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This research studied the contextual conditions of Khon Kaen Urban Community for developing the community learning center (CLC) as a part of smart city development. It also aimed to develop 'Bue Ban' CLC model based on the public participation and digital advancement. This study was carried out employing the qualitative and operational research method with its tools as an in-depth interview, academic seminar, and fieldwork. The data were obtained from 66 participants, chosen by purposive sampling, and were interpreted by descriptive content analysis. From the study, the models of Bue Ban development and knowledge management, identity, development, publication, utilization or 'KID-PU' have been used to develop CLC as a part of smart city development.

ASEAN music education is important for learning the history, culture, beliefs, and identities of each member country; this research aims at studying the revival and development of Lao classical songs: 'Oh Lao' and 'Platong', no longer played. From the research results, the symposium of music teachers and experts including national artists was organized to exchange the idea to develop the melody played by alto xylophone and further developed by creating harmonies for performance by the string orchestra according to the principles of international music theory, composing and anthropological theories.

This research's objectives were: (1) to study the current and desirable conditions and transformational leadership of private schools in Khon Kaen Province; (2) to develop a transformational leadership model of private schools in Khon Kaen Province. The study is divided into 5 phases as follows. Phase 1: Composition studies: it was conducted by synthesizing ideas, principles, theories, and related research work to obtain the components to be determined as a conceptual framework. Phase 02: the study of the current and desirable conditions was carried out by collecting quantitative data from the population, including 128 private school administrators and 2,482 private school teachers (in total 2,610) and 360 randomly selected samples including 128 private school administrators and 232 private school teachers. The questionnaire used to collect the data had its mean content validity of 0.84 and confidence coefficient of 0.96. The obtained data were analysed by using software packages to find the following statistics: Frequency, Percentage, Mean and Standard Deviation. Phase 3: the development of a transformational leadership model; this was performed by taking the mean of the current condition data and desirable condition data to find the need value or PNImodified. Phase 4: collecting the qualitative data; this was conducted by organizing a Focus Group Discussion of 10 experts. Phase 5: collecting the qualitative data, it was conducted by organizing the public hearing from five highly-performing private schools consisting of one school administrator, five teachers each (a total of 35 people). The results of the analysis showed that the transformational leadership model of private schools in Khon Kaen Province was statistically rated at a moderate level. The needs were sorted: (1) ideological influence, (2) inspiration, (3) cognitive stimulation, and (4) individual consideration.

Community development is a type of development that is unique in its own way, philosophies, concepts, principles and practices based on originality. The development is the process of educating people to develop knowledge ideas to gain potential of self-sufficiency. This is consistent with the first national strategy of Thailand to achieve the vision 'Thailand is stable, prosperous and sustainable, is a developed country in accordance with the philosophy of sufficiency economy'. To meet with the mentioned national goal and in support of the National Research Council of Thailand, this research aims to develop a creative community model: Old City Pillar Shrine (Buea-Ban) in Khon Kaen Province. Participants (N=66), chosen by Purposive Sampling consisted of representatives of Khon Kaen Municipality, local scholars, representatives of 'Hoop-Taem' Club, Khon Kaen Club. Tools used in this study included Interviews and Focus Group Discussion. The data was analysed using the Descriptive Content Analysis. The result of the research leads to the acquisition of the Creative Community Model called 'KIDPU Model' consisting of 1) K: Knowledge Management; 2) I: Identity (reflection of identity); 3) D: Development; 4) P: Publication and 5) U: Utilization.

