The study examined the process of policy implementation of lifelong learning for the elderly in Thailand, covering four main regions within the country. The study empirically compared inputs, processes, outputs, and outcomes of policy implementation in the north, south, northeast, and central regions of Thailand and captured the rigor of policy implementation. Using qualitative research methodology, the study showed that each region had established a networking model among stakeholders differently, with distinct actors as focal points in promoting the policy. North and south were the two regions where the elderly were most active and had contributed substantially in terms of inputs. They had also steered the process of policy implementation through close collaboration with sub-district administrative offices and the establishment of their respective associations for the elderly. The other two regions depended on support from the central government and regional branch of the office of non-formal and informal education. The sharp contrast between the regions led to the conclusion that the direction and pro-activeness in promoting lifelong learning policy for the elderly people in Thailand yielded different policy outputs and outcomes; that policy outputs and outcomes remained at the discretion of key actors within each locality; and that policy output and outcome were also not completely dependent on the top-down direction provided by the national government.

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泰国老年人终身学习政策实施的特点和差异

该研究考察了泰国老年人的终身学习政策实施过程，该过程涉及该国的四个主要地区。该研究从经验上比较了泰国北部，南部，东北部和中部地区的政策实施投入，过程，产出和结果，并掌握了政策实施的严格性。该研究使用定性研究方法，表明每个地区在利益相关者之间建立了不同的网络模型，以不同的参与者作为促进政策的重点。北部和南部是老年人最活跃的两个地区，在投入方面做出了巨大贡献。他们还与街道行政办公室密切合作，并建立了各自的老年人协会，从而指导了政策的实施过程。其他两个地区依靠中央政府和非正规和非正规教育办公室区域办事处的支持。区域之间的强烈对比得出这样的结论，即在泰国促进老年人终身学习政策的方向和积极性产生了不同的政策产出和结果；政策的产出和结果仍由每个地方的主要行为者自行决定；而且政策的输出和结果也不完全取决于中央政府提供的自上而下的方向。其他两个地区依靠中央政府和非正规和非正规教育办公室区域办事处的支持。区域之间的强烈对比得出这样的结论，即在泰国促进老年人终身学习政策的方向和积极性产生了不同的政策产出和结果；政策的产出和结果仍由每个地方的主要行为者自行决定；而且政策的输出和结果也不完全取决于中央政府提供的自上而下的方向。其他两个地区依靠中央政府和非正规和非正规教育办公室区域办事处的支持。区域之间的强烈对比得出这样的结论，即在泰国促进老年人终身学习政策的方向和积极性产生了不同的政策产出和结果；政策的产出和结果仍由每个地方的主要行为者自行决定；而且政策的输出和结果也不完全取决于中央政府提供的自上而下的方向。区域之间的强烈对比得出这样的结论，即在泰国促进老年人终身学习政策的方向和积极性产生了不同的政策产出和结果；政策的产出和结果仍由每个地方的主要行为者自行决定；而且政策的输出和结果也不完全取决于中央政府提供的自上而下的方向。区域之间的强烈对比得出这样的结论，即在泰国促进老年人终身学习政策的方向和积极性产生了不同的政策产出和结果；政策的产出和结果仍由每个地方的主要行为者自行决定；而且政策的输出和结果也不完全取决于中央政府提供的自上而下的方向。