103 28 August 2013 CERTIFICATE OF VERIFICATION This is to certify that I have reviewed and verified the questionnaire of Mr Le Minh Hung (Mr Ten) in relation to his research entitled “Strategies to Improve the Quality of Educational Inspection Activities in ThanhHoa Province” and found the stated items appropriate and essential in the study (Signed) LE THI THANH HOA Head Teacher, Truong Pho thong Nguyen Mong Tuan 104 28 August 2013 CERTIFICATE OF VERIFICATION This is to certify that I have reviewed and verified the questionnaire of Mr Le Minh Hung (Mr Ten) in relation to his research entitled “Strategies to Improve the Quality of Educational Inspection Activities in ThanhHoa Province” and found the stated items appropriate and essential in the study (Signed) CAO ANH TINH Name Head Teacher, Truong Pho thong Nguyen Trai Position and Name of School 105 Appendix D Statistical Computation One-way ANOVA: Nguyen Trai , Nguyen Mong , Ham Ronghig, An Hoach sec, Source DF Factor SS MS F P 0.7792 0.0866 2.09 0.031 Error 279 11.5762 0.0415 Total 288 12.3554 S = 0.2037 R-Sq = 6.31% R-Sq(adj) = 3.28% Individual 95% CIs For Mean Based on Pooled StDev Level N Mean StDev + -+ -+ -+ - Nguyen Traihigh 32 3.3188 0.1731 ( -* ) Nguyen MongTuan 48 3.3604 0.2238 ( * ) Ham Rong high sc 52 3.2827 0.2093 ( * -) An Hoachseconda 22 3.3455 0.2283 ( * ) Dong Tan seconda 27 3.3481 0.2101 ( -* -) Dong Hung primar 31 3.3065 0.2175 ( -* -) Dong Tan primary 23 3.4087 0.1857 ( * ) Dong Linh A prim 20 3.2750 0.1888 ( -* ) An Hoachkinderg 21 3.3381 0.1830 ( * ) Dong Tan kinderg 13 3.1538 0.1561 ( * ) 106 + -+ -+ -+ 3.12 3.24 3.36 3.48 Pooled StDev = 0.2037 One-way ANOVA: Nguyen Trai , Nguyen Mong , Ham Ronghig, An Hoach sec, Source DF Factor SS MS F P 0.2859 0.0318 1.28 0.246 Error 279 6.9093 0.0248 Total 288 7.1952 S = 0.1574 R-Sq = 3.97% R-Sq(adj) = 0.88% Individual 95% CIs For Mean Based on Pooled StDev Level N Mean StDev + -+ -+ -+ - Nguyen Traihigh 32 3.8750 0.2140 ( -* ) Nguyen MongTuan 48 3.8896 0.1533 ( * -) Ham Rong high sc 52 3.8923 0.1713 ( -* ) An Hoachseconda 22 3.9045 0.1214 ( -* -) Dong Tan seconda 27 3.9259 0.1534 ( -* ) Dong Hung primar 31 3.8516 0.1589 ( * ) Dong Tan primary 23 3.8739 0.1287 ( -* -) Dong Linh A prim 20 3.8800 0.1196 ( * ) An Hoachkinderg 21 3.9524 0.1078 ( -* -) 107 Dong Tan kinderg 13 3.8000 0.1683 ( * ) + -+ -+ -+ 3.760 3.840 3.920 4.000 Pooled StDev = 0.1574 One-way ANOVA: Nguyen Trai , Nguyen MongTuan, Ham Ronghig, An Hoach sec, Source DF Factor SS MS F P 1.566 0.174 1.64 0.103 Error 279 29.584 0.106 Total 288 31.150 S = 0.3256 R-Sq = 5.03% R-Sq(adj) = 1.96% Individual 95% CIs For Mean Based on Pooled StDev Level N Mean StDev + -+ -+ -+ - Nguyen Traihigh 32 3.2563 0.2285 ( * -) Nguyen MongTuan 48 3.1583 0.3619 ( * -) Ham Rong high sc 52 3.3269 0.3350 ( -* -) An Hoachseconda 22 3.2591 0.5086 ( * ) Dong Tan seconda 27 3.3444 0.2847 ( -* -) Dong Hung primar31 3.3613 0.2333 ( -* -) Dong Tan primary 23 3.3478 0.2502 ( * ) Dong Linh A prim 20 3.3550 0.3845 ( -* ) 108 An Hoachkinderg21 3.3762 0.2737 ( * ) Dong Tan kinderg 13 3.3692 0.3199 ( -* ) + -+ -+ -+ 3.15 3.30 3.45 3.60 Pooled StDev = 0.3256 Chi-Square Test: low(PI), high(PI) Expected counts are printed below observed counts Chi-Square contributions are printed below expected counts low(PI) high(PI) Total 188 31 187.17 31.83 0.004 0.021 Total 59 11 59.83 10.17 0.011 0.067 247 42 219 70 289 Chi-Sq = 0.104, DF = 1, P-Value = 0.747 Chi-Square Test: low(IM), high(IM) Expected counts are printed below observed counts Chi-Square contributions are printed below expected counts 109 low(IM) high(IM) Total 2 3.03 215.97 0.351 0.005 Total 217 68 219 70 0.97 69.03 1.097 0.015 285 289 Chi-Sq = 1.469, DF = P-Value = 0.226 Chi-Square Test: low(CM), high(CM) Expected counts are printed below observed counts Chi-Square contributions are printed below expected counts low(CM) high(CM) Total 158 61 158.38 60.62 0.001 0.002 Total 51 19 50.62 19.38 0.003 0.007 209 80 219 70 289 Chi-Sq = 0.013, DF = 1, P-Value = 0.908 110 Data on Educational Attainment of the Respondents Academic Degree Name of School Bachelor Master total Master's Percentage Nguyen Trai high school 15 17 32 53 Nguyen Mong Tuan high school 22 26 48 54 Ham Rong high school 24 28 52 54 An Hoach secondary school 19 22 14 Dong Tan secondary school 27 27 Dong Hung primary school 31 31 Dong Tan primary school 23 23 Dong Linh A primary school 20 20 An Hoach kindergarten 21 21 Dong Tan kindergarten 13 13 Total 215 289 26 74 111 Data on Performance of Students Performance of Students (All subject areas) Name of School Exam taken Classroom Level Exam Taken Inter-School Level 70% got very good 50% got very good 75% got verygood 60% got verygood Ham Rong High School 75% got very good 55% got very good 30 % got very good Awardee Inter- School Level An Hoach Secondary School 50% got very good 40% got very good 20 % got very good Awardee Inter-School Level Dong Tan Secondary School 40% got very good 35 % got very good 15 % got very good None Dong Hung Primary School 50% got very good (Primary school) 40% got very good (Primary school) 30% got very good (Primary school) Dong Tan Primary School 45% Very good 45% Very good 20% Very good Dong Linh A Primary School 55% Very good 50% Very good 35% Very good Awardee Inter-school