Abstract
Teachers play a key role in supporting or suppressing studentsû learning. Regarding the needs for new kinds of instruction to enhance lifelong learning and the skills necessary for the learnersû unknown future, educational reform in high performing countries like Finland, Singapore, and South Korea has been given close attention to make changes in their teacher education, while Thailand has vaguely addressed the issues related to teacher preparation in its recent draft of educational reform. This article therefore seeks to provide an understanding of the opportunities and challenges that Thai pre-service teacher education is facing in the preparation of 21st century teachers. Given the existing management system of teacher education programs and a large number of stakeholders-government offices, teacher education institutions, teacher educators, and student teachers, Thai teacher education needs a clear governance system, research-based policies, and close collaboration between teacher education institutions and schools in order to achieve coherent policies and practices that are informed by research and implemented by collaborative partnership among all parties.
Publisher
Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University
DOI
10.58837/CHULA.EDUCU.43.3.4
First Page
50
Last Page
64
Recommended Citation
Vibulphol, Jutarat
(2015)
"Thai Teacher Education for the Future: Opportunities and Challenges,"
Journal of Education Studies: Vol. 43:
Iss.
3, Article 4.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.EDUCU.43.3.4
Available at:
https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/educujournal/vol43/iss3/4
