The Construction of Democratic and Autonomous Citizens in a Progressive Thai School: Possibilities and Challenges
The Construction of Democratic and Autonomous Citizens in a Progressive Thai School: Possibilities and Challenges
复制标题
在进步的泰国学校中建设民主和自治的公民：可能性和挑战
DOI：
--
复制
发表时间：
2016
期刊：
影响因子：
--
通讯作者：
Vachararutai Boontinand
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Vachararutai Boontinand
自上世纪以来，泰国教育面临的主要挑战之一是培养能够独立思考并能为社会共同利益做出贡献的公民。在过去的二十年里，人们对创新教育方法越来越感兴趣，并且建立了具有进步教育理念和教学方法的泰国学校，与主流学校相比，它们更有可能培养具有批判性思维能力和对社会问题有更高认识的公民。这项研究通过正式的和所谓的问题和关注来考察另一所泰国学校的公民建设过程，能够为他们产生有意义和批判性的学习，并能为民主公民的发展创造适当的条件。然而，泰国社会结构中的等级权力关系在另类学校中仍然存在，这一因素可能会破坏进步的教育理念。这种情况也对泰国社会的民主自治公民建设提出了重要挑战。关键词：教育、进步学校、民主公民、泰国
One of the key challenges for Thai education since the last century has been to produce citizens who are able to think for themselves and who can contribute to the common good of society. The past two decades have seen a growing interest in innovative education methods and the establishment of Thai schools with progressive educational philosophy and pedagogical approach potentially more capable of developing citizens with critical thinking skills and higher awareness of social problems than that in mainstream schools. This study examines the process of citizen construction in an alternative Thai school through both the formal and the so-called issues and concerns, are capable of generating meaningful and critical learning for them and can engender the right conditions for the development of democratic citizenship. However, hierarchical power relations embedded in Thai social structures continue to be observed in the alternative school, a factor which can undermine the progressive educational idea. This situation also poses an important challenge for the construction of democratic and autonomous citizens in Thai society. Keywords: Education, Progressive Schools, Democratic Citizens, Thailand