The Challenges of Globalisation to Education in Thailand: A Case Study of Socially Engaged Buddhism
(2012) ACET35 20121Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
- Abstract
- The purpose of the study was to explore how the challenges from globalisation impact to education in Thailand. The study will scrutinise the consequences of the processes of globalisation in the scope of international media, political, social and economic crisis and look at how this consequences have impact on the education in Thailand focusing on the 1999 National Education Act. Müller’s theory (2011) of education policy in developing countries was used in order to explain the education policy in Thailand. This study argues that in order to achieve the rights to education to all Thailand will need to overcome the inequality which regards as the severe social problem in Thailand. The study concludes that the rights to education to all will... (More)
- The purpose of the study was to explore how the challenges from globalisation impact to education in Thailand. The study will scrutinise the consequences of the processes of globalisation in the scope of international media, political, social and economic crisis and look at how this consequences have impact on the education in Thailand focusing on the 1999 National Education Act. Müller’s theory (2011) of education policy in developing countries was used in order to explain the education policy in Thailand. This study argues that in order to achieve the rights to education to all Thailand will need to overcome the inequality which regards as the severe social problem in Thailand. The study concludes that the rights to education to all will not be possible to achieve as long as the state welfare policies have not addresses in Thai society. Buddhist education is the not the answer for the rights to education however the case study of Santi Asoke, a socially engaged Buddhism shows the Buddhist perspective on the challenges of globalisation and the education in Thailand by introducing the alternative path to encounter the problem of the inequality in a spiritual way. (Less)
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- author
- Thongaree, Panjasri
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- organization
- course
- ACET35 20121
- year
- 2012
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Globalisation, Global conception of childhood, Education, Socially engaged Buddhism, Thailand
- language
- English
- id
- 9068420
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abstract = {{The purpose of the study was to explore how the challenges from globalisation impact to education in Thailand. The study will scrutinise the consequences of the processes of globalisation in the scope of international media, political, social and economic crisis and look at how this consequences have impact on the education in Thailand focusing on the 1999 National Education Act. Müller’s theory (2011) of education policy in developing countries was used in order to explain the education policy in Thailand. This study argues that in order to achieve the rights to education to all Thailand will need to overcome the inequality which regards as the severe social problem in Thailand. The study concludes that the rights to education to all will not be possible to achieve as long as the state welfare policies have not addresses in Thai society. Buddhist education is the not the answer for the rights to education however the case study of Santi Asoke, a socially engaged Buddhism shows the Buddhist perspective on the challenges of globalisation and the education in Thailand by introducing the alternative path to encounter the problem of the inequality in a spiritual way.}},
author = {{Thongaree, Panjasri}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The Challenges of Globalisation to Education in Thailand: A Case Study of Socially Engaged Buddhism}},
year = {{2012}},
}