The UNESCO-APEID Hiroshima Seminar on Teacher Education



Theme: Innovation and Reform in Teacher Education in Asia and the Pacific Region: Establishing the Professional Standards for Teachers



Sponsors:



Hiroshima University UNESCO-APEID Project Committee

Japanese National Commission for UNESCO

UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education



Objective:



Hiroshima University, as the UNESCO-APEID Associated Center, has been organizing international seminars on educational development annually since 1987 and is now organizing the 2008-2009 Seminar of the Asia and the Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) in its designated program area of "teacher education". The UNESCO-APEID Hiroshima Seminar intends to examine the problems and issues related to teacher education in Asia and the Pacific Region, exchange experiences concerning the efforts to improve teacher education, and design national and international cooperative frameworks and action plans to improve them.



Needless to say, the quality of education largely depends on the quality of teachers. However, many countries still have difficulties in securing competent teachers to their schools. On the other hand, competencies required for teachers have continuously been increasing. To overcome the persistent problem and to meet the ever-increasing demand for teachers, teacher education must be improved continually, and effective and efficient way to provide it must be explored.



In this Seminar, current status of professional standards for teachers in Asia-Pacific Region will be examined, and how to establish the professional standards will be discussed.





Schedule:



March 12 (Thu)



11:15-12:00 Opening Ceremony (IDEC)

13:30-14:45 Keynote Address "Establishing Professional Standards: Case of Japan" by Prof. Yoshinori Tabata (Hiroshima University-IDEC)

15:00-16:30 Country Report (Indonesia, Malaysia)



March 13 (Fri)



9:00-10:30 Country Report (India, Nepal)

10:45-12:15 Country Report (Philippines, Thailand)

14:00- Visit to Education Center



March 14 (Sat)



9:00-17:00 Plenary Session



March 16 (Mon)



All day Visit to schools



March 17 (Tue)



9:00-12:00 Plenary Session

14:00 Closing Ceremony



Invited Participants:



India:



Dr. Mohd. Akhtar Siddiqui, Chairperson

National Council for Teacher Education, India



Indonesia:



Dr. Yayan Trisakti, Head of Program Evaluation, Planning Devision

Secretariat of Directorate General of Quality Improvement of Teachers and Educational Staff, Ministry of National Education



Malaysia:



Dr. Rosli Yacob, Assistant Director

Research and Development Unit, Teacher Education Division

Ministry of Education, Malaysia



Ms. Noorul Aini binti Abdul Rahman, Director

Malaysia Teacher Education Institute, Specialist Teachers Campus

Teacher Education Division

Ministry of Education, Malaysia



Nepal:



Dr. Leela Pradhan, Professor

Faculty of Education, Tribhuvan University



Philippines:



Dr. Amelia C. Fajardo, Associate Professor

College of Education, University of the Philippines



Ms. Lorina Y. Calingasan, Assistant Professor

University of the Philippines Integrated School



Thailand:



Dr. Siriporn Boonyananta

Advisor on Teacher Preparation, Development and Utilization

Office of Education Council, Ministry of Education, Thailand



Venue:



Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC), Hiroshima University



Language: English



For inquiries, please contact the following:



Dr. Yoshinori Tabata

Chairperson, UNESCO-APEID Seminar Committee

Tel: 082-424-6937

E-mail: tabata (at) hiroshima-u.ac.jp



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