COMMUNITY LEARNING RESOURCES AND INSTRUCTION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, PHUKET PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study community learning resources in the secondary schools in Phuket Province and to explain the process of using community learning resources in instruction. The research methodology was mixed methods. The populations were 248 secondary teachers. The instruments were the questionnaire and the interview form. Frequency percentage and content analysis were used for analyzing data.

The research findings were as follows: Every secondary school focused on the utilization of community learning resources for instruction as the ongoing projects. The learning activities were intregrated with interdisciplinary contexts. The 6 steps instructional process: 1) to analyse the curriculum 2) to set up project plan 3) to create learning plans 4) to explore community learning resources  5) to plan for learning activities  6) to evaluate.