其他摘要：This research had the objectives to: study the levels of total quality management factors and school effectiveness of kindergarten schools in southern border provinces, study the relationships between the total quality management factors and school effectiveness of kindergarten schools in southern border provinces, and find the importance weights of the total quality management factors affecting the school effectiveness of kindergarten schools in southern border provinces. The research samples were 224 teachers of 5 kindergarten schools in southern border provinces, acquired by conducting proportionate simple random sampling of individual schools. The instrument used in the research was a 5-rating scale questionnaire with the IOC of 0.80 – 1.00. The Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficients for the 6 factors of total quality management, i.e. 1) building customer satisfaction, 2) teamwork participation, 3) continuous quality improvement, 4) personnel development, 5) innovation and technology, and 6) strategic planning were 0.86, 0.90, 0.90, 0.91, 0.90and0.92 respectively; and those for the 4 aspects of school effectiveness, i.e. 1) quantity and quality of products, 2) production efficiency, 3) organization adaptation and flexibility, and 4) teacher collective efficacy were 0.96, 0.94, 0.95, and 0.93 respectively. The statistics used in data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, Multivariate Multiple Regression (MMR) and Univariate Multiple Regression (MR). The research results reveal as follows. 1. The 6 factors of total quality management of kindergarten schools in southern border provinces were all at the high level; arranged in descending order of mean: strategic planning, continuous quality improvement, building customer satisfaction, teamwork participation, personnel development, and innovation and technology respectively.The 4 aspects of school effectiveness of kindergarten schools in southern border provinceswere all at the high level; arranged in descending order of mean:production efficiency, teacher collective efficacy, organization adaptation and flexibility, and quantity and quality of products respectively. 2. The factors of total quality management and the aspects of school effectiveness were positively related at .01 level of significance. 3.The beta weights of the factors of the total quality management affecting the school effectiveness of kindergarten schools in southern border provinces were found as follows.3.1 The factors of the total quality management affecting positively the quantity and quality of productsaspect of the school effectiveness of kindergarten schools in southern border provinces at .01 level of significance were innovation and technology and strategic planning with the beta weights of 0.302 and 0.194 respectively.3.2 The factors of the total quality management affecting positively the production efficiency aspect of the school effectiveness of kindergarten schools in southern border provinces at .01 level of significance were continuous quality improvement and strategic planning with the beta weights of 0.930 and 0.485 respectively whereas the personnel development did at .05 level of significance3.3 The factors of the total quality management affecting positively the organization adaptation and flexibility aspect of the school effectiveness of kindergarten schools in southern border provinces at .01 level of significance were strategic planning, personnel development and continuous quality improvement with the beta weights of 0.328, 0.302 and 0.214 respectively.3.4The factors of the total quality management affecting positively the teacher collective efficacy aspect of the school effectiveness of kindergarten schools in southern border provinces at .01 level of significance were strategic planning and personnel development with the beta weights of 0.326 and 0.238 respectively.
