On the  14th  and  15th of May  2015, the English Program hosted an opening semester 2015 Teachers’ Training seminar where the topic was,

 

'Teaching and Learning to Develop 21st Century Skills : What the World Needs '.

 

 

   The first day of the seminar was held in the  Conference Room on the 3rd floor of the Saint Louis Marie Memorial Building. The seminar was conducted in English and there were 64 foreign teachers in attendance, including  members of EP, ENS, and the Bell Program, as well as a large number of teaching assistants who normally work in the Thai Program.

 

   The purpose of this seminar was to help develop the teaching skills of our foreign teachers, following the plan initiated by the Saint Gabriel’s Foundation and The Office of National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (ONESQA).

 

For this event, we had 2 outstanding speakers to lead us:

 

1. Associate Professor Dr. Fred N. Finley

Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education & Human Development : University of Minnesota

 

2. Dr. John R. Stiles

- Consultant, Thai Ministry of Education: Institute for the Promotion of teaching Science & Technology (IPST)

- East Asia Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS) Approved professional development workshop provider for Science Education (K-12)