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Burapha University to hold Social Education project
Decha Chalermyart
The Individual Social Faculty at Burapha University will
hold its “48th Individual Social Education” project January 17-19, 2005
from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Individual Social Faculty Department.
The project aims to make people more aware of the need
for individual social education by changing the educational program of the
university to more closely match other Eastern educational institutes. The
project is also geared to maintain good relationships between the university
and the community, and promote harmony amongst personnel working in the
university.
Project activities center on educational competition in
individual’s social abilities for eastern Thailand’s students, education
associated with the “Eastern Community’s Economic Development”, an
exhibition from the Individual Social Faculty, an International Band
Competition and show, production and sales under the One Tambon One Product
scheme, the Individual Social 2005 Seminar, and a Korean speech competition
for pre-college and international education presented with a meeting about
“Korea: Past Present and Future”.
Interested parties can attend this activity from January
17-19, 2005 at the Individual Social Faculty Department at Burapha
University. For more information please call 038-745900 ext. 2310, 2336 or
visit www.huso.buu.ac.th
World AIDS Day at The Regents
The Regent’s School has supported this annual event for the last 3
years. This year the campaign for AIDS awareness has been taken on by both
the Round Square Service Group and the Regent’s Senior Student Guild over
the last two months.
 Students
display the handmade badges from South Africa.
Four members of the Round Square service group visited
South Africa for a conference in September 2003 and learnt about the
problems facing that country due to HIV and AIDS.
This year the students decided they could build on the
20,000 baht raised last year for AIDS awareness and help two causes at the
same time. 500 handmade badges were ordered from a charity called
Kidzpositive in South Africa. This contributed over 36,000 baht to the
women and children of South Africa who are affected by HIV/ AIDS.
 The
students participate in the AIDS workshops on the morning of World AIDS Day
at school.
The Round Square Service Group and Student Guild have
now sold all the badges in the school and local community for 150 baht
each. This has raised over 75,000 baht and the money is still coming in.
The Student Guild plan to donate 40,000 baht to the
Pattaya Heartt 2000 AIDS Association which provides vital medical support
for HIV / AIDS sufferers in the Chonburi region.
 All
students worked together to gather the appropriate information and complete
a questionnaire that provided the basic facts of the disease.
On December 1, World AIDS Day, the Round Square Service
Group ran a very successful AIDS awareness workshop for the whole school.
Presentations were made on the impact, prevention and awareness of AIDS
during the morning. All students worked together to gather the appropriate
information and complete a questionnaire that provided the basic facts of
the disease.
The Regent’s students would like to thank all the
people who supported this important cause, and the Asian University for
putting on an extremely informative AIDS film festival during the
afternoon, which was attended by the Student Guild.
For more information regarding the Kidzpositive charity and handmade
badges from South Africa please contact: Paul Crouch at [email protected]
Sriracha municipal school
changes the way pupils learn
Children’s Center takes new approach
Suchada Tupchai
Schools around the nation are upgrading their curriculum
and changing the way pupils are taught. The Ban Sri Maharacha Municipal
School is in the vanguard regarding new teaching policies and is fast
becoming a model for other schools. Its Children’s Center changes the way
pupils learn.
Learning
outdoors is a complete change from ordinary classes, and encourages more
direct participation.
The prime minister has stressed the need for changes in
the way local teachers approach education. The Ban Sri Maharacha
Municipality School is one of the schools under the Sriracha Municipality,
Chonburi Province that responded to the central government’s policy of the
Children’s Center in 2003. It is led by Arun Thongpan, Ban Sri Maharacha
Municipality school director. The school has over 4,000 students from
kindergarten to the secondary class (Mor. Sor. 3 - grade 9).
The
outdoor classes at Koh Loy Park have become popular with the students.
The difference in the Child Center’s teaching method is
not only learning in the classroom, but also the outdoor classes at Koh Loy
Park. This is an ideal location because it’s nearby, convenient to go to,
and has a good atmosphere that the children need for lessons instead of a
small classroom.
For a Children’s Center lesson, teachers will set a
subject such as “Som Tam”. The teacher will prepare each lesson by
sections; in science by analyzing food substances in som tam, teach them to
sing a som tam song for the music section, an English lesson is given by
learning the English words related to som tam, calculating expenses for
making som tam for the math section, and adjusting other subject matter to
fit with it.
This Children’s Center method is intended to
significantly increase learning for the children, because it’s a complete
change from their ordinary classes. A new place to learn could be beneficial
and provide more direct participation.
Each lesson takes about 2 -3 hours. The teachers said
that the children enjoy this teaching method. It also encourages children to
express themselves. They present their work in front of the class and give a
speech in public.
Pupils at the school are being exposed to innovative teaching methods
that teach thinking as a skill. This will broaden their horizons and better
prepare them for a bright future in the workplace and society in general.
YWCA, Rotary and PSC treat Koh Larn students to lunch
Suchada Tupchai
The YWCA Bangkok Pattaya’s continuing lunch program
recently made a jaunt offshore to visit the children at Pattaya School No.
10 on Larn Island. The ladies were joined by co-sponsors the Pattaya Sports
Club and the Rotary Club of Taksin Pattaya.
Bernie
and Dieter jointly blow out the candles on their birthday cake.
Malinee Sariman, YWCA Pattaya chapter president, led the
group to the island community where they were met by teachers and students.
YWCA, PSC and Rotary Club members spoke to the children
about the current scholarship program, and served lunch to the 417 students
as part of the ‘Warm Family’ project.
 Hard
at work ... lots of mouths to feed.
As a thank you gesture the children put on a special show for their
benefactors, and provided a birthday cake for Bernie Tuppin, PSC charity
chairman and Dieter Precourt, Rotary Club of Taksin Pattaya past president,
both of whom, through their respective organizations, have supported the
scholarship program for the region’s underprivileged students.
Smiles
all round from the welcoming committee.
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