The The Comparative Study of Community Learning Center Model: The Case Study of Oketo Town Kominkan, Japan and Songkhla Smart Center, Thailand

Abstract

This qualitative research aims to compare the community learning centers which are prominently successful in preserving the traditional ways of life in the community between Oketo Town Kominkan, Japan and Songkhla Smart Center, Thailand. Document analysis recording form was used as tool to collect data. It was carried out by gathering fifty documents and research papers related to the concepts of lifelong learning promotion, community-based learning, and community learning center. Content analysis was used to analyze data considering the concepts, theories, and contents which were found as significant phenomena. The findings of this comparative study of these two community learning centers consist of the policy supporting the operation of learning resource in the community, the purpose of learning resource in the community, the participation supporting lifelong learning resource in the community, the core content of learning resource in the community, and learning activities related to the community. Furthermore, the results show the aspect of the core content of learning resource is crucially based on the context of the community. Even though the contexts of these two countries are different in terms of the economics societies and cultures, the community contexts must be considerably paid attention to.