Abstract:
This research aims to investigate the learning process that leads to authentic self-esteem of male violent juvenile delinquents, to develop a transformative learning process for enhancing authentic self-esteem, and to experiment the use of transformative learning process, and to analyze the factors and conditions for implementation of transformative learning process. The study consisted of 3 phases: the first phase was a quantitative study to sort out the high score group of 343 male violent juvenile delinquents and followed by a qualitative study to select the informants, and in-depth interview with 20 informants. The second Phase was built upon the result of the first phase into transformative learning process for enhancing authentic self-esteem and improved by 18 experts. The third phase was to experiment the use of a developed transformative learning process with a group of 10 male violent juvenile delinquents and to examine the evidence for analyzing of factors and conditions for implementation of transformative learning process. The results of the study concluded that the perspective transformation process that leads to authentic self-esteem of male violent juvenile delinquents, consisted of 2 dimensions: leaning process dimension, which was a perspective transformation process, and learning outcomes dimension, which were levels of enhancing authentic self-esteem. The final result of development of a transformative learning process for enhancing authentic self-esteem, were four stages: 1) Distinction consisted of self-reviewing, to drag oneself out of adhesion, to find a thought of adhesion, self-questioning, and to find the real self; 2) Intention consisted of planning a course of action and emotional preparing; 3) Assertiveness consisted of taking action and observing reactions; and 4) Development of perspectives consisted of the first three stages contribute to 3 levels of goal including coping with reality, Living purposefully, and Self-responsibility and self-examination of personal integrity. Factors and conditions of implementation were divided into 3 areas: 1) learning process area included discourse of "Appearing world-Assumptive world-Pseudo world-Authentic world", feeling reflective storytelling and obvious intention; 2) environment area included collaborative learning climate and support of each other; and 3) individual area include readiness of self-openness, feeling expression and authenticity