The objectives of this research are: 1) to study the state of the Buddhist learning process of the Department of Social Studies, Religion and Culture (DSRC); 2) to create a model for Buddhist learning activities (MBLA) for DSRC; 3) to evaluate the results of MBLA operation. This study was carried out by means of the mixed method research. The tools used in collecting the data were: a five-rating scale questionnaire, a small group meeting of the experts and interviews. The research results indicated that the state of the Buddhist learning process in DSRC is divided into 2 activities: 1) learning 4 steps-activities according to the curriculum; 2) MBLA for DSRC consisted of 3 important activities: cultivating righteousness; training according to the principles of the Trisikkha (Threefold Studies); the development according to the principle of the Four Bhavana Dhammas; 3) the evaluation of MBLA for DSRC reported the opinion of the experts on MCLA at the highest level ([x-bar] = 5.00 and S.D. = 0.00), helpfulness at the highest level ([x-bar] = 5.00, S.D.= 0.00) and usefulness at the highest level ([x-bar] of 5.00, S.D.= 0.00). Parents and the community were satisfied with the behavior of the students at the highest level ([x-bar] = 4.58, S.D. =0.59). The top 3 mean of the studied items were: good-hearted and virtuous, ethical, and able to work with others effectively ([x-bar] = 4.79, 4.61, 4.59, S.D.= 0.45, 0.59, 0.61) respectively.

The objectives of this research were: 1) to develop a model of promoting the potential of people in the digital field towards the development of digital villages (PDG) in Mahasarakham, Thailand; 2) to develop a course of promoting PDG in Mahasarakham and the learning multimedia; 3) to promote PDG in Mahasarakham; 4) to monitor and evaluate the development of digital villages in Mahasarakham. The sample consisted of 1) 300 volunteer digital ambassadors classified into: 1.1) 65 people, 1.2) 130 youths and 105 students of the Faculty of Information Technology, Rajabhat Mahasarakham University; 2) 1,300 people from 13 communities in Mahasarakham, 100 people per community. The research results indicated that 1) the model consisted of 4 steps: 1.1) the procedure for determining the steps for promoting the potential of the people in the digital field; 1.2) curriculum development process for enhancing people's potential in digital field; 1.3) the process of promoting the potential of people in the digital field; and 1.4) the follow-up process for evaluation of digital village development. 2) A 6-hour digital public potential promotion course consisting of 9 topics; 2.1) Rights and responsibilities in the digital age; 2.2) Digital access; 2.3) Communication in the digital age; 2.4) Security in the digital age; 2.5) Media and information literacy; 2.6) Practices in a digital society; 2.7) Good health in the digital age; 2.8) digital commerce; 2.9) Digital Law. 3) The results of the potential development of people in the digital field were as follows: 3.1) 300 "Volunteer Digital Ambassadors" had 63.79% level of knowledge, understanding and skills and overall satisfaction at the highest level ([x-bar] = 4.52 and SD = 0.51) and 3.2) 1,300 people had the knowledge, understanding and skills of 64.87% and had the highest overall average satisfaction ([x-bar] = 4.51 and SD. = 0.53). 4) The results of the digital village development monitoring were as follows: 4.1) The results of the preparation of the evaluation criteria consist of 7 points as follows: 4.1.1) Community knowledge and skills from capacity development training accounted for more than 60%; 4.1.2) The number of people 60 percent or more have a Smartphone; 4.1.3) The number of people 60% or more uses LINE program at least 1 hour per day; 4.1.4) The number of people 60% or more used Facebook program at least 1 hour per day; 4.1.5) The number of people 20 percent or more used Facebook or Line program as a tool to help run their own business or community enterprise groups; 4.1.6) 20% of the population or more were using online trading programs such as LAZADA or Shopee; 4.1.7) The community had a community group line for use in constructive communication within the group; 4.2) The evaluation results of digital village development in Mahasarakham Province found that all 13 communities had the evaluation results of digital villages according to the specified criteria.

