KKU Center for ASEAN Teaching Profession Research and Development joins schools in the North to develop mathematics classrooms using the Lesson Study and Open Approach.
June 21-22, 2019 at Faculty fo Education, Chiangmai University – Khon Kaen University led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maitree Indaraprasith, Acting Director of Center for ASEAN Teaching Profession Research and Development, organized a workshop for schools under the network cooperation of the Center.
This workshop for schools under the Center for ASEAN Teaching Profession Research and Development was on the use of a school textbook that is based on the Lesson Study and Open Approach in order to upgrade the quality of mathematics classrooms. The workshop was carried out under the agreement made by institutions or schools in the Northeast, the North, and the South.
On June 21, 2019 the workshop featured a talk on “Lesson Study and Open Approach innovations based on a textbook that emphasizes problem solving and aims at upgrading the mathematics classroom qualities, a workshop on “kyozai Kenkyu” design in the Lesson Study and Open Approach by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maitree Indaraprasith, Acting Director of Center for ASEAN Teaching Profession Research and Development; President of Mathematics Education Association, Director of Center for Mathematics Education Research Center; and President of Thinking Skill Development Foundation.
The afternoon session was a workshop to train lesson plan writing according to “Kyozai Kenkyu” using the example of Grade 1 classroom by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maitree Indaraprasith, Acting Director of Center for ASEAN Teaching Profession Research and Development; Asst. Prof. Dr. Janesamut Saengpan, a lecturer from Chiangmai University; Ajarn Chanika Senawongsa and Ajarn Pimpaka Intaros, lecturers of Faculty of Sciences from Lampang Rajabhat University.
The 22nd of June sessions included Open Class activities according the Lesson Study andOpen Approach for Grade 1 with pupils from Ban Pongnoi School, Chiangmai by Teacher warit Wannarat of Municipality School 3 (Boontawonganukoon) from Lampang; and the reflection activities of the learning outcomes cased on the Lesson Study and Open Approach, followed by the conclusion of the workshop.
Participants included 139 school administrators and teachers from 22 schools under Northeast Institute for ASEAN Teaching Profession Research and Development.
Another workshop under the cooperation of Institute for ASEAN Teaching Profession Research and Development will be held in Srisaket in the Northeast on July 25-26, 2019.
News: Peeranat Iamthong
Photos: Mathematics Education Center
