DEVELOPING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO CHANGE THE ELDERLY TO BECOME KNOWLEDGE WORKERS BY USING THE ELDERLY SCHOOL AS THE BASE
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The objectives of this research were to: (1) study a model of knowledge and skills development to transform the elderly to become knowledge workers to have income and have a better quality of life by using the elderly school as the base and have educational institutions as mentors and (2) create a prototype center for developing knowledge and skills to transform the elderly into knowledge workers who have income and have a better quality of life. The research population comprised participants from 4 target provinces: Mae Hong Son, Chainat, Yasothon, and Pattani. The research sample consisted of 120 elderly people and 30 individuals working in elderly schools in the target provinces. The research tools consisted of: (1) the elderly competency questionnaire and (2) the curriculum for developing knowledge and skills to transform the elderly into knowledge workers. The statistics used for analysis of quantitative data were the basic statistics, mean, and percentage; while content analysis was used for analysis of qualitative data. The research results are as follows:
1) The model for developing knowledge and skills to transform the elderly into a knowledge worker consists of 6 processes as follows: the first process: self-understanding and cause and effect understanding in order to enable the elderly to have knowledge, understanding and have attitudes to develop oneself to be a knowledge worker and to know the potential of oneself and the community; the second process: knowing the others and knowing ourselves in order to enable the elderly to have the skills to access information and to understand the problems of the elderly in the area; the third process: creating knowledge and understanding in order to enable the elderly to have work performance skills to create new ideas for sustainable problem management; the fourth process: creating new ideas in order to provide the elderly with work performance skills, communication skills, and skills for gaining the access to information to create new ideas; the fifth process: creating work plans in order to achieve the planning of works and projects to be put into actual practice; and the sixth process: work and project writing in order to be able to solve the problems of the elderly in the area.
2) The elements of creating a prototype center for developing knowledge and skills to transform the elderly into knowledge workers who have income and have a better quality of life have the following success factors: 1) having the elderly school as a base and 2) having an educational institution as a mentor and having the conditions for success in transforming the elderly into knowledge workers that include: (1) the understanding of the nature of living of the elderly in the area; (2) the gaining of access to real problems; and (3) the refrain from adhering to the project operation framework provided by the government sector.
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