Methodology of Criticism: Philosophy of Education in the Bodhisattva University Not Research But Realize: Not Research, but Criticism
General universities focus on research, which is teaching students to research. Bodhisattva University does not teach by “research” but by “criticism”.
At the doctoral level, the critique of the thesis topic must begin with the word “format”. What is form? It is an important element. An important element (element) is different things used to make a big thing, parts of different things that are the components to make a new form in particular.
Definition
Research is the search for truth by learning from others, such as from asking questions, from interviews, studying from case studies, etc. When you have knowledge, it is considered finished, finished, and you can receive a degree.
Criticism, knowing clearly, being crystallized, should mean taking ideas and knowledge from studying others and putting them into practice until you see results, get clear results, and get to know the taste of true knowledge. It is like learning a recipe in detail, but not trying to cook and eat it yourself. You will not know the true taste.
The problem might be that if it is a group of lotus flowers that come to study, there should not be a problem. They will be able to extract knowledge. But if it is a new kid who studies step by step without having worked or has no experience, how much can we accept for the sake of critique? Or will we accept to go back to the research trend that is done at every university, with double standards? But if we are going to be a university of action, not just memorization and exams, we need to find a model of critique that is acceptable to the beginning group and also confirms our philosophy firmly. (Sak Prasandee)
When BOU students do not critique, what should we do?
We try to emphasize that taking the exam with BOU must be a critique, that is, presenting crystallized knowledge. But the problem is that some of our students do not critique their work (know clearly from long-standing experience – Nirodha from the method), have little experience, are not enough. When writing a presentation, it is not very deep, often too rough. In cases of inexperience like this, I suggest using “research” to take the exam with BOU, but it must be qualitative research. And go study people who have critiqued their work, no less than 5 case studies before concluding the answer, both at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels to confirm the actual field study. Therefore, there should be images of field study, images of students during interviews.
Various opinions
Research before critique or research instead of critique is a good solution. When the charisma is not yet strong, there is no direct experience, so go learn from the success or experience of others first. As far as I think, some fields of study, such as linguistics, my own, it is almost impossible to tell critically about my own success. The most I can do is to research the success and work of other linguists who have reached the peak of their careers, such as being a nationally or internationally famous linguist. At the very least, their innovative work is accepted in academic circles or they are professors. Other fields of study may have similar characteristics on this issue. This is my personal view. It may be different or opposite to some people who work in different contexts. Just one opinion that I would like to participate in. (Asst. Prof. Dr. Thirawit Pinyonutkan)
Qualitative research has methods and steps that are quite different from quantitative research. Researchers must study and understand thoroughly before starting to collect data for research. There must be a research outline, specifying the methodology and steps of the research. If there is research training beforehand, it will be very good. Throughout the research process, there must be an advisor or coach to help and give advice. So that you will enter the right channel from the beginning. Waiting until the oral exam day is too late. (Asst. Prof. Dr. Thirawit Pinyonutkan)
If BOU’s position is to be a university for knowledge management, BOU must create tools to manage knowledge. According to the theory of knowledge, knowledge is divided into 2 types:
- Explicit knowledge, 20%;
- Tacit knowledge, 80%. We, BOU, must find tools to manage this 80% of knowledge.
Initially, I think it should be a 5-step knowledge management process:
- Review knowledge
- Organize knowledge
- How to use knowledge
- Results from using knowledge
- Knowledge transfer Each step will take more or less time depending on each student (must be different, not the same) (Asst. Prof. Dr. Kanok Sak (Likitpraiwan)