This research aims at 1) studying the current and desirable conditions of the administration of private schools under the Khon Kaen Provincial Education Office (KKPEO) in the 21st century; 2) studying the administration model of private schools (AMPS) under KKPEO in the 21st century. The research operation was divided into 3 phases as follows: Phase 1: study the current condition and desirable locations to collect the quantitative data; the population used in the study included 128 administrators and 2,482 teachers (total 2,610) in 128 private schools under KKPEO. The samples in this study included 128 administrators and 232 teachers (total 360), selected by Simple Random Sampling. The five-rating scale questionnaire with its content validity of 0.86 and a coefficient of reliability of 0.92 was used as the research tool to collect the data. The necessary statistics such as Frequency, Percentage and Standard Deviation was used to analyze the obtained data. In Phase2: collect the qualitative data by organizing Focus Group Discussion with 10 experts, in this stage, a group discussion recording form was used to collect the data, later on analyzed by the content analysis in accordance with the conceptual framework and other issues. In Phase 3: collect the qualitative data from purposively selected stakeholders, 6 experts and 3 administrators, 15 teachers (a total of 24) from private schools with the excellent performance were invited for public hearings. The form of evaluation, verification and certification of research results was used as a research tool in this phase. The research results indicated that the administration of private schools under KKPEO in the 21st century was statistically rated in overall at a high level. The studied aspects were ranked according to their needs as follows: 1) technology implementation to promote management and learning; 2) curriculum development in line with social changes and life skills; 3) development of teaching and learning skills and innovation; 4) development of academic achievement and career; 5) building a network of learning.

This study has its objectives: 1) to compare students' English reading competency before and after learning through the collocational instruction (CI) for improving undergraduate student skills in English reading and writing: 2) to investigate students' English writing competency after learning through CI. The target group was 20 undergraduates, selected by Purposive Sampling, at Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Khon Kaen Campus, majoring in Buddhist Studies, Philosophy, Teaching Thai Language, Political Science and Social Studies. The research tools included: 1) the CI lesson plans; 2) a reading test; and 3) a writing evaluation form. The statistics used in the data analysis were: Mean, Percentage and S.D. The results were as follows. 1) the reading competency of the samples is higher after learning by CI and that writing is also higher than the set criteria.

This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of master teachers in the upper northeastern area to analyze the Buddhist moral code to promote master teachers and propose the model of integrated Buddhist for promoting master teachers in the upper northeastern area. Interview questions and relevant focus group discussions were used as instruments in the analysis, which was performed using a mixed-method design. The data were analyzed by using descriptive content analysis (DCA). Research results revealed that 1) the characteristics of master teachers are divided into three parts: self-improvement, autonomy, and coordination with communities; 2) Buddhist moral code associated with promoting master teachers comprises of Iddhipada 4, Ariyasacca 4, Sa?gahavatthu 4, Kalya?amitta-dhamma 7, Pañcadhamma 5, Brahmavihara dhamma 4 and Aparihaniyadhamma 7. 3) The model integrated Buddhist for promoting master teachers consists of 3 parts: 1) desire to be a master teacher; 2) Buddhist moral code brought to be a practice guideline for achieving 8 codes of self-improvement; 3) development with 3 components: self-improvement, autonomy, and coordination with communities.

This research aimed: (1) to study the political participation of the monk and novice students in MCUKK as the guideline to develop the political participation instruction for MCUKK students; and (2) to suggest the ways to promote the political participation instruction of the monk and novice students. The population of the research was the bachelor degree students: monks and novices (n = 266) of MCUKK. The key informants (15) including 1 educational administrator, 2 directors of Political Science Programs (Bachelor and Master), and 2 lecturers, 10 students selected by Purposive Sampling. This study was conducted by means of the mixed research methodology: quantitative research and qualitative research. The tools used in this research were the five-rating scale questionnaire and an in-depth interview. The research findings indicated that: (1) the political participation of the students in four studied aspects were statistically rated the moderate level; and (2) the university lecturers should pay attention to educating the legal rights and importance of political participation in terms of voting, political news, political campaign and political rally for the students. The finding suggested that teaching political participation should be managed properly, although there is the law that prohibits monks or novices to get involved in politics.

