Status and Trend : Teacher Education Poilcies
in Thailand
Montree Yamkasikorn Faculty of Education, Burapha University, Chonburi, Thailand
Teacher Education Policy in Europe Network (TEPE) 2015 conference 14 – 16 May 2015 : University of Dundee, Scotland
Structure of presentation
• Context of Education
• Status of teacher education
• Some trend of teacher education policies
• Recommendations
Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
Education context
Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
Thailand Ed.Budget increase double
MOE budgetRatio between Ed.budget and GDP
Ratio between Ed.budget and total budget
20112009200720052003
Japan
Korea
Hongkong (2009)
Malaysia
Singapore (2009)
Thailand(2009)Indonesia
Vietnam
Ref:World Bank
Billion baths
Bureau of the Budget
Ratio between Ed.budget and GDP % Ratio between Ed.budget and total budget%
Hongkong
Indonesia
Japan
S.Korea
Malaysia
Singapore
Vietnam
Thailand
Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
Teacher Education Institute in Thailand
• 103 TE Institutes •
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10
Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
Number of new teachers in 2013-2017
11
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total
25,643 35,428 51,135 60,798 52,570 225,574
Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
Retire New TeacherCompare between Supply and Demand
new teachers in 15 years
12
New teachers
Retire teachers
Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
14
Number of high school students aim to study in TE institutions
Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
24 %
36 %
Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
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Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
Pre-service teacher training programmes
• 3 Categories Programmes
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Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
• Try to use ‘Close system’ for pre-service teacher training
• Aims to categorise teaching license : early childhood teaching license, primary education teaching license, secondary teaching license, and subject teaching license (high school teacher)
• Promote vocational teacher training Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships”
14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
Cooperation with local school teachers who supervise student teaching and more organized training for them !(Professor Hannele Niemi,University of Helsinki,October 2014)
Occasionally Regularly
local school teachers who supervise student teaching
[Data : Suphanat Sasiwutthiwat : http://tdri.or.th : 24-04-2015]
Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
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Status teacher education policies in Thailand
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Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
Status teacher education policies in Thailand
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Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
‘Educational Super Board’ take care education policies (expect more continue - no big change)
Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
The major findings with recommendations
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Professor Hannele Niemi. University of Helsinki , October 2014, Enhancement-Led Evaluation ofQuality andLeadership of Teacher
Education in Thailand
The major findings with recommendations
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Professor Hannele Niemi. University of Helsinki , October 2014, Enhancement-Led Evaluation ofQuality andLeadership of Teacher
Education in Thailand
The major findings with recommendations
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Professor Hannele Niemi. University of Helsinki , October 2014, Enhancement-Led Evaluation ofQuality andLeadership of Teacher
Education in Thailand
Trend : New TE Strategic Plan
• Balancing number of pre-service teacher training and number of the number of teachers needed in the education system
• Strengthening teacher education institutions
• Create a project to produce high-quality teachers
• Promote research in,on and for teacher education
Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
Promote ‘Area based teacher training’
Engage TE institutions take care pre-service teacher training continue to ‘induction period’ and in-service teacher training
Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
The proposal urgently needed• Provide a mechanism make balance between
number of new teacher education students and needed teachers in the future
• Promote research in,on and for teacher education
• Create and continue long-term a project to produce high-quality teachers
Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
This article supported by Pico Company and Burapha University,Chonburi,Thailand.
Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
Facebook : Montree Yamkasikorn
I hope we can building TE partnerships together.
Prof.Dr.Montree Yamkasikorn, TEPE 2015 - “Building Partnerships” 14-16th May 2015 , University of Dundee,Scothland, UK
Basic Ed.Teachers
Vocational Teachers Total
2016 60,798 2,561 63,359
2017 52,570 2,730 55,300
113,378 5,291 118,659
The major findings with recommendations
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Professor Hannele Niemi. University of Helsinki , October 2014, Enhancement-Led Evaluation ofQuality andLeadership of Teacher
Education in Thailand