Mathematics for Future Prediction:
The case of Thailand
Maitree Inprasitha, Ph.D.
Mr.Preecha Kruawan
Thanya Kadroon, Ph.D
Suttharat Boonlerts, Ph.D
Faculty of Education, Khon Kean University
Institute for Research and Development in Teaching
Profession for ASEAN, Khon Kaen University
Faculty of Education, Suratthani Rajabhat UniversityThailandToday Topics
Current Status of Energy in Thailand
Bringing Energy into Thai Curriculum
Effective Plan for Bringing Energy into
Secondary Mathematics Classroom in
School Using Lesson Study and OpenApproach in Thai Context

Current Statusof Energy in Thailand

Current Statusof Energy in ThailandIntroduction
According to the government policies ofelectricity, the framework of the Thailand Power
Development Plan 2015-2036 (PDP2015) formulated
in line with the Energy Efficiency Development Plan(EEDP) and the Alternative Energy Development Plan(AEDP) was approved by the National Energy Policy
Council (NEPC) on December 17, 2014 as thefollowing:Current Statusof Energy in ThailandIntroduction
1. Energy Security: dealing with an increase in power
demand taking into account fuel diversification tolessen the dependency of one particular fuel2. Economy: maintaining an appropriate cost ofpower generation and implementing energy
efficiency
3. Ecology: reducing environmental and social
impacts by lessening carbon dioxide intensity ofpower generation

Thailand’s Energy and Energy Efficiency Situation
2010-2014

Thailand’s economic growth for the year 2014 grew by
0.9% due to expansion in both domestic
demand and external sector. This resulted in an increaseof final energy consumption by 0.8% and increasingof energy consumption in economic sectors. Industrial
and transportation sectors consumed energy more thanother economic sectors, share of energy consumption inindustry sector was 37.2% of the total final energy
consumption, followed by transportation, residential,commercial and agriculture were 35.3%, 15.1%, 7.2%
and 5.2% respectively.

Current Status of Energy in Thailand 2015
PetrolElectricity
Traditional Renewable
EnergyRenewable Energy
Natural Gas
Lignitethousand ton equivalent to crude oil

Bringing Energy into

Thai CurriculumBringing Energy into

Thai Curriculum
From Thai basic educational curriculum Science andMathematics is found that science has 8 contents andmain standards, and energy is one of them. Main
content of Science in grade 1-12 is energy and living,energy form transformation, property and phenomenaof light, sound and circuit, electromagnetic wave,
radioactivity, nuclear reaction, interexchange between
essence and energy, energy reservation, effects to lifeof energy use and environment.

Bringing Energy into

Thai CurriculumContents of energy are started in grade 2
until grade 12. In primary level is learning about
energy and electricity, light, and sound. These
topics are aimed to let students understandsources, meaning, relation between energy andliving, and easy energy transformation.

Bringing Energy into

Thai CurriculumIn junior high school science, contents are thermalenergy, radiation, reflection, refraction, light absorption,
potential and kinetic energy, electric power calculation ofany electric equipment, meaning and daily live.
Moreover, energy for transportation in additional
contents is about analysis and experiment of compositions
and kinds of petroleum, source stone, and petroleum
storage.

Bringing Energy into

Thai Curriculum
Science in high school is divided into 3 maincontents; chemistry, physics, and biology, but energy
almost is in physics. There are other learning of energy
and more abstraction, description of property ofmechanical wave, relation among speed, frequency,wave length, intensity of sound and electromagnetic
wave, radioactivity, nuclear reaction, interrelation
between substance and energy.

Bringing Energy into

Thai Curriculum
From curriculum studies are found that almost
energy learning is contained in only science. Thereis no appeared in other subjects such as
mathematics.
But Thai has an idea to bring energy integrated
with other subjects by project such as project ofdeveloping teachers and educational staffs in
integrating energy in primary and secondaryschool in which take 2 years long.

Bringing Energy into

Thai Curriculum
Curriculum making of contents in each grade of the Basic
Education Core Curriculum 2008 of the Ministry of
Education has considered energy in which teachers haveto know a basic knowledge teach and integrate in every
subjects, and to let students understand and has a rightbasic knowledge of energy, realize the country energy
problems, and can apply to use in daily life byemphasized training model teachers in energy forteachers in every subjects. These training is divided 3
levels of depth of contents.

