A Study of the Problems and Demands of Community Leaders- Training in the Upper Northeastern Region

This research is aimed at studying the nature of problems and demands of the training for community leaders in the upper northeastern region of Thailand. Population and group samplings are based on 360 community leaders in the region who have experienced prior training from the Udonthani Rajabhat University. Stratified random samplings have been drawn upon 186 participants. The research tools is questionnaires. The frequency, percentage and standard deviation are employed in data analysis. The findings indicate that most of community leaders are males and senior adults. The problems in training are associated with the inconveniences of long-distance travelling to training locations, inadequacy of learning centers and training sites and high training costs. The demand of training is basically motivated by a desire for self-development in modern knowledge in keeping up-to-date with the changing world and the need for technological application and facilitation in shortening the distance to training locations and in limiting expensive training costs.

Authors:

• Teerawach Khamkorn
• Laongtip Mathurasa
• Savittree Rochanasmita Arnold
• Witthaya Mekhum

Keywords:

• Community leaders
• Distance Training
• Management
• Technology.

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