The Learning Development Process and Capacity Enhancement for Ethnic Children and Youth in The Northern

Abstract

The research subject, The Learning Development Process and Capacity Enhancement for Ethnic Children and Youth in The Northern Region has the following objectives; 1. To promote and develop the learning process for children and youth, children and youth groups. 2. To support ethnic children and youth groups to have the opportunity to use their potential to create new activities to benefit the community. 3. To assess the implementation of learning management and capacity building for ethnic children and youth in the northern region. In this study, target groups were selected to study the learning development process of children and youth through the operation of 2 organizations, namely the Education for Life and Society Foundation and Ya Phraek Salawin group. The two organizations worked with school teachers, community leaders, children and youth. In this study, qualitative data were collected from interviews with teachers, staff of local organizations, community leaders and other stakeholders. The results showed that a child and youth work process was created through the management process by coaching in the learning development process and the use of empowerment methods is a process of developing capacity. There was an empowerment to see the creative power for youth and themselves. “Youth led, adults supported” and the assessment of the work found that both organizations focused on knowledge management that creates the power of change, discovery of children and youth as well as knowledge in working that creates change and solves problems for children and youth