NSTRU President welcomes a group of SEA-Teacher Students from Philippines and Indonesia to NSTRU

On Thursday 24th, January 2019, at 3.30 PM, International Relations Department (IRD), NSTRU associated with Satit Demonstration School to take a group of 4 foreign students from Philippines and Indonesia under the Pre-Service Student Teacher Exchange in Southeast Asia (SEA-Teacher Project Batch 7) to meet Asst. Prof. Dr. Kanata Thatthong, President of Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University at Reception Room, 3rd Floor, Office of the President.

The students will have practicum as student teachers at the English programme of Satit Demonstration School from January 10, 2019 – February 7, 2019

The SEA Teacher Project or the “Pre-Service Student Teacher Exchange in Southeast Asia” is a project that aims to provide opportunity for pre-service student teachers from universities in Southeast Asia to have teaching experiences (practicum) in schools in other countries in Southeast Asia.

Based on the SEAMEO seven priority areas for the eleven SEAMEO Member countries to work together to improve the quality of education in Southeast Asia, “Revitalizing Teacher Education” is one of the priority areas in building and strengthening capacity of teachers in the region.

The exchange is preferably for 4th year students whose major are in math, science, English and pre-school. The duration is for one month and based on the mechanism of cost sharing basis. Students’ roles and responsibilities are assigned weekly during the one month period (observe, assist in teaching, teach and reflect). Moreover, the host universities will provide mentors to supervise and monitor the students throughout the practicum period.

The SEA-Teacher project has cooperated with NSTRU since 2017 and has worked closely with several Institutions across Thailand.

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Written by: Arnont Chamchan