Volume 10, Issue 8 (August 2023), Pages: 191-196

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 Original Research Paper

Enhancing Thai students' core learning outcomes: An analysis of the teacher school quality program as an effective inter-organizational collaboration

 Author(s): 

 Sinthawa Khamdit, Wittaya Worapun *

 Affiliation(s):

 Faculty of Education, Mahasarakham University, Kham Riang, Thailand

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2122-9432

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.08.022

 Abstract:

Effective inter-organizational collaboration holds paramount significance in the realm of education, profoundly impacting students' learning outcomes. Through the amalgamation of diverse organizations and resources, such collaborations foster a holistic and supportive learning environment, thereby enabling students to attain their utmost potential. This research endeavors to scrutinize the impact of the Teacher School Quality Program (TSQP) as an exemplar of inter-organizational collaboration on the core learning outcomes of Thai students. The study's cohort consisted of 290 school administrators actively participating in the TSQP initiative, selected via purposive sampling. Employing the Teacher School Quality Program (TSQP) and a meticulously designed student core learning outcome evaluation form as research instruments, the collected data underwent meticulous analysis, including percentages, mean scores, and standard deviation. The findings unequivocally affirm the Teacher School Quality Program's effectiveness as an inter-organizational collaboration that substantially enhances Thai students' core learning outcomes. These results bear profound implications for both the field of educational management and scholarly pursuits in the domain of inter-organizational collaboration. This study is a pivotal contribution to the ongoing discourse surrounding the transformation of educational paradigms through collaborative endeavors.

 © 2023 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Inter-organizational collaboration, Teacher school quality program, Core learning outcomes, Educational management, Research studies

 Article History: Received 12 February 2023, Received in revised form 25 June 2023, Accepted 26 July 2023

 Acknowledgment 

This research project was financially supported by Mahasarakham University Thailand. and the Equitable Equality Fund, Thailand.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Khamdit S and Worapun W (2023). Enhancing Thai students' core learning outcomes: An analysis of the teacher school quality program as an effective inter-organizational collaboration. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(8): 191-196

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