Initiative Teacher
Education Program inThailand

Maitree Inprasitha, Ph.D.

Dean, Faculty of Education
Director, Institute of Research and Development for Teaching
Profession for ASEAN (IRDTP)
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
inprasitha_crme@kku.ac.thTeacher Education
Focus
onpreservice

beginnerteacher

in-service teacher(4-6 years)(1-3 years)(~30 years)

ConnectionneededInnovations through career path

After 10 years ofexperiences in Japan
Teacher Training Program (1 ½ year in Nagoya
University and Aichi University of Education)(October 1988-March 1990)

Master and Ph.D. in School Education(Mathematics Education) 8 years (April 1994March 2001)

Then, I planned

the 30-year Thailand Project to introduce
Inno a ions into Teacher Ed ca ion in Thailand

The Thailand 30-year Project (2000 - 2030)

Invested in HRD
2000-2010

Strengthen
Network
2011-2020

Expand acrossthe country andregion2021-2030

Thailand 30-year Project (2000 - 2030)

started on how to change theway of teaching focusing onchanging the problem we use inmathematical activity

2006 2008

2001
Plan 30years
project(2000 2030)

2002

19992019 2030

first group of
student teachers
startedimplementing"open-endedproblems" in 7schools nearby
Khon Kaen City

started 4 projectschools using"whole school
approach" toimplement "lesson
study" and "OpenApproach"20132013 - present expanded
to 120 schools across thecountries.

2006 - present started APEC Lesson Study Community
in APEC and Non-APEC members economies

Invested in HRD

2000-2010

Strengthen
Network

2011-2020
started small
tried the idea of using "opencommunity ofended problems" to create
Lesson Study mathematical activities with 800
expanded to 22 schools
with a group of teachers in Khon Kaen Province
in the northeast andstudent
northern parts ofteachers (15Thailandstudents)

2000

2017

2003 200520182009 2012

Expandingacross thecountry andregion2021-2030

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The Thailand 30-year Project (2000 - 2030)
 2002 carefully designed how to introduce (byAdapting) an idea of Ia i f Teachi g
Ma h to the 4th year student teacher (15 student
teachers in 7 schools), the Open-ended Approach andLesson Study without mentioned any Jargons.

The Thailand 30-year Project (2000 - 2030)

 2003-2005: In rod cing heseo Inno a i e Ideas

to some schools through the idea WHY NOT try his(5 activities) in your classrooms.
(some 800 school teachers in some 20 schools in Khon
Kaen nearby)

What we learned is eachers pedagogical beliefs is ourchallenge in order to further implementing inno a ionsInstitutionalize andInternational Collaboration
 2006-present:
Institutionalize by hole School Approach with thefirst 2 project schools by systemize Lesson S d andOpen Approach in order to enculturate ne schoolc l re emphasis on shif ing he radi ion on Teacher
Alone o eacher as a member of Lesson S d as
Professional Learning Comm ni (PLC) (e.g. weekly
cycle of LS/OA), started with the new roles of the 5thyear STUDENT TEACHERS in bringing innovation
into schools.

Open Approach Lesson Study:
An Adaptive Innovation for teaching Mathematics
Teachers
collaboratively design
problem situations,once a weekLessonStudy

A certain open-ended
problem in terms of tasks
or problem situation has
been proposing in order
to be students authentic
or real problem.

OpenApproach
Focusing on ‘students ideas
and teacher orchestrates
students to do whole-classdiscussion and comparing

Weekly Cycle
Weekly cycle of Open approach Lesson Study (Inprasitha, 2003; 2006; 2011; 2016; 2017)

Student TeachersFailure of Thai TraditionalClassrooms

Thailand (Inprasitha, 2009)
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S deideas

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Way Forward 2013:
Khon Kaen University established Institute for
Research in Teaching Profession for ASEAN(IRDTP)Way Forward Working collaboratively within/outside ASEAN
Community, started with our neighboring CLMVT
countries with the new challenging issues on
Computational Thinking and Statistical Thinking inSchool Education by fading out from subject-basedidea

APEC Lesson Study Project
share ideas within and outside
ASEAN Community.

Laos

Laos

Laos

Cambodia

Cambodia

Cambodia

MyanmarMyanmarPhilippines

International Conference in Science and Mathematics (ICSME2014
28-30 October 2014
at UP NISMED, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Philippines

International Conference in Science and Mathematics (ICSME2014
28-30 October 2014
at UP NISMED, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

SEA-Teache P ec 2nd Evaluation Meeting: Pre-Service Student
Teache E cha ge i S hea A ia 7-9 October 2016Indonesia
UNY Hotel, Ballroom, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Indonesia

The 4th International Symposium on Mathematics Education Innovation: ISMEI
1-3 November 2016
SEAMEO Regional Centre for QITEP in Mathematics, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Indonesia

Special lecture at State University of Yogyakarta
2 November 2016
at Seminar Room 2nd floor, FMIPA, State University of Yogyakarta