A forum on “How to Help Children Learn English Effectively?” was held at the Center for about 200 RETRAC students’ parents on May 21. Various interesting and relevant topics about English learning, using new technology in learning English, learning materials for children, and so on were presented and discussed. Many constructive suggestions to improve the kiddy programs were also given
From April 21-23, 2009, SEAMEO RETRAC, with the cooperation of Tay Nguyen University, offered a training course on school leadership and management for 33 high school principals and vice principals from Dak Nong, Gia Lai and Kon Tum. provinces. The course aimed (1) to improve school leadership and management skills for high school leaders and (2) to engage experience sharing
On May 5, 2009 SEAMEO RETRAC conducted a workshop on “Leadership and pedagogical change for sustainable education” for fifty university lecturers and administrators from Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces. The presentation addressed the issues of pedagogical trends and practices in the 21st century, Especially theintegration web-based applications, LMS, hand-held devices in teaching and learning along with a number
From February 23 to March 15, 2009, twenty three leaders and administrators from 16 higher education institutions and the Ministry of Higher Education in Afghanistan attended a training course on educational management at SEAMEO RETRAC. Topics covered in the training course included student services, registrar system, academic regulations, admission system and process, grading system, etc. The training course employed a
Dr. Do Huy Thinh and Mr. Than Trong Minh joined a few senior MOET officers and key university administrators at a roundtable discussion on “the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Language Education” held in Hanoi on December 9, 2008, at the invitation of the British Council in Vietnam and Cambridge ESOL. The roundtable emphasized the need to raise
SEAMEO RETRAC in collