This study investigates the notion of the social imaginary in relation to Thai society as influenced by the effects of globalization. Using a theoretical framework derived from Hofstede’s cultural dimensions it explores education policy and practice in Thailand with a view to understanding how the development of a new social imaginary, based on social creativity in everyday life, can be fostered through reform to curriculum, teaching methods and the reworking of traditional ways in education and social life.
The research project uses a mixed method, case study approach to ‘ground’ theoretical understandings about globalization, social imaginaries, and cultural dimensions in the practice of education and the reality of Thai society. Current policy and practices in education are explored and assessed to argue for reform that will enable citizens to participate in new ways of learning to envision a different kind of social imagination for existing (day to day) in Thai society under the benefits of globalization.
Data was collected by surveying undergraduate sociology students at two universities in Bangkok, and by interviewing social science academics, school principals, education policy makers, and high ranking Thai government officials responsible for social and education policy. In addition, a range of government policy in the areas of education and social development was read, interpreted and critiqued to provide context for the empirical data collected from the fieldwork. The analysis of the data used statistical software for correlation and regression analysis of survey results and qualitative techniques for transcript coding for interpretation of interviews.
The results indicate that the role of the cultural dimensions power distance, individualism, and long term orientation are important in developing social imaginaries in Thai society. Furthermore, educational policies are essential and to fostering a new ways of learning to increase social creativity in Thai society. The development of new social imaginaries is bound up with the reinvention of cultural dimensions under the effects of globalization. Education is the means through which Thai young people can develop the social creativity needed to bring change and new visions for society in Thailand.
This study investigates the notion of the social imaginary in relation to Thai society as influenced by the effects of globalization. Using a theoretical framework derived from Hofstede’s cultural dimensions it explores education policy and practice in Thailand with a view to understanding how the development of a new social imaginary, based on social creativity in everyday life, can be fostered through reform to curriculum, teaching methods and the reworking of traditional ways in education and social life.The research project uses a mixed method, case study approach to ‘ground’ theoretical understandings about globalization, social imaginaries, and cultural dimensions in the practice of education and the reality of Thai society. Current policy and practices in education are explored and assessed to argue for reform that will enable citizens to participate in new ways of learning to envision a different kind of social imagination for existing (day to day) in Thai society under the benefits of globalization.Data was collected by surveying undergraduate sociology students at two universities in Bangkok, and by interviewing social science academics, school principals, education policy makers, and high ranking Thai government officials responsible for social and education policy. In addition, a range of government policy in the areas of education and social development was read, interpreted and critiqued to provide context for the empirical data collected from the fieldwork. The analysis of the data used statistical software for correlation and regression analysis of survey results and qualitative techniques for transcript coding for interpretation of interviews.The results indicate that the role of the cultural dimensions power distance, individualism, and long term orientation are important in developing social imaginaries in Thai society. Furthermore, educational policies are essential and to fostering a new ways of learning to increase social creativity in Thai society. The development of new social imaginaries is bound up with the reinvention of cultural dimensions under the effects of globalization. Education is the means through which Thai young people can develop the social creativity needed to bring change and new visions for society in Thailand.
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