Education

This is an individual study project. Students must have a well-developed idea of the theme of the study. A faculty teacher is appointed as supervisor, and an agreement is signed between the student and the teacher describing the title, contents, ECTS credits of the study. A supervisor normally meets with the student between two and four times in order to discuss the progress of the individual study, or any problems encountered. Most supervisors also choose to read and comment on parts of the study. Students applying to do an individual study must submit a detailed project description with their application. Exams for Individual Study Projects may be oral, written or a combination of the two. This version of the course is worth 6 quarter units and corresponds to a workload of 206 hours. 

This course is designed for students wishing to clarify and advance their career goals through a 16-week internship in Thailand. It provides a structured learning environment to help students make the most of their internship experience. While there are no regularly scheduled class meetings, internships are conducted under the close academic supervision of the Social Policy & Development department at Thammasat University. An assigned internship coordinator provides oversight and guidance for the duration of the internship. The course requires a minimum of 128 total work hours. To facilitate the completion of the internship and maximize skill acquisition, students are required to work at least one full day per week at their internships. Graded Pass/No pass only.

The course is designed to provide students with foundational knowledge and skills in adult learning and counseling. This course introduces students to key concepts of adult learners as well as various learning theories and models to aid in understanding adult development and adult learning. 

Students basically learn by doing, trying out different techniques and approaches for teaching children English, devising their own lesson plans, and presenting these in class. Topics include total physical response, songs, stories, cross-curricular activities, classroom language and textbooks. Theoretical issues are arrived at via the consideration of practical considerations. Activity-based rather than language-based teaching is encouraged. This course aims to explore the characteristics of children, and their needs in the classroom. Students develop basic techniques for teaching children, and practice these techniques in class. Students also develop ideas and materials for teaching children and examine the differences between language-based and activity-based courses.

This course combines formal classes with exploratory field trips. Traditional lectures are used as a space for conveying important concepts and information to students. Formal lectures are also supported by smaller tutorial classes where collaboration, discussion, and group work are employed to facilitate social learning and increase student knowledge and understanding of key ideas. The traditional lectures and tutorials are then enhanced by two unique expeditions into significant coastal and mountainous regions of New South Wales. These bushwalking field trips into The Royal National Park and Blue Mountains give students a chance to experience and be immersed in two distinctive Australian ecosystems.

This introductory course provides an overview of detailed majors in pedagogy as a full-fledged preparation stage for teaching. It explores the overall knowledge of pedagogy as an instrumental knowledge of educational reality issues. Through this, it is expected that students will be able to form an integrated and organic perspective on education and pedagogy. The class focuses on problems discovered by educational philosophy, history, educational sociology, educational anthropology, educational psychology, curriculum, educational evaluation, educational administration, educational engineering, and educational counseling.