This research aims to examine 1) analytical thinking skills of pre-service teachers by using research-based learning (RBL) and community learning resources (CLR), and 2) satisfaction of learning activities among the pre-service teachers. The one-shot case study was implemented in the research design. The research sample included 3rd year Social Studies students of Faculty of Education Khon Kaen University, (n =35). Research tools included 4 sets of a lesson plan, an evaluation form of student's analytical thinking skills, and a satisfaction questionnaire. Descriptive statistics: Mean, Percentage, and Standard Deviation were applied to analyze the obtained data. Research results showed 1) positive development of analytical thinking skills of the students through RBL integrated with CLR. 28 students out of 35 students (80 percent) passed the test with an average score of 20.46 (75.79 percent). 2) Pre-service teachers had overall satisfaction in RBL integrated with CLR at a high level ([x-bar]= 3.94, S.D. = 0.34).

This paper aims to study the learning management emphasizing desirable characteristics (LMDC) of students in Buddhist university in Thailand based on documentary research methodology. The finding reveals that LMDC in Buddhist University is carried out according to the qualifications-framework including: (1) ethical and moral development; (2) knowledge; (3) cognitive skills; (4) interpersonal skills and responsibility; (5) numerical analysis skills, communication and information technology skills; and (6) learning management science methodology (added in teaching profession curriculum) by integrating with digital competency and 9 characteristics.

At Phutthachinnarat Sangha College (PSC), Thailand, there is a diversity of students from monastic and secular educational backgrounds, causing learning management, particularly teaching English, more difficult compared with other institutions. To understand and improve this educational context, in this paper, we provide the guidelines for English teaching and learning by means of Cooperative Learning Management (CLM) for undergraduate students majoring in Bachelor Program in Social Studies, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, (MCU), PSC. In so doing, the overview of English teaching and learning in the studied site will be provided and thereafter CLM together with Learning Together Technique (LTT) will be discussed.

The objective of this research was to study students' perception of using media literacy (ML) to prevent online threats of the students majoring in Communication Arts, Faculty of Management Science, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University (SSRU). Selected by Purposive Sampling, the samples (n = 60) of this research were the students majoring in Communication Arts, Faculty of Management Science, SSRU. The research tool was the student perception questionnaire with 4 sections: 1) personal data, 2) perception on ML (60 questions), 3) benefits of ML for students (10 questions), 4) implementation of ML (11 questions), and (5) open-ended questions (2 questions). The finding suggested that most students have paid attention to awareness on using OSM with carefulness as effects from posting messages, images, or video clips on oneself, others, and family members. The most agreed benefit of ML is that students can develop values, morality, and ethics as a result of their ML education. The application of ML in their life is based on their ML skills.

In Thailand, Buddhism has played an important role in terms cultivating morality and ethics for people in the society. Later, it has become an important part of the educational system of the country. This paper has its aims to clarify some backgrounds of Buddhist studies in Thai educational system from the early period to the present day. First, it discusses (1) some of the Buddha's principles of teaching first, and thereafter (2) importance of Buddhist studies in Thai society, (3) management of Buddhist Studies, and (4) History of Buddhist Studies in Thailand and (5) Buddhist Studies Curriculum will be discussed. The conclusion of this study reveals that training morality and ethics to youth is the key factor making Buddhist studies exist in the educational system of Thailand.

The research aims to study the development of online instructional activities) for creative internet use of the tertiary students (OIA) in Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Khon Kaen Campus (MCUKK), Thailand. The objective of this study, therefore, is to examine the OIA that researchers have built to use with 30 undergraduate students, selected by a Cluster Sampling in the Faculty of Education. The data collection of this study was conducted by means of both quantitative and qualitative research instruments. The research results are as follows: 1) the OIA consists of the following procedures: (1) planning and orientating the learning activities, (2) motivating to use the internet with creativity, (3) fostering students to create learning purposes and self-evaluation, (4) presenting individual methods of internet use, (5) presenting the ways to use the internet with creativity, (6) fostering Inquiry-Based Learning, (7) presenting given tasks from selected situations, (8) evaluating by using a sociometry technique and (9) summarizing the aspects of the internet use. Also, the finding reveals the students were very satisfied with the OIA and the positive behaviors of the learners in using the internet with creativity.

