Generation Gap: The Learning, Worldview and Living of Social Different Ages in Lampang Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were 1) to study the worldviews of life of intergenerational societies; 2) to study the collaborative learning process of intergenerational societies in Lampang Province; and 3) to create collaborative learning innovations of intergenerational societies in Lampang Province. It was the qualitative and operational research. The research tools included in-depth interviews with 30 key informants, focus group discussions with 14 key informants, and operations with 85 key informants. The research results found that 1) current worldviews of life can be classified into 5 dimensions, namely 1.1) the dimension of a way of life that was full of competition, 1.2) the social dimension, 1.3) the economic dimension and progress in information technology dimension, 1.4) the political and administrative dimension, and 1.5) the local wisdom and culture dimension which can be organized into a format for studying society in the present era, namely an individual-oriented format, Job-oriented format, information technology model and ideal model; 2) there were 5 aspects of the collaborative learning process of intergenerational societies: 2.1) identity and way of life of semi-urban communities with participatory learning by local government, 2.2) local social and cultural potential, 2.3) participatory community learning, 2.4) activity design process with community forums and networks, and 2.5) operations and lessons learned into local development plans; 3) learning innovation and living together in intergenerational a society in Lampang province resulted from four development processes: 3.1) learning innovation development process, 3.2) learning innovation design and development, 3.3) learning innovation development and creative activity design, and 3.4) analyzing the model of developing collaborative learning innovations from operations, including upstream processes, opinion survey and lifestyle analysis, values ​​and needs of the age group of midstream process, developing learning innovations based on geo-cultural capital and downstream processes. It was model learning community, lesson learned/lesson summary stage and determining local development strategies.