Student Centered Learning in Thailand

18/10/2017

Lots of useful and practical links in this article

Over the past several decades, there has been increased demand for formal education to include the development of generic skills as well as traditional academic subjects, i.e., to include competenc…

12/10/2017

Congratulations to 10 years anniversary of the Bamboo School!

http://www.flexlearnstrategies.net/to-friends-of-the-bamboo-school/

04/07/2017

Can educators in Thailand learn to share (ideas)?

http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1280631/education-itself-must-learn-some-lessons

As debates rage on about how to move national education reform forwards, globalisation has been transforming Thailand's learning landscape without the experts and administrators in charge noticing much.

09/06/2017

A very mixed article about the national education strategy. What will it take to be successful?

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30317571

THERE IS no guarantee that the new national education strategy, which has already come into force in paper, will fully take effect in practice.

23/05/2017

What do you think should be done?

https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/05/thailand-education-reforms-elusive-ever/ .97

LAST week, students across Thailand returned to school for a new academic year, and with it came the prospect of new friends, new teachers and new experiences.

16/03/2017

Thai education reform again in the news....

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/opinion/30306295

Regional success stories point the way, but the junta government has been a slow learner so far

15/03/2017

How much education reform will the current government sponsor? And will it be effective?

http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/1214225/world-bank-urges-education-reform

Education reform is needed to put Thailand back on track towards its potential growth and becoming a high-income country, says the World Bank.

15/03/2017

How many teachers out there are using learning styles to tailor lessons to individual students?

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/13/teachers-neuromyth-learning-styles-scientists-neuroscience-education

Eminent academics from worlds of neuroscience, education and psychology voice concerns over popularity of method

21/02/2017

Interesting attempt at measuring the "effectiveness" of a country's educational system taking into account the general economic development. By these rankings they put Thailand up quite high on the list. What do you think?

http://europe.newsweek.com/education-international-ranking-inequality-fairer-comparison-558790?rm=eu

Current rankings need to take new factors into account in order to assess education systems fairly.

31/01/2017

Math is measurement and we first learn to measure with our eyes....

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/01/29/why-spatial-reasoning-is-crucial-for-early-math-education/

25/01/2017

What do you think of this article from The Economist? Are their too many schools with too few good teachers in Thailand?
http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21715011-countrys-class-war-has-its-roots-classroom-poor-schools-are-heart-thailands

The country’s class war has its roots in the classroom

24/01/2017

Teaching Maths is teaching Culture. A fascinating analysis of the assumption of mathematical objectivity.
http://sclthailand.org/2017/01/implications-of-feminist-critique-of-science-teaching/