SEA Teacher Project Batch 6
- yolaivonnyharianto
- Sep 8, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 15, 2018
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.
On 9 October 2015, eleven universities from Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam met and signed an agreement for the exchange of pre-service student teacher, starting the 1st batch in January 2016. 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.
Objectives of the Projects
To enable pre-service student teachers to develop their teaching skills and pedagogy
To encourage the pre-service student teachers to practice their English skills
To allow the pre-service student teachers to gain a broader regional and world view
On the 1st bacth, this project was participated by two universities, those are :
Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University Under the Royal Patronage (VRU), Pathumthani, Thailand
Universitas Negeri Makassar (UNM), Indonesia
10 VRU students exchanged with 12 UNM students for one month period, starting from January – February 2016.
Whereas, on this 6th batch SEA Teacher Project has expanded to more than 70 universities from 4 countries in Southeast Asia, such as Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia.
Schedules for SEA Teacher Project Batch 6
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