Level An Hoach Kindergarten 55% (Kindergart en school) 55% (Kindergarten school) 35% (Kindergarten school) Awardee Inter-school Level Dong Tan Kindergarten 45% 40% 25% None Nguyen TraiHigh School Nguyen Mong Tuan High School Exam taken Provincial Level 25% got very good 35% got very good Awards received Math Awardee Inter-school Level Provincial Level Math Awardee Inter-School Level Provincial Level Awardee Inter-school level None 112 CURRICULUM VITAE Name: LE MINH HUNG (TEN) Address: 53 PhanHuy Chu, Tan Son Ward ThanhHoa city, Viet Nam Date of Birth: November 2nd, 1970 Place of Birth: Dong Son District –ThanhHoa Province Nationality: Vietnamese Civil Status Married Educational Attainment: Graduate Studies: 2010 – present: Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Management Southern Luzon State University Lucban, Quezon, Philippines (A joint program with Thai Nguyen UniversitySocialist Republic of Vietnam) 2005 – 2007: Master of Arts in Teaching English VinhPedagogicalUniversity NgheAn, Viet Nam Tertiary: Bachelor of Arts in Teaching English 1986 – 1990 VinhPedagogicalUniversity NgheAn, Vietnam High School: 1982 – 1985 Dong Son II High School ThanhHoa, Viet Nam Secondary: (1978 – 1982) Thieu Van Secondary School ThanhHoa, Viet Nam Primary: (1975 – 1978) Thieu Hung Primary School ThanhHoa, Viet Nam [...]... degree of the teachers in ThanhHoa Province doesn’t affect the level of professional inspection of the school, thus, the level of the educational inspection activities of the school in terms of professional inspection is not affected by the educational degree of the teacher Based on the findings, it is therefore concluded that Educational inspection activities as toprofessional inspection, inspection. .. were in provincial level 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 Thus, the ten schools in ThanhHoa Province have different level on their educational inspection activities in professional inspection In terms... weaknesses of educational training quality of all school levels in ThanhHoa Province during the Academic Year 2012-2013 This study used the descriptive design in analyzingthe variables It is designed to help determine the extent to which different variables are related to each other Based on the data gathered, the following are the findings: The level of educational inspection activities in terms of professional... 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 inspection. " Inspection is a professional activity, so it is a must to have professional training Each officer in the inspection. .. the educational management as well as the quality of teaching and learning in all school levels in ThanhHoa Province. For these reasons, the researcher chose to pursue this study 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 ThanhHoa Province during the Academic Year 2012-2013, and then offer... Limitations The study was focused on the investigation of the status of educational inspection activities covering ten (10) schools in ThanhHoa Province It made use of two hundred eighty nine (289) managers and teachers The researcher used questionnaire to determine the extent of implementation of the educational inspection activities in the ten (10) schools It is limited to the professional inspection, inspection. .. Significance of the Study This study was carried out with the aim of finding out the weaknesses of the educational inspection activities and propose suitable measures to improve the quality of all school levels in ThanhHoa Province In this context, this study would be beneficial to the following: Administrators.This study will serve as an effective tool in managing the school educational inspection activities. .. to improve the education management in general and ThanhHoa’s education and training in particular 7 Based on theoretical research and assessment of the status of the professional inspection in ThanhHoa Province, the researcher proposed some measures to build and develop a team of professional inspectors for the enhancement of professional inspection activities, which may contribute to improving the. .. terms of xiv inspection management of the ten schools, results show that the observed inspection management was the same as observed in the ten schools in ThanhHoa Thus, the ten schools in ThanhHoa Province have same level on their educational inspection activities in inspection Management In terms of complaint management, it shows that the observed complaint management was the same It shows that the educational. .. 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, the Vietnam Government issued another inspection law which replaced the 1990 Inspection Law It stated that the inspection system shall consist the following: ... observed inspection management was the same as observed in the ten schools in ThanhHoa Thus, the ten schools in ThanhHoa Province have same level on their educational inspection activities in inspection. .. the level of professional inspection of the school, thus, the level of the educational inspection activities of the school in terms of professional inspection is not affected by the educational. .. 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 inspection. 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