CHALLENGES OF EQUITY AND
ROLE OF UNIVERSITY TO BUILDINCLUSION IN EDUCATIONAFTER THE COVID-19 CRISIS:CASES OF THAILAND
ATHAPOL A .
ESD CENTER, FACULTY OF EDUCATIONCHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY

Challenges of Thailand
Politics and Inequality

Economic regression

COVID-19

6 WAVES OF PANDEMIC AND COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
1st wave (Mar-May 2020) Lumpini Boxing Stadium Cluster >> Delayed School Open/ Hybrid Mode
2nd wave (Dec 2020-Feb 2021) Mahachai Cluster >> 10 weeks School ClosureNationwide
3rd-4th wave (Apr-Sep 2021) Thonglor cluster and new clusters >> School Closure andFull Semester for Online/Remote Learning
5th wave (Dec 2021) New clusters (Delta) after releasing lockdown >> Back toOnline/Remote Learning (On/Off)
6th wave (Feb-April, 2022) Omicron attacked during last weeks of semester

May 2022- Now : Re-open School

KEY POINTS• Emergency RemoteInstruction• Offline : Individual Learning

Package/Distancing On-site
Activities• Online :Synchronous/Asynchronous>>> Live/Non-live)
Picking-up Learning Package for students
who could not join online mode

KEY POINTS• Emergency Remote Instruction• Online : Synchronous/Asynchronous >>> Live/Non-live)• Offline : Distancing On-site Activities/Individual Learning Package• Teachers’ Resilience in two schools• learn new pedagogy for remote instruction• redesign their lessons and activities to suit students’needs and context• build-up connection between teachers and student,
and• support each other coping with the challenges

Bangkok Art andCutural Center

Uthen Thawai
Technical School

Chula Univ.
demonstration
schoolTriam-udom
SchoolWat Hualampong School andBudhajak Wittaya School

VULNERABLE CHILD• Urban Poor

• Migrant• Special Needed Child :Slow Learner, LD,Delayed, Autism andHyper-active

School’s collaboration with Chula
Students seeking for ‘used mobilephone’ to support ‘No Devise Students’for online/remote learningWithin 1 month, 274 mobile phone were sent to theproject- 124 used mobile phone from individuals- 50 new mobile phone from OPPO company- 100 new mobile phone from SAMSUNG company

After checking up, 264 mobile phones sent tostudents in 15 schools- 31 mobile phones for Wat Hualampong- 32 mobile phones for Budhajak Wittaya

“Students G.3 come to school after pandemic and make me surprise. During twoyears of remote and online learning they sent each pieces of homework, they didthat with parent help. But when they are in existing classes they could not readand write by themselves. So, we decide to redesign and restart our lessons”
HLP Teacher“Students G.9 we met and have taught online for two years, come back to ourclasses and we found that they totally change . They are lack of motivation,
keep a distance and some committed a violence. They grew up from G.7
kids to be teenagers we’ve never known.” BJW Teacher“He (G.11) lost his stepfather since COVID-19 and his mom are now
incapable to work, now he has to do more part time job and take alead for his family during take care of mother” BJW Teacher“Most of them use mobile phone all times even we give them warning.
Everytimes we ask them to search for information, they prompt to dogoogling. But we found they can access to website with no idea when theyneed to identify ‘Keyword’ before searching. They can search but lack ofinquiry skills. They use ICT but we concern with net-addiction. They play gamevia mobile phone all times, some kids has been approached by the virtualstranger. It’s too risky”
Social Studies Teacher and Art Teacher
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ESD Center and Learning School at BMA Program 2022-2023

Bang RakSathon▪ 4 professors and2 staff▪ 6 schools in
Bang Rak andSathorn Districts▪ Wat Hua Lampong
Scchool as a lead
SLC School

Wat Kaewjamfah School

Learning School under BMA -2023 CU-Director
1
Teacher&Co-teacher 7(+2)
Student94
Class8Wat Mahapruetaram SchoolDirector
1
Teacher&Co-teacher 9(+2)
Student70Class8person
personpersonclassesWat Hualamphong School
Director/Vice D.
2Teacher&Co-teacher 13+6(+2)
Student273
Class13

Wat Muangkae School
Director1
personTeacher&Co-teacher 9(+1) person
Student65
personClass8classes

Wat Suanplu
Director
1
Teacher&Co-teacher 11(+2)
Student158
Class8person
personpersonclasses

personpersonpersonclasses

personpersonpersonclassesWat Yannawa School

Wat Don School
Director/Vice D.
Teacher&Co-teacher
Student
Class

217(+4)362 (71+22+269)
14 classes

personpersonpersonDirector/Vice D.
2 person
Teacher&Co-teacher 15(+3) person
Student358 person
Class13 classes

EMBEDDING SLC ACTIVITY SYSTEM▪ Peer Lesson Study (LS)▪ Professional Learning

Community (PLC)▪ Open Class (SLC)▪ Schools SymposiumSchool Walk Wat Muang Kae
16 August 2022

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Color Printing by Fresh Flower, Art Class for Grade 5, Wat Hua Lampong

10/19/2023

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Open Class ที่ รร.วัดหัวลำโพง 24 ส.ค.65

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CHALLENGE• Students’ Socio-economic Background• Learning Loss in general and special groups• Increasing number of migrant students: Cambodia, Myanmar,Laos, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Ghana, Guinea, etc.
• Diversity in Classroom: Multi-language, Mixed and Multi-gradeClassroom• Teacher Burn-out• Rotation of Teachers and School Director• Collaboration among schools and University

Building Equality, Fill the gap of inequity
Start with Learner, Classroom, School, House and Community

Social Value
Structure•Government and Capital•Family and Civil SocietySystem•School Education•Lifelong Learning

School•Relationship and Interaction•Formal and Informal
Learning