An academic seminar project on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
On October 28, 2023, Doctoral students from Educational Administration organized an academic seminar project on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which is a part of the Modern Educational Administration Seminar, semester 1, academic year 2023, by inviting Assistant Professor Chon Bunnag, a lecturer from the Faculty of Economics Thammasat University and the Director of the Sustainable Development Goals Research and Support Center (SDG Move), to be the guest speaker on the topic “Strategy for driving educational organizations towards the Sustainable Development Goals”. The lecture was given to faculty members, Ph.D. students and Master’s degree students in Educational Administration, and those who are interested. The project was organized in parallel, both online and onsite, at the Chana Pranamsri conference room, Co-educational Building, Faculty of Political Science and Law, and online via Zoom and Facebook Live by the Faculty of Education. A total of 284 people attended the lectures in both formats, most of whom were school administrators and educational personnel. Associate Professor Dr. Sumet Ngamkanok, Head of the Department of Educational Administration, presided over the seminar’s opening speech.
The lecture was focused on basic knowledge about sustainable development and sustainable development goals, providing an overview and guidelines for driving the SDGs science by adhering to these four words in order to drive without leaving the framework of the SDGs. 1) Sustainable, balanced, and sustainable development. 2) Inclusive, comprehensive development. “Leave no one behind”
3) Resilience, a development that makes people resilient and adaptable, and
4) Human Rights, development based on human rights principles. Then, it leads to the educational organization’s strategy through the concept of 3 buttons. The first button is to analyze and manage negative impacts (Acts to reduce harm). The second button is to increase benefits for Stakeholders. The third button is to participate in solving sustainability problems. (Contribution to solutions) to drive the organization in line with the context of sustainable development and along with examples to show the connection of the content and essential skills that should be considered for organizing education for sustainable development in various dimensions.
Attendees can apply the SDGs and connect them to their work and learn about research and driving sustainable development goals.
At the end of the lecture, possible research topics were shown. The researchers working on SDGs still require field expertise, the use of technical knowledge to find workable solutions, the ability to understand issues from other fields around us, and to be able to work with people from different fields or people with varying types of knowledge in order to get the research characteristics to promote the creation of research and innovation results. This is to expand the results into practice and create academic value for faculty members and personnel of the Faculty of Education, Burapha University. After that, Associate Professor Dr. Sadayu Teerawanichtrakul, the Dean of the Faculty of Education, gave a closing speech and thanked the speakers.
Project Leader: Associate Professor Dr.Sumet ngamkanok, Faculty of Education