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EDUCATION Jurin wants school closure policy review

11 May 2013 : Democrat Party list-MP Jurin Laksanavisit says the government's focus is too narrow in its push to close small schools, and is urging a policy review.
EDUCATIONPhongthep says Thai-Filipino exchange teacher deal sealed

23 Mar 2013 : HANOI : Thailand and the Philippines will sign a teacher exchange agreement in the next two months.

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THE CHINGCHOK HUNTER
No emissions? No waste? No way!
19 Jan 2010 : Continuing on the green theme from the last two articles, I have decided to write an article on what I consider to be the future of living and how modern-day buildings can be adapted to become more environmentally friendly.
THE WRITE STUFF!
Be a part of taking grammar apart
19 Jan 2010 : 'A part of you has grown in me. And so you see, it's you and me together forever and never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart.'' _ Author unknown
What's in a name? Plenty in this country
17 Jan 2010 : There is a building not far from my home in salubrious Samut Prakan that I happen to pass whenever I take a shortcut to Sukhumvit Road. It's a boring, designless concrete factory or shop or something or other. And out the very front, in very big letters, is the name of the business: "NEWISH GERMS".
In tough times, French take English immersion classes at home
12 Jan 2010 : A rural French village might not be the first place a student would think of visiting to improve their English language skills, but 17-year-old Mathilde Berthelot is doing just that.
Developing skills for success
12 Jan 2010 : 'Umphang Wittayakom is located amidst mountains, foliage and streams."
In My OPINION
Critical thinking
12 Jan 2010 : It has taken a period of 10 years since the 1999 Education Act before the executives of the ministry's education agencies agreed to the proposal to reduce the role of rote learning and to adopt analytical thinking as a fundamental teaching protocol. This has been a long time coming.
TEACHER-2-Teacher
Giving directions in English
12 Jan 2010 : Getting around Bangkok is not all that difficult. All you need to do is get an address, take the train at the nearest BTS or MRT station, get into a taxi and hope for the best. However, what happens when a) places are not near a station and b) few, if any, signs are in English?
Temple of knowledge
12 Jan 2010 : A Buddhist temple in northeastern Thailand is deploying education as a highly effective tool to combat the trafficking in young hill tribe girls.
Teaching with HEART
Why teach with heart?
12 Jan 2010 : Surveys done by educational researchers in the field of social-emotional well-being indicate that students want to succeed at school.
THE CHINGCHOK Hunter
It's not easy being green!
12 Jan 2010 : Kermit the Frog from the "Muppet Show" once sang a song entitled It's Not Easy Being Green, but I bet he didn't know how prophetic that statement would become!