The SEA Teacher Project or the “Pre-Service Student Teacher Exchange in Southeast Asia” is a project that aims to provide opportunity for pre-service student teachers from universities in Southeast Asia to have teaching experiences (practicum) in schools in other countries in Southeast Asia.

Based on the SEAMEO seven priority areas for the eleven SEAMEO Member countries to work together to improve the quality of education in Southeast Asia, “Revitalizing Teacher Education” is one of the priority areas in building and strengthening capacity of teachers in the region.

The exchange is preferably for 4th year students whose major are in math, science, English and pre-school. The duration is for one month and based on the mechanism of cost sharing basis. Students’ roles and responsibilities are assigned weekly during the one month period (observe, assist in teaching, teach and reflect). Moreover, the host universities will provide mentors to supervise and monitor the students throughout the practicum period.

 

Objectives of the Project

1. To enable pre-service student teachers to develop their teaching skills and pedagogy
2. To encourage the pre-service student teachers to practice their English skills
3. To allow the pre-service student teachers to gain a broader regional and world view
4. To expose future teachers to diverse teaching and learning situations and opportunities, and the value of flexibility.

 

Activities & Timeline

No.	Activities	Timeline	Participating Universities	Participating Students	Participating Countries
1	Inception Meeting (Jarkarta, Indonesia)	9 Oct 2015	9	-	Indonesia
			1		Thailand
			1		Vietnam
2	1st batch	20 Jan-18 Feb 2016	1	12	Indonesia
			1	10	Thailand
3	1st Evaluation Meeting (Pathumthani, Thailand)	26-27 Feb 2016	5	-	Thailand Indonesia Philippines
			10
			2
4	2nd batch	17 Jul-15 Aug 2016	10	56	Indonesia
			2	5	Philippines
			5	40	Thailand
5	2nd Evaluation Meeting (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)	8-9 Oct 2016	15	-	Indonesia
			7		Philippines
			9		Thailand
			1		Malaysia
6	3rd batch	15 Jan-13 Feb 2017	11	89	Indonesia
			7	26	Philippines
			9	81	Thailand
7	3rd Evaluation Meeting (Cebu City, Philippines)	28-29 Mar 2017	1	-	Cambodia
			17		Indonesia
			1		Malaysia
			1		Myanmar
			16		Philippines
			11		Thailand
8	4th batch	7 Aug-5 Sep 2017	19	132	Indonesia
			11	52	Philippines
			11	81	Thailand
9	4th Evaluation Meeting (Chiang Mai, Thailand)	9-10 Oct 2017	29	-	Indonesia
			1		Malaysia
			15		Philippines
			22		Thailand
			1		Vietnam
10	5th batch	22 Jan-18 Feb 2018	26	168	Indonesia
			19	109	Philippines
			12	66	Thailand
11	5th Evaluation Meeting (Palu, Indonesia)	3-4 Apr 2018	1	-	Cambodia
			52		Indonesia
			14		Philippines
			1		Malaysia
			9		Thailand
			1		Singapore
12	6th batch	1 Aug-10 Sep 2018 (30 days)	45	207	Indonesia
			1	3	Malaysia
			20	133	Philippines
			13	84	Thailand
13	6th Evaluation Meeting (Pangasinan, Philippines)	16-17 Oct 2018	1	-	Cambodia
			28		Indonesia
			1		Malaysia
			41		Philippines
13	6th Evaluation Meeting (Pangasinan, Philippines)	16-17 Oct 2018	4	-	Thailand
14	7th batch	7 Jan-15 Feb 2019 (30 days)	38	229	Indonesia
			34	209	Philippines
			12	83	Thailand
15	7th Evaluation Meeting (Kedah, Malaysia)	28-29 Mar 2019	1	-	Cambodia
			42		Indonesia
			1		Japan
			2		Malaysia
			38		Philippines
			12		Thailand
			1		Vietnam
16	8th batch	1 Aug-30 Sep 2019 (30 days)	49	240	Indonesia
			29	101	Philippines
			10	59	Thailand
			2	19	Vietnam
17	8th Evaluation Meeting (Phitsanulok, Thailand)	8-10 Nov 2019	30	-	Indonesia
			1	-	Japan
			24	-	Philippines
			14	-	Thailand
18	1st Pilot Project	1 Feb-14 Mar 2020	1	6	Japan
			1	6	Indonesia
			1	6	Philippines
			1	6	Thailand

Lessons learned

• Students:
  • Should prepare lesson plans, materials and health insurance in advance prior to travel
  • Gain more confident & increase social skills
  • Able to improve their teaching pedagogy
• Facilitation process:
  • Coordinators play an important role.
  • Mentors who understand the process.
  • Various channels of communication: Line and WhatsApp

 

Key Success Factors

• Active mentors are very helpful in providing guidance to students.
• Supportive schools enable students to conduct their practicum successfully.
• Students who have open-minded and positive attitude.