Organizing learning activities in social studies with local wisdom

Organizing learning activities that meet the needs and identity of the community is considered as knowledge management for the environment or resources in the community of learners. The ultimate aim is to be able to promote the sharing and exchange of knowledge, skills and direct experience of the people in order to find best practices about “how to organize learning activities in social studies using local wisdom, or the management of the integrated teaching with culture in learners, such as community creating learning and increasing body of knowledge in further studying and conserving environment in the community. In this matter, there is a need for the teachers to development in the process of quality teaching to the students, where teachers gather knowledge on issues related to the studies and the synthesis of knowledge from various resources related to liberal art and culture in the locality and from core subjects taught by social studies teachers. Each course content differs based on the content taught but The organization of earning activities for social studies using local wisdom, remains the same. This normally focuses on 1. Raise Awareness of Local 2. Local Gather Culture 3. Planning for Conserving and Searching Thai Local Wisdom 4. Follow the Set Plan and 5. Evaluate, Assess, and Apply obtained from the use of content and the topics to be taught as an integration and linkage involving local communities. Moreover the participation of parents, community, schools and stakeholders in the management of education with support and the utilization of learning resources and local wisdom are included to help the students understand the contents. Consequently, students are able to use of the resources in their everyday life. Learners’ community can be conserved and led teachers to become effective.