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Title

Research and Development of Hatyai Municipality towards Learning City

Keywords

Research and Development,Hatyai Municipality,Learning City

Abstract

The series of this research project on “Research and Development of Hatyai Municipality Towards Learning City” consisted of two sub-research projects.

1) System and Mechanism on Educational Management Administration to People in Hat Yai Municipality towards Learning City.
2) Designing Learning Tools, Innovation, Space and Communities Learning Towards to New skills of People in Hat Yai Municipality.

By integrating the objectives, the series of the research project aimed to

1) study factors affecting the learning of people in Hat Yai Municipality affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (COVID-19)
2) to develop a system and mechanism for the cooperation between educational institutions, family institutions, communities, public and private organizations, and Hat Yai Municipality as to become a learning city.
3) to develop a model of the area, communities and a lifelong learning society that was suitable for the context of Hat Yai Municipality.
4) to develop learning innovations that were suitable for people of all ages to have equal access to learning resources, both the internal and external systems of education, and the formal and informal education in Hat Yai Municipality.
5) to develop learning skills that contributed to the development of careers and quality of life of people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic on the grass-root level and the development of community economies in Hat Yai Municipality.
6) to prepare Hat Yai Municipality to become a learning city of UNESCO.

The research was designed on a basis of research and development with the application of the participatory action research: PAR. The quantitative data analysis was carried out by the basic statistics –correlation coefficients and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis– while the descriptive content analysis was employed for qualitative data analysis. The target population and samples were residents living in Hat Yai Municipality between 2020 and 2021. The research revealed the following.

1. The sample of 74.80 percent had knowledge of coronavirus disease 2019 but perceived the risk of transmission from health authorities at a moderate level. Personal factors on occupations affected the learning behavior and self-protection from the infection of coronavirus 2019 most, and the learning behavior of self-protection from the infection of coronavirus 2019 had a direct effect on the quality of life of people in Hat Yai Municipality on the aspects of economy, society, body, mind and environment.

2. The system and mechanism of cooperation had to consist of the main units of Hat Yai Municipality and cooperation agencies, namely educational institutions at all levels, government organizations, private sectors, communities, volunteer agencies, foundations, clubs, and associations, with a clearly defined role of each sector.

3. The model of the area, communities and social lifelong learning that fitted the context of Hat Yai Municipality had to be carried out in a form of Co-Learning Space, setting up with structures, visions, missions, strategies and performance indicators.

4. The suitable innovations for the learning of people of all ages who had equal access to learning resources in a learning platform consisted of six main areas.
1) websites.
2) Hatyai Learning Platform and LMS system with six courses.
3) learning resources in Hat Yai Municipality.
4) Yellow Page.
5) HLC Fanpage: Social Network.
6) Line OA.

5. The learning skills that contributed to the career development and quality of life were the development of Reskill, Upskill and Newskill with five courses, and utilizing on a form of online and offline training. 6. Hat Yai Municipality and the team of researchers had provided dada and signed up to join the network of a learning city of UNESCO.