The development of an innovative model for storytelling to enhance learners’ occupational skills and life long learning in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) search for local areas with their own capacities and identities potentially leading to the enhancement of learners’ professional skill experiences and lifelong learning; 2) develop an innovative model of meaningful storytellers, interpretation, and community recreations; and 3) implement the developed model. There were 30 key informants. The participants were 330 teachers and school administrators from 10 schools. The research instruments employed during the implementation of the model included the pre-training and post-training test, the thinking design test, the creative thinking test, the learning habit test, the guideline on how to decode the lesson, and the guideline on how to reflect on the learning. The collected data was quantitatively and qualitatively analysed by SPSS and the technique of content analysis, respectively. The results of the study reveal that 1) Kanchanaburi qualified and passed the criteria for area selection as it had a number of tourist attractions where stories and community recreations could potentially be created; 2) the innovative model for meaningful storytellers and interpretation called “EDU-KANS Model” was developed; 3) after the implementation of the model (i.e. the training programme), the participants’ scores of the pre-test and the post-test were significantly different at the 0.05 significance level (p < 0.05). Moreover, the participants were highly satisfied with the training programme.