泰北華文教育發展歷程

The Development of Chinese Education in Northern Thailand

由於政治、經濟等因素，不斷有華人遷移至東南亞國家，並在東南亞國家落地生根，形成海外華人社會。移居海外的華人為了維繫與祖國社會文化的連結，加之華人重視教育的特性，海外華人於華人社區設立華文學校，教導華人子弟中華的語言與文化，因此有華人之處，便有華文學校。泰國北部山區的華人移民由於遷移時期、移民因素、對泰國社會之影響等原因的差異，造成和其他地區華人社會發展情境之不同，華文教育的發展情況亦呈現截然不同之風貌。泰北華人社會和華文教育與泰國其他地區之發展歷程，以及現時情境不同之因素，為本文欲探究之問題。本文透過文獻分析，探究泰北華人移民群體的遷徙與於當地發展之歷程、泰北與其他地區華文教育發展歷程之差異，得知泰北華文教育的發展異於其他地區之因素。泰北華人移民對穩定泰國北部政局起重要影響、我國政府對泰北華人移民聯繫密切，且持續投入資源輔助當地華文教育，使得泰北華文教育發展異於其他地區，為本文之研究發現。

Due to political, economic and other factors, there are constantly Chinese migrating to southeast Asian countries. In order to maintain social and cultural links with the motherland, and in addition to the characteristics of Chinese people who attach importance to education, overseas Chinese set up Chinese schools in Chinese communities to teach Chinese language and culture to their children. Due to the differences in migration period, migration factors and influence on Thai society, the development of Chinese education in northern Thailand is quite different from that in other areas. This study intends to explore the development of Chinese society and Chinese education in northern Thailand compared with other parts of Thailand, as well as the different factors in the present situation. Through literature analysis, this paper explores the migration and development of Chinese immigrants in northern Thailand and the differences in the development of Chinese education between northern Thailand and other regions. It is found that the development of Chinese education in northern Thailand is different from that in other regions, as the Chinese immigrants from northern Thailand play an important role in stabilizing the political situation in northern Thailand, the R.O.C government keeps close contact with the Chinese immigrants from northern Thailand, and continues to invest resources to local Chinese education.