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TAG : Thai Education System

Skirting around the problem

Why focus on issues that have nothing to do with problems in education?

In Blogs: Tom Tuohy - 30th July 2010

Why are these banal topics regularly raised when so many critical and more pressing problems are evident in the Thai education system? What about the huge shortfall of qualified teachers? The embarrassingly low salary offered to them?

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Two heads are better than one (sometimes)

some reasons why the education sector in Thailand is so poor

In Blogs: Tom Tuohy - 6th July 2010

Some of you may have seen the well-written and interesting article by Sirikul Bunnag in The Bangkok Post recently. It was entitled - "School heads lack English, ICT skills - Poor survey showing surprises authorities"

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Native vs non-native speaking teachers

Who would you employ?

In Blogs: Tom Tuohy - 2nd May 2010

If you were a language school owner, who would you rather employ – a non native speaker with experience and good qualifications at 30,000 baht, or a native speaker with little or no experience and no formal qualifications at 40,000 baht?

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A Sad Story

Sent in by Apso Olivier

In Ajarn Street: Postbox - 2nd May 2010

The school system is wonderful. Teacher Jones’ status in the community is high, and she makes sure that all the students pass her course

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Thailand’s factory education model producing disappointing results

Sent in by John Weathers

In Ajarn Street: Postbox - 16th April 2010

Factory model schools put pressure on teachers to let students hand in very late work or redo exams many times until they get a passing grade.

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Welcome to the Thailand Educators Network (TEN)

What's coming up in our teachers' evenings this year?

In Blogs: Tim Cornwall - 28th January 2010

Set up to create an environment in which educators can meet to discuss and explore professional and personal concerns and to establish a positive forum for the enhancement of teaching and teaching opportunities in Thailand, we meet every month, on or close to the 10th at the Roadhouse Barbecue.

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Lost Stories

Experiences with one of Thailand’s most progressive educators

In Blogs Archived: Ken May - 1st June 2009

He single-handedly broke every stereotype of the Ministry of Education. He was outgoing, inquisitive, articulate, globally aware, and willing to debate ideas about education. I resolved to formally interview this man one day and tell his story.

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Goodbye Thailand

It's definitely time to leave

In Blogs: Phil Roeland - 1st September 2008

So the question remains why? Why leave Thailand, the Land of Smiles, the best country in the world if Thais are to be believed? The short answer is that I didn't have enough reasons to stay.

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Back to school

A brief overview of primary and secondary schools in Thailand

In Blogs: Phil Roeland - 1st June 2008

There are three main kinds of schools in Thailand: government schools, private schools and international schools. Internationals schools are the most expensive, with average yearly fees ranging from 200,000 to 600,000 baht, depending on the quality and reputation of the school.

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Teaching the Chinese in Thailand

experiences of teaching an international program

In Blogs Archived: Matt Smith - 1st January 2008

I came back to Thailand from Korea because I far prefer working with Thai students, or because my experiences here were so much nicer. To my surprise,upon my arrival, the university announced it was launching an international program in which there were many students from the south of China. So I'm in Thailand teaching Chinese students. Go figure!

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