Guideline for Promoting Student Identity in Metropolitan

Abstract

This research aimed to explore the scenario and guidelines for promoting student identity in the metropolis for citizenship in a city for all. It employed a future research approach using the EDFR technique and Focus Group Discussions. The data sources for the future research were experts with knowledge and experience in working within the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, selected through purposive sampling. These experts were divided into four groups: 1) those involved with the elderly, people with disabilities, and disadvantaged groups, 2) those involved with career development and welfare, 3) those involved with education management, and 4) those involved with society and culture, totaling twenty participants. The experts engaged in the Focus Group Discussions were selected from experience in managing education within schools under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, amounting to seven participants. The research results revealed that: 1) the future vision of student identity in the metropolis for citizenship in a city for all should focus on five key areas of educational management:  1) academic planning, 2) curriculum management, 3) learning management, 4) media, innovation and technology development, and 5) community participation,  2) guideline for promoting learner identity in the metropolis included four approaches: 1) promoting students' skills in innovation creation, 2) promoting students' linguistic competencies for communication within the metropolis, 3) promoting students' vocational skills and entrepreneurship to improve their quality of life, and 4) promoting students' life skills to become responsible citizens who took pride in  Thai identity.