Summary and Suggestions of Batch 5 Sea Teacher Program

Summary and Suggestions of Batch 5 Sea Teacher Program

Purposes of Practicum

The SEA Teacher Project or the Pre-Service Student Teacher Exchange in Southeast Asia is a project that aims to provide opportunity for pre-service student teachers from universities in Southeast Asia to have teaching experiences (practicum) in schools in other countries in Southeast Asia.

The purposes of the project are to enable pre-service student teachers to develop their teaching skills and pedagogy, to encourage the pre-service student teacher to practice their English skills, and to allow the pre-service student teachers to gain a broader regional and world wide view about education. Based on the SEAMEO seven priority areas to improve the quality of education in Southeast Asia.

Procedures of Practicum

The practicum period is for one month. The student teachers roles and responsibilities are assigned weekly during the one month period consist of observation, teaching assistant, teaching practice, evaluation and reflection. The host universities will provide mentors to supervise and monitor the student teacher throughout the practicum period.

Outcomes of Practicum

a.    Teaching experience in demonstration school.

b.    The implementation of “teaching with heart and learning by love”.

c.    Knowledge, attitudes, and skills profesionally on educational instution both in the country and abroad.

d.   Social culture and work culture in other country that are expected to be an inspiration in creating a better system in my country.

e.    Learn about the traditional culture in other country.

f.     Open minded in global world wide view.

g.    Class management.

h.    Improve english skills in daily life and conversation.

i.      A Lesson Plan

j.      Self Report

The Challenges of Practicum

The challenges of practicum exist in the class management, with 40 students in each class, the student teacher have to make a louder voice, a bigger handwriting in the board, call the different students for recitation, devide the students into smaller groups and ask the students to work in conducive situation.

Overall Impression

As a student teacher in this program, its really make me think that to be a teacher is the precious moment. By learning I am teaching and by teaching I am learning. Give an education to others make me feel that I have to keep being a learner for the rest of my life. I wish I would be one of the future educators of future generations. For other impression, in making a lesson plan, we have to present the values and application of the lesson for each meeting. It can make a good lesson for students that everything they learn are related to their real life. Sea Teacher program really help me to improve my teaching experince according to my major. Also, the students showed the respect to me as a student teacher, respect with greeting, listen when i teach them as like i am their real teacher, friendly, and many other things.

Finally, this is the best way that God gave to me and I am not regret anything here. I am really grateful to be here as an exchange students. I have learned a lot of things that made me more mature, especially open my mind wider. Since I stay in Thailand for one month, I have already know more about myself, how my strengths and my weakness, and how does it feel when we out of the comfort zone. I have fight and learned hard to get a best scores and experiences, I am so grateful that God gave me the best result and I always believe that the fight, effort, and patience will gain the best result. The beautiful things await.

Suggestions for Future Improvement

Suggestion for the future, the students teacher can implemented all the positively teaching experiences from other country including how to be a good teacher, how to manage the class, how to make a best quality lesson plan, and many other things. We can compare of both countries and can improve the english skills and pedagogy.