Traditional Thai medicine is one of several alternative ways to promote public health in Thailand. In general, it refers to the philosophy, knowledge and methods of practice for health care and illness treatment in line with Thai traditions, culture and the Thai way of life based on the herbal medicines. Today, different techniques are widely used in Nong Don Sub-District, Chaiyaphum Province, Thailand. These techniques are considered as a valuable local wisdom or a body of knowledge known as a tacit knowledge, transmitted from their generations to generations. Sometimes, they disappeared because of the lack of knowledge transmission or knowledge management (KM). In order to preserve this tacit knowledge, there is a need in managing their knowledge. This research therefore aims to develop the model of knowledge management for the herbal healers based on Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP) principles for people in Nong Don Sub-District, Chaiyaphum Province, Thailand. In this study, the qualitative research was used to collect the data from 30 key informants including 30 of herbal healers (10) and community members (20) such as local philosophers, academic scholars and hospital officers. The research tools used in this study were: documentary investigation, in-depth interview, Focus-Group Discussion. After all the research processes, the new model of knowledge management has been created in accordance with the principles of SEP and KM. The model is composed of 1) the principles of the SEP: reasonability, sufficiency, morality, immunity and knowledge as the conceptual guideline of herbal health care practices and TUNA model: Knowledge Vision, Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Access as the process in preserving the tacit knowledge of the herbalists in the research area. SEP is suitable to use as the moral and ethical guideline of health care practices. It is said the herbal healers should not only be smart but also moral and ethical, consistent with the Regulations of Thai Traditional Medical Council on Ethics of Thai Traditional Medical Profession, 2014. KM of the herbal healing consists of a set of operations that are used by different organizations in order to identify, create, display and spread knowledge for the benefit of use and learning within Nong Don Sub-District. It leads to more efficient information management which is essential for developing the public health in the community. So that it is necessary for the local organizations and stakeholders to have resources allocated to knowledge management in order to preserve and develop the local wisdom.

The paper aimed to clarify the Buddhist instruction care for planning Thai elderly to have well-being in the sociocultural settings concerning the elderly development project in Thailand. The objectives of this study were: 1) to clarify the management policy of the elderly development within the upper northeastern locale; 2) to discover conceivable thoughts of instruction care standards for the elderly through the principles of Buddhism, and 3) to create guidelines of Buddhist learning administration for planning the development of elderly well-being. The research methodology regarded the interpretive paradigm while the management of Buddhist learning was interpreted through participant observation, interviewing, focus-group discussion, and documentary investigation. The content analysis was performed to critically study the obtained data. In this research, there were 60 participants, including monks, elderly, government officials, community leaders, local philosophers, and villagers in Khon Kaen and Roi-et provinces. The findings indicate the Thai government policy provided the direction and budget allocation for developing the quality of life, welfare, and health of the elderly and also preparing younger generations to enter the elderly age. According to the document analysis and focus group discussion, it suggested the possible ideas of education care principles for the elderly through the Buddhist principles, particularly Bhavana 4. It also found that many projects have been organized for taking care of the elderly in collaboration with government agencies and communities. Those projects have been allocated budgets by the Thai government. The study suggested that Buddhist doctrine Bhavana 4 consisting of 1) physical development, 2) moral development, 3) mental development, and 4) intellectual development should be provided as the core content of the elderly's education care essentially affecting to the elderly life quality. The study indicates that the guidelines for Buddhist learning management for preparing elderly well-being, allowing the elderly to access the Bhavana 4 as it trains them to be endowed with Tisikkha including moral discipline, mindfulness, and wisdom. Then, they could follow the Noble Eightfold Path that orients them to develop their well-being in Thailand's socio-cultural context.