Bringing Energy into

Thai Curriculum-Content Depth level 1
For teachers who teach in grade 1-6 has a knowledge and understand abasic knowledge of energy for teaching energy around oneself including home,school, and community, by emphasize on safety and effect of using energy.
- Content Depth level 2
Knowledge of energy teaching and learning in country and ASEAN byemphasizing energy situation, effect of using energy that would be aware, andenergy reservation in which could be done by oneself.
- Content Depth level 3
Teachers will have knowledge of energy by emphasizing energy
situation and effects to Thailand compared with other countries, effects that is
global problem and emphasizing on energy technology and trends of technology
will be happen in the future.

Bringing Energy into

Thai Curriculum
Basic Knowledgeof Energy
Reservation ofEnergy andEnvironment

Main Contents
for Depth level
1 and 2Dangerous fromEnergy and Effects
to Environment

Energy Sourceand Use

EnergySituation

Effective Plan for Bringing Energy
into Secondary Mathematics Classroom
in School Using Lesson Study in Thai Context

Effective Plan for Bringing Energyinto Secondary Mathematics Classroom
in School Using Lesson Study in Thai Context
4 Phases of Open Approach as a teaching approach in Thailand

Posing openended problem

Students’ self
learning throughproblem solving

Summarization throughconnecting students’mathematical ideas
emerged in theclassroom

Whole classdiscussion andcomparison
Inprasitha, 2011

Effective Plan for Bringing Energy
into Secondary Mathematics Classroom
in School Using Lesson Study in Thai Context

Three steps of Lesson Study in Thailand
Collaboratively
design researchlesson (Plan)
Collaboratively
reflection inteachingpractice (See)Collaboratively
observing theresearch lesson(Do)(Inprasitha, 2010 & 2011)

Effective Plan for Bringing Energy
into Secondary Mathematics Classroom
in School Using Lesson Study in Thai Context

Energy Effective Plan for Teaching
Meeting for planning among networking universities in Thailand for selecting sitesof data collection

12-15 February 2016

Studying science for Energy Efficiency andplanning the teaching content at thesecondary school levels.
Meeting for planning among networking universities for adjusting plan inaccording to suggestions

Effective Plan for Bringing Energy
into Secondary Mathematics Classroom
in School Using Lesson Study in Thai Context

Energy Effective Plan for Teaching
Team of researchers and experts had a meeting todesign a lesson plan (2 hours) for 4 purposed schools
Research site in the Northeast ofThailand
use the lesson plan to teach in the 1stschool, and the 2nd teachers team,researchers and experts
collaboratively observe the classroom

Research site in the South ofThailand
use the lesson plan to teach in the 1stschool, and the 2nd teachers team,researchers and experts
collaboratively observe the classroom

Effective Plan for Bringing Energy
into Secondary Mathematics Classroom
in School Using Lesson Study in Thai Context

Energy Effective Plan for Teaching
Research site in the Northeast ofThailand
Collaboratively reflect in the 1stschool and then improve thelesson plan

Research site in the South ofThailand
Collaboratively reflect in the 1stschool and then improve the lesson
plan

Research site in the Northeast ofThailand
use the lesson plan to teach in the
2nd school, and the 1st teachers
team, researchers and experts
collaboratively observe theclassroom

Research site in the South ofThailand
use the lesson plan to teach in the
2nd school, and the 1st teachers
team, researchers and experts
collaboratively observe theclassroom

Effective Plan for Bringing Energy
into Secondary Mathematics Classroom
in School Using Lesson Study in Thai Context

Energy Effective Plan for Teaching
Research site in the Northeast ofThailand
Collaboratively reflect in the 2ndschool and then improve thelesson plan

Research site in the South ofThailand
Collaboratively reflect in the 2nd
school and then improve the lesson
plan

Bring results of teaching from both 2 research sites todiscuss and conclude together

References
Department of Alternative Energy Development
and Efficiency 2014
http://www.energy.go.th/Thank you for your attention!!