Developing Meaningful and Successful Community Projects
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Developing Meaningful and Successful Community Projects.
Prapeeporn Aksornsie,
This paper describes the learning process by which local communities can be mentored to develop meaningful and successful community projects and is based on 15 years of hands on practical experience in the Central Region of Thailand.
Introduction:
The process by which local communities can learn to create and manage meaningful and successful community projects is shown below in Figure1: this model has been developed based on 15 years of experience working with local village communities in Central Thailand.
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Figure 1:
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Community Tourism Learning Process
Implicit Knowledge
Natural Resources (Places), Religion (Ceremonies, Ritual, Belief), Solidarity Wisdom,
Way of Life, Family Training, Social Capital (Kindness, Faithfulness, Comfort, Smile).
Perception
Exchange
Thoughts
Observe
Reflect
Analysis
Based on
Experience
Generalise
Systematise
Consider
Alternative
Options
Planning:
Test by
Trial & Error
Experiment
Integrate
Apply in
Practice
Transfer
Reproduce
Monitor
Explicit Knowledge
Training Oriented Learning Activities, Field Trips, Group and Network Learning,Technology
Recycle
Recycle
First Step: Discovering Richness of Implicit Knowledge.
The first important step is to realize and catalogue the richness of knowledge and resources that already exist within the community, many of which will be tacit and need to be rendered explicit.
A good way to accomplish this is to hold a meeting or series of informal meetings including all the interested parties within the community: this approach also ensures that interested parties are included as part of the activity from the beginning. During a guided discussion exploring attributes of the community, the true richness of...
Prapeeporn Aksornsie,
This paper describes the learning process by which local communities can be mentored to develop meaningful and successful community projects and is based on 15 years of hands on practical experience in the Central Region of Thailand.
Introduction:
The process by which local communities can learn to create and manage meaningful and successful community projects is shown below in Figure1: this model has been developed based on 15 years of experience working with local village communities in Central Thailand.
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Figure 1:
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Community Tourism Learning Process
Implicit Knowledge
Natural Resources (Places), Religion (Ceremonies, Ritual, Belief), Solidarity Wisdom,
Way of Life, Family Training, Social Capital (Kindness, Faithfulness, Comfort, Smile).
Perception
Exchange
Thoughts
Observe
Reflect
Analysis
Based on
Experience
Generalise
Systematise
Consider
Alternative
Options
Planning:
Test by
Trial & Error
Experiment
Integrate
Apply in
Practice
Transfer
Reproduce
Monitor
Explicit Knowledge
Training Oriented Learning Activities, Field Trips, Group and Network Learning,Technology
Recycle
Recycle
First Step: Discovering Richness of Implicit Knowledge.
The first important step is to realize and catalogue the richness of knowledge and resources that already exist within the community, many of which will be tacit and need to be rendered explicit.
A good way to accomplish this is to hold a meeting or series of informal meetings including all the interested parties within the community: this approach also ensures that interested parties are included as part of the activity from the beginning. During a guided discussion exploring attributes of the community, the true richness of...