Dr. Jitsuda LimkriengkraiTitle: Lecturer in Population EducationInstitution: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mahidol UniversityMy current position is a lecturer at Population Education Programme, Department of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mahidol University, Thailand. I completed my Ph.D. in Human Geography from Durham University, UK. My supervisors were Professor Jonathan Rigg and Professor Marcus Power. My Ph.D. thesis was to investigate the role of handicrafts and rural development in Thailand and to explore how their role evolves over time in the context of a modernising economy. I got my MSc. in Administrative Science and Development Problems from University of York, UK and my BA in Public Administration from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. In my free time, I enjoy cooking, eating and travelling.
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Summary of my research:
The focus of my current research is on entrepreneurial education and university social responsibility, exploring on what it is, why it is relevant to society, when it is applied or not and how to do it in practice. This links with on-going debates on entrepreneurship theory, including those related to social responsibility, social enterprise, public engagement and education.
A rather narrow definition of entrepreneurship viewed as starting a business. The research seeks to investigate the wide-ranging definition that it instead is about making students more creative, opportunity oriented, proactive and innovative. Learning by creating value for others grounded in the field of entrepreneurial education, and is also a competence that all citizens, all students and on all levels of education which increasingly need to have in today’s society. Value creation occurs extensively in society, and is tightly connected to people’s happiness since helping others results not only in making a living but also in feelings of meaningfulness, participation, engagement and life satisfaction. Content focused, passive and single-subject based approach in traditional education is contrasted with an active, project centric, collaborative and multidisciplinary approach in entrepreneurial education.
The research is important because it has been argued that entrepreneurial education has become an important part of both industrial and educational policy in many countries, and supporting university social responsibility and yet this has rarely been studied using a wider definition of entrepreneurship in any great detail. The research contributes how it can be integrated into education on all levels and for most subjects, and as noted above how to unlock the door to the traditional classroom, leading to widely adopting effective entrepreneurial education involving teachers, students, parents, principals, policymakers, researchers and other key stakeholders in the challenge of succeeding in educational reform.
A rather narrow definition of entrepreneurship viewed as starting a business. The research seeks to investigate the wide-ranging definition that it instead is about making students more creative, opportunity oriented, proactive and innovative. Learning by creating value for others grounded in the field of entrepreneurial education, and is also a competence that all citizens, all students and on all levels of education which increasingly need to have in today’s society. Value creation occurs extensively in society, and is tightly connected to people’s happiness since helping others results not only in making a living but also in feelings of meaningfulness, participation, engagement and life satisfaction. Content focused, passive and single-subject based approach in traditional education is contrasted with an active, project centric, collaborative and multidisciplinary approach in entrepreneurial education.
The research is important because it has been argued that entrepreneurial education has become an important part of both industrial and educational policy in many countries, and supporting university social responsibility and yet this has rarely been studied using a wider definition of entrepreneurship in any great detail. The research contributes how it can be integrated into education on all levels and for most subjects, and as noted above how to unlock the door to the traditional classroom, leading to widely adopting effective entrepreneurial education involving teachers, students, parents, principals, policymakers, researchers and other key stakeholders in the challenge of succeeding in educational reform.
Motivation for this workshop:
I hereby would like to state my motivation to attend the workshop: Learning without borders: exploiting the affordances of mobile technologies for learning in marginalised, remote and non-formal settings. The workshop theme is relevant to my research expertise, and therefore I would high appreciate to be given an opportunity to attend this workshop gathering researchers from the UK and Thailand.
I am especially interested in the World Bank’s 2016 World Development Report: Digital Dividends which provides ideas for how to harness the internet as a means for positive change and empowerment for all. The key themes of this report are to create a business environment that allows firms to connect easily. This involves investment in the high speed internet back bone to help ensure high-quality internet access across the country; to provide workers with technology skills such as introducing computer programme into the courses even at primary school levels to help students develop logic-driven problem solving skills. This would allow them to take advantage of massive open online courses; to increase the responsiveness of government institutions and better service provision. This report involves integrating e-government systems across government agencies for seamless data exchange – allowing citizens to access multiple services through a single platform. Thailand is also working towards such an ID programme, which could enable the country to provide focused support to the poor through a social protection programme. With policies and actions through the education system, the business environment, and government services “e-friendly”, the internet and digital technologies can become tools for positive change to reduce poverty and widely shared prosperity in Thailand and beyond. This report is especially inspired me to apply the workshop and focus my career on the need to support rural children for better education opportunities.
I am especially interested in the World Bank’s 2016 World Development Report: Digital Dividends which provides ideas for how to harness the internet as a means for positive change and empowerment for all. The key themes of this report are to create a business environment that allows firms to connect easily. This involves investment in the high speed internet back bone to help ensure high-quality internet access across the country; to provide workers with technology skills such as introducing computer programme into the courses even at primary school levels to help students develop logic-driven problem solving skills. This would allow them to take advantage of massive open online courses; to increase the responsiveness of government institutions and better service provision. This report involves integrating e-government systems across government agencies for seamless data exchange – allowing citizens to access multiple services through a single platform. Thailand is also working towards such an ID programme, which could enable the country to provide focused support to the poor through a social protection programme. With policies and actions through the education system, the business environment, and government services “e-friendly”, the internet and digital technologies can become tools for positive change to reduce poverty and widely shared prosperity in Thailand and beyond. This report is especially inspired me to apply the workshop and focus my career on the need to support rural children for better education opportunities.
Future research intentions:
My future research intentions would be about rural development and social entrepreneurship. Passionate about rural development and social entrepreneurship also links with on-going debates on community-based development theory, related to small-scaled industries, rural industrialisation and indigenous knowledge. As a special added value of the workshop I find the great opportunity to network with other researchers from the UK and Thailand, which is an exceptional opportunity for exchange of experience. I perceive this also as a chance to familiarize with the research practices as a channel for my personal development. I would have thought I will gain new ideas from the workshop as the participants come from different organisations, experience and cultural backgrounds.