Social Innovation for Lifelong Learning Promotion

Abstract

Social innovation to promote lifelong learning is the creation of a knowledgable and intellectual society under the important guidelines of the national education plan. . If all communities are strong in all aspects, including economy, mind, society, culture, environment, health, education, and democracy, Thailand will have stability. The purposes of this study were to examine the factors affecting social innovation for lifelong learning promotion, study community innovation for lifelong learning promotion and develop a model of using social innovation for lifelong learning promotion. The samples included the communities in Huai Ton Subdistrict, Na Fai Subdistrict, Ban Lao Subdistrict, Na Siew Subdistrict, Nong Na Sang Subdistrict, Nai Mueang Subdistrict, Huai Bong Subdistrict, Phon Thong Subdistrict, Lat Yai Subdistrict, and Tha Hin Ngom Subdistrict. The results are as follows. The political, economic, and social factors of the communities have affected social innovation for lifelong learning promotion. The learning in these communities is consistent with the community way of life or the occupations and the resources available in the communities. A model of using social innovation for lifelong learning promotion is a continuous process and can be carried out in multiple cycles, consisting of 4 steps: Step 1: Generating ideas or brainstorming; Step 2: Developing a model of using social innovation for lifelong learning promotion; Step 3: Disseminating the idea and Step 4: Learning and developing for creating innovations to promote lifelong learning.