The objective of this research was to study: (1) the conditions of educational administration of Buddhist schools under the Office of Buddhism in Chaiyaphum Province (OBSP) in Thailand; and (2) the guidelines to promote the education administration of the mentioned Buddhist schools in the 21st century. This study was undertaken based on mixed methods research. The selected samples included 100 participants (educational administrators and teachers). Selected by purposive sampling, the target group was 12 samples. At this stage, the questionnaire (reliability value = 0.97) and the interview were used to collect the empirical data, later on, being analyzed by the following statistics: Percentage, Mean, S.D., t-test, and f-test (One Way ANOVA). The obtained qualitative data were studied by the descriptive analysis. The research findings indicate that: (1) the overall mean of samples' attitudes on conditions of educational administration of Buddhist schools under OBCP was at a high level. The highest mean was seen in 'Academic Administration,' followed by that of 'General Affairs,' 'Personnel' and 'Finance'; and (2) for the aforesaid guidelines, the pedagogical curriculum of the schools should be up-to-date and adjusted in accordance with learners' needs; technology, more advanced media, and instructional innovations should be taken to improve the school evaluation systems, to develop the learning resources.

The aims of this research were: (1) to study the educational administration vision based on the Buddhist doctrines for Monastic Schools under Office of Buddhism in Sakon Nakhon (OBSN); (2) to comparatively study the samples' perspectives on the educational administration vision based on the Buddhist doctrines; and (3) to propose the guideline to develop the educational administration vision based on Buddhist doctrines for Monastic Schools under OBSN. The samples of this mixed-method research included 105 administrators and teachers from the Monastic Schools in Sakon-Nakhon. In this study, the interview and a questionnaire were used to collect data from the above-mentioned participants. The research indicated that: (1) the educational administration vision for Monastic Schools based on the Buddhist doctrines were statistically rated at a high level; (2) based on the comparative study, the samples' perspectives on the educational administration vision were statistically indifferent; and (3) the guidelines to develop the educational administration vision based on Buddhist doctrines are as follows: (1) there should be an operative plan together with the long term policies and creative vision; (2) educational management should be carried out based on the public benefits and personnel management should be conducted in line with their capacity and suitability; and (3) human relations, awareness and personnel potentials in schools should be studied and properly managed.

This paper claims that 'Mahachula-academics always support the propagation of Buddhism'. Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Khon Kaen Campus has its vision to be 'the International Buddhist University for Mental and Social Development'. Besides the academic development, the essential means used in the mental and social development is the effective dissemination of Buddhist teaching. To reach the set goal of the campus, the model of the network building for the Buddhist proactive propagation is created and operated in collaboration with other organizations and educational institutes. This paper discusses the model of network building for the Buddhist proactive propagation of Khon Kaen Campus based on the research of the Deputy Rector of the campus, Phra Sophonphatthanapundit (Assoc. Dr.), conducted in 2016. In so doing, it will first provide some of background of the topic: the dissemination of Buddhism in Thailand, network building of the main campus, proactive propagation of Buddhism in the northeast; and then it will provide some perspectives on the propagation of Buddhism based on the model.

This quantitative research explores the perception, attitude, and preparation for an aged society (AS) in Thailand among the Bangkok people. The questionnaires were used to collect data from 420 samples. The t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient were used to examine the hypotheses. The result showed that the samples had a high perception, attitude, and preparation for AS in Thailand. The findings also revealed that people of different ages, incomes, and family types have different perceptions of AS in Thailand at the significant level of 0.05; there is no significant difference in gender and education. People of different gender, ages, income, and family type have different attitudes toward AS and preparation for AS in Thailand at the significant level of 0.05; there is no significant difference in education. The perception of AS in Thailand and the attitude toward AS in Thailand positively correlate with the preparation for AS in Thailand at the statistically significant level of 0.01. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]