Phase 1: Documentary Study Phase 2: Field Study

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3.1 Phase 1: Documentary Study

Researching in this step is to study the documents from books, journals, research outreach and mass media related of southern folk philosophers so as to understand the concepts involved. The meaning and origin of knowledge, lifestyle patterns, body of knowledge, forms and methods of the learning process and the development of innovative learning for themselves and their communities to achieve sustainable development were reviewed.

3.2 Phase 2: Field Study

The field research comprises the sample selection, using the purposive sampling method. The 1-7 th groups of local scholars, that were selected to receive the honorary reward from the Office of the Education Council as a teacher of wisdom in southern Thailand in 9 areas: agriculture, industry and crafts, Thai traditional medicine, natural resource and environmental management, funds and community business , arts, languages and literature, philosophy, religion and traditions and nutrition. One local scholar in each of these 9 areas and three successors adopting or learning from the scholar were included, making a total number of 36 research informants. The field research comprises three steps as follows. 1 . Study related documents and media concerning or collected about the sample scholars to verify information from secondary resources in the first stage. These documents can be research reports, media documents and publications concerning the sample scholars in Southern Thailand, together with their learning innovation, production and dissemination of the innovative knowledge. 2 . Non-participatory observation was done by the searcher observing the application of learning innovation of the knowledge and how it was transferred by the scholar to their inherited successors of the innovation. The researcher observed and video tape recorded the stages of the process in knowledge dissemination, the learning activities and the innovation used to transfer the innovative knowledge. 3 . In-depth interview, the researcher conducted interviews with the key informants including local scholars and innovation recipients of knowledge to collect data on learning innovation process and the model of learning innovation for sustainable development of southern folk scholars.

3.3 Phase 3: Focus Group Discussion