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Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University
Workshop on Active teaching and Learning
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| 2006 Thailand Program Participants |
This intensive, two-week workshop will offer
participants a serious educational
experience that simulates the processes and the benefits
of a longer, doctoral-level program of study. This workshop
will feature visits to local schools and university
classrooms, seminars and hands-on learning
over a variety of topics, and an “Action Research”
project.
In addition to classroom instruction,
program participants will attend a professional educator's conference, visit the world famous Museum
of the Rockies and go to Yellowstone National Park,
one of the world's most geologically diverse and famous
natural landscapes. While
on campus, program participants will also have full
use of the MSU library, exercise facilitates, and computer
labs.
Goals and Objectives
During this two week seminar participants will:
- undergo an initial, intensive immersion in the professional,
academic, and social life of educators in the United
States;
- observe and participate in American classrooms at
the K-12 and College levels, especially in situations that model active learning and various
models of teaching;
- conduct an Action Research Project to improve some
aspect of their own practices in curriculum design
and instructional practice;
- aquire greater proficiency in the English Language
through intensive language instruction;
- acquire new knowledge and skills in the areas of
academic research, distance learning
technologies, action research methods, and instructional
technologie;
- engage in systematic study of teaching methods and
instructional designs that reflect current insights from Piaget, Vygotsky, Montessori, and the
research in brain science and cognitive science
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