Abstract:
The purposes of the research were 1) to develop a program to enhance perspective on public consciousness of police volunteers 2) to implement the program to enhance perspective on public consciousness of police volunteers and 3) to study problem and recommendation in developing and using program to enhance perspective on public consciousness of police volunteers. The present study employed framework which integrated experiential learning and collaborative learning including critical reflection. The population was 250 police volunteers of Pattaya Provincial Police Station, Chonburi Province. The 60 subjects were divided into 2 groups: including 30 in the experimental group and 30 in the controlled group. The experimental group participated in the program for 110 hours. The research findings were as follows: 1. The program to enhance perspective on public consciousness of police volunteers developed in this study involves the process of meditation, dialouge, value clarification, biographic reading, dramatization and social work. 2. The results of the program implementation were as follows: 1) there was a significant difference between the pre - test and the post - test scores of the experimental group at the level of 0.01,and 2) There was a significant difference between the experimental group and the controlled group score at the level of 0.01 3. The important factors contributing to success of the program to enhance perspective on public consciousness of police volunteers are the following: qualified learners, directly experienced instructors, various and practical course contents , learning activities that promote participatory learning, appropriate training duration, learning resources and media that are derived from experiential learning , relaxing and friendly learning atmospheres. However, it is worth noting that no obstacles were found in the implementation of this study.