The Future Scenarios for Driving Education to Promote Soft Power in Uttaradit Provincial Education Office
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This research article aimed to examine the future scenarios for advancing education to promote soft power in the Uttaradit Provincial Education Office. The study employed a futures research approach using the EDFR (Ethnographic Delphi Futures Research) technique. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and expert opinion questionnaires from 17 purposively selected participants. Quantitative data were analyzed using statistics, including median, mode, and interquartile range, while qualitative data from the interviews were presented narratively.
The research findings revealed that the future scenarios for advancing education to promote soft power in Uttaradit Provincial Education Office comprise four aspects: 1) the characteristics of future educational advancement promoting soft power, 2) cultural components, 3) political value components, and 4) state policy components. These scenarios are both of feasibility and utility for Uttaradit Provincial Education Office.
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