LOCAL COMMUNITIES LEARNING RESOURCES FOR LEARNING SOCIAL STUDIES OF KHOK SAMRONG DISTRICT, LOPBURI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to explore learning resources of local communities for learning social studies in Khok Samrong District 2) to study the potential of local community learning resources in Khok Samrong District Lopburi. The researh was a qualitative research by synthesizing data from research papers, field survey and interview. The key informants were the village headman, the village headman, the teacher, the abbot, the village philosopher, Village elders and 20 public and private officials, then used the data for analysis and synthesis to classify learning resources and analyze the potential of learning resources of local communities.

The results showed that

1. To explore learning resources of local communities for learning social studies in Khok Samrong District, Lopburi province. It is a learning resource that can be used in studying social studies. They can be classified according to their distinctiveness into 3 types: 1) learning centers on traditions and beliefs 2) learning about history and 3) learning environments.
2. Potential of local community learning resources in Khok Samrong district Lopburi province. It has the potential to be developed as a learning resource for researching ancient human settlements, and is a learning center about the development of human society in Thailand as well as the potential to be a source of learning about community culture for future generations, especially traditions famous beliefs of the community and potential for field trip activities in cultural, history, geography, agriculture and environment.