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Localization learning process for human resources development: case study of project support the local community in order to restore the southern border
Nat Luxchaigul
Dept. of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus
E-mail: nat-lbunga.pn.psu.ac.th
Abstract
This study aims to analyze the learning process for human resources development in collaboration
community of practice COP on project support the local community in order to restore the southern
border. The 50 samples consisted of graduate workers, graduate motherland and also people in
Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat Provinces, were collected sampling with participant observation and
in-depth interviews, using content analysis and descriptive narrative. The research results founded
that the community learning only discourse of human resources development in postmodern; the input
process are sufficient supported by the third party participation. The learning process in southern border
community is only the beginning and medium participation. However, this collaborative learning
process output are the expansion to the second project, but the participant gained experience as the
result process of interaction with the community development and environment around the human
center. Although, the restore southern border is not now conducive fulfillment to human development,
because of unrest in the areas, lack of trust, scarcity of natural resources and coastal erosion, etc.
Keywords: learning process, human resources development, community of practice COP, southern
border
1. Introduction
The key to knowledge of community development are aspects of the theory of practice.
Then the learning content must include academic and practice. The important part to pay attention to is the
process of learning or acquiring knowledge.
Prof. Wijhan Panit 2012 indicates that learning new generation must learn the skills to survive in the
21
st
century; the role of the teacher must change from teaching to serve in the spark alumni interested in
self- knowledge of the learner’s practice called learning by doing. The teacher acting be a conducive
learning process rather than as agenda setting or telling. Then a good teacher will help increase the
power and value of learning more than prepare people to work to the production industry same in the past.
As well as, should take into account the principles or
factors for learning in the 21
st
century, namely the five keys that are; to learn the real world or real life
Authentic Learning, learning to create a new paradigm Mental Model Building, learners with
learning needs Internal Motivation, learning with more elastic management Multiple Intelligence, and
learning as a social process Social Learning.
Therefore, the provision of education for community development must be to help the students
profound understanding the community development. The educational process should to strengthen the
ability of thought, analysis and decision, to increase the experience of collaborative group working, and to
develop constantly linking learning to academic and practical. From the above, this article must descriptive
to learning process for human resources development, how are the learning process in southern border
community of practice COP which a part of the project support to local community at the present.
2. Literature Review
2.1 Community development: theory, practice, and
social dynamics.
Knowledge of community development built from concrete operation of community. The process
of operational community to the benefit it’s both individual and collective members by the process or
method from outsiders who came to work with the community to strengthen their ability to manage their
own community. The knowledge in community development was in different countries both
industrialized and developing countries, whereas not markedly influence and less weight in theory. In
contrast, the literature associated with the community development to demonstrate the outstanding issues in
the practice rather than, such as techniques and strategies for working with communities. Midgley,
J., Livermore, M., 2005
Although, the community development theory is caused by the formation and accumulation of
knowledge from practice for more than five decades, but the theory component has to rely on the influence
of education as a science, and cognitive science knowledge, such as research and theory in the social
sciences, including: anthropology, sociology, economics applications., etc. which are contribute to
more understanding of the relationship between human beings, man and nature, and the social change
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as a fundamental knowledge of the community development.
However, to reduce reliance on knowledge creation in science coagulation of traditional
knowledge as a modern discourse that is conducive to knowledge transfer, to create and develop knowledge,
which is made clear in the understanding knowledge in community development and can be improved to
answer important questions that how the human success condition in modern era, not only
technological progress, but also industrial development, and how do humans to coexist with
humans, with nature and the environment by the way in harmony and peace smoothly.
Therefore, the education management for community development should answer the question
above. The community development is a science of practice Theory of Practice that consists purpose in
the human resources development, fundament on assumption that give hope and confidence to the
principle as guidelines for the performance and imperativeness to control the accurate work.
Parichart Walaisathien, 2013
Although, often regarded the community development as a present model to answer in the tiny
villages. This is not true at all, the education and community development practice should learn from
the mistakes of the past, and focusing on the concept of self-help which by ignoring the change of social
structure. Then community development is carried out without taking into the social relations structure, but
focus only on livelihood and economic development. The impact to regressive in the community resources,
cause to the disparity in rights exploitation, and access to resources and social services. This ineffective
relationship both inside and outside community, and be the complex problem to resolved by a process
within the community itself.
Therefore, the social dynamics by knowledge based, the research and working experience in
academic services are important core. This achieved by expanding the knowledge and experience to the
extensively concrete to the community area. This may use the knowledge management or information
approach, and policy implementation at the local level, this affects to changing, self-determining to
ordinances, regulations, and benefits to the local community and society.
2.2 Piloting Community Approaches in Conflict Situation in Three Southernmost Provinces in
