The Development of the Learning Management Process of Sufficiency Economy Learning Center through Participatory in Na Tam Nuea Community, Mueang District, Trang Province

Abstract

The article aimed to study 1) the learning management situation of sufficiency economy learning and 2) the development of the learning management process of the sufficiency economy learning center through participatory action research in the Na Tam Nuea community, Mueang district, Trang province. The research was action research and was divided into two phases: Firstly, the situation of the learning management process was collected through in-depth interviews with twenty-three key informants and satisfaction questionnaires of three hundred forty-nine training participants. Secondly, the development of the learning management process in the Na Tam Nuea community was collected through a PAOR participatory process according to the Addie Model guidelines with thirty-six stakeholders, namely learning center officers, farmers, teachers, village headmen, community development officers, and analysts of plans and policies. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and the qualitative data by content analysis.

The research results were found as follows: 1. The sufficiency economy learning center is the community’s learning resource, providing knowledge on agriculture. The crucial problems of the learning center are inconsistent training courses with the context and a lack of learning media and communication channels. The community has requirements for learning and activity contents, lecturers, training participants, and environments. The training participants satisfaction with learning management was high. 2. The knowledge research of the development learning management process of the sufficiency economy learning center through the community performed five steps, namely community analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of learning management.