Development of a Non-Formal Education Process to Promote the Awareness in Living Together with Care in Urban Communities: A Case Study of Bann Krua Nua Community

The aims of this research were to 1) development of a non-formal education process to promote the awareness in living together with care in urban communities, and 2) propose guidelines for raising awareness in living together with care in urban communities with the non-formal education process. Participatory action research (PAR) was conducted in Ban Krua Nua, Thanon Phetchaburi, Ratchathewi, Bangkok. Research participants comprised community leaders, community committees and community residents of Ban Krua Nuea. Data were collected by observation, interview and group discussion. Research instrument’s included interview form, data recording form and the researcher. Research data were analyzed by ways of content analysis. The findings were as follows; 1) A non-formal education process to promote the awareness in living together with care in urban community of Ban Krua Nua community consisted of 5 process namely, 1) perceive the problems 2) planning 3) implementation, 4) conclusions and 5) reflection and 2) The propose guidelines for raising awareness in living together with care in urban communities with the non-formal education process derived from the area and jointly developed with the Ban Krua Nua community and the group discussion which consisted of 8 components as follows; 1) "Participation" included participation in sharing, thinking together, doing and creating together. 2) " Happiness" included willingness to participate in activities and happy to participate in the activity. 3) "Learning" included learning by itself learn others learn community as well as learning to live together in society. 4) "Conservation" included love and good will, love and care for the people in the community, maintain the traditions and culture of the community to continue. 5) " Creative" included the initiative to create activities, know how to solve problems in order to develop the community to be progressive and sustainable. 6) "Coordination" included coordination and having unity. 7) "Acceptation" included accepting and learning each other accepting and listening to others' opinions and 8) " Knowledge" included knowing the role and function of yourself, knowing the traditions, laws and knowing the changes of the world.