Rajabhat universities were originally established as teacher training schools over a century ago and in have been legalized and renamed as Rajabhat universities in 2004. Their main mission is to serve local development, especially teacher training which is is their expertise. A few teacher training policies have been adopted and implemented to develop suitable local-based teachers but the results have not been satisfied yet. So, area-based teacher training has been adopted, but again it seems unclear because the concept, which has been used in both basic and higher education levels in Thailand, is mainly focused on geographical area. So the concept should be reviewed and applied to design the new teacher training program successfully. After the authors searched more on the topic, it enriched our understanding to contextual factors of the geographical areas that constitute the meaning of area. This article aims to review and apply of concept to teacher training responsible by the new university cluster of Rajabhat University in Thailand. The main contents of the article include Area-based Concept and Management, Area-based Education and Management, and Background of New Rajabhat Cluster. Moreover, it is hoped to be beneficial to other setting as well. The virtue of area-based education is local network engagement, which makes teacher training responsible to locality.
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Area-Based, Higher Education, Management, New Cluster, Rajabhat University, Thailand
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Graduate School, Faculty of Education, Si Sa Ket Rajabhat University, Si Sa Ket, Thailand
Graduate School, Faculty of Education, Si Sa Ket Rajabhat University, Si Sa Ket, Thailand
