A Historical Learning Process for Learning Resources Management: A Case Study of Saikhoa Village Wangsapung District Loei Province

Abstract

The study aims to explore the body of knowledge of the local history and investigate the way of local learning management of Sai Khao Village in Sai Khao sub-district, Wansapung district, Loei, Thailand. Data were collected by means of interview and group discussion as oral history method and obtained from local people as well as other relating documents. The research instruments were interview questions, discussion topics, and community mapping. The data then were analyzed and presented in descriptive style. The study shows that Sai Khao Village has developed its conservative urbanization since the 19th B.E. as an important fortress of the Kingdom of Lanchang. However, after the 23rd B.E. Sai Khao was declining and finally became a village when Lanchang collapsed in 1727. In the modern world Sai Khao changed as the economic and social changes in the “Development Era” in 1957. This was a result of the development of transportation and infrastructure which caused community expansion and migration from rural areas towards urban ones. In 1997 the changes became even more intense since the locals have had more ways to make money such as working in a factory, selling lottery, and doing commercial agriculture. All of these made changes in rural lives. Other than that the study finds that the learning resource management should create the body of knowledge of Sai khao local history as an open space for various groups to be a part of their own community “identity”. This will encourage the people to recognize the values of their history and culture before fostering and conveying this knowledge to the community through formal education and private learning.