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Held at the British Ambassador鈥檚 Residence on 16 February 2018, the event brought together over 80 representatives from public and private universities, teaching specialists and thought leaders from across Thailand.

Welcoming delegates, Dr Teerakiat Jareonsettasin, , gave opening remarks thanking the UK and stressing the importance of the UK-Thai relationship, especially the ongoing cooperation on education, training and skills. He highlighted that educators were in a unique position to ensure the future prosperity of Thailand, ensuring students under their tutorage were equipped with the knowledge and skills needed for the economy.

Margaret Tongue, Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Bangkok, welcomed the Minister, the Teacher鈥檚 Council and all participants, emphasizing the importance of education systems that focus as much on the quality and consistency of education, as on the numbers of students graduating university. She noted the societal value in building upon the achievements of graduates, highlighting that:

皇冠体育app UK has a global reputation for educational excellence and teacher pedagogy, but we too are constantly looking for new and innovative ways to equip our children with the skills and expertise they need now and in the future.

皇冠体育app event was especially timely, converging around three key developments in teaching and teacher training in Thailand:

Firstly, Professor Chris Atkin, , presented finding from a report on the 鈥楾hailand Rajabhat Initial Teacher Education鈥� project. This documented the outcome of fieldwork undertaken by Professor Atkin鈥檚 and his team during a study of five Rajabhat (teacher training) universities back in 2016. He set out the key recommendations from the study and welcomed questions and feedback from representatives of the Rajabhat network.

Secondly, the Teacher鈥檚 Council of Thailand launched the (SEA-CFT), a new rubric for teaching and teacher training in the region. 皇冠体育app competency framework was recently approved by after its High Officials Meetings in Bangkok in late November 2017. It establishes the first ever regional approach to teaching practice standardization in Southeast Asia 鈥� designed by and for teachers of the Southeast Asian countries signed up to it.

Finally, four subject matter experts representing universities from across the UK (, , , and , took part in expert panel discussion. Here speakers drew from their wealth of experience and expertise to share their thoughts on a range of topics that mapped across both BGU鈥檚 Rajabhat University Report and the new Southeast Asia Competency Framework. Namely; knowing and understanding what to teach; helping students learn; engaging the community; and becoming a better teacher everyday.

Proceedings concluded with a lively Q&A session where participants had the opportunity to ask questions on the real-world application of the teaching competencies, techniques and approaches discussed throughout the day. This event marks an important milestone in ongoing UK-Thai collaboration on education, a relationship going from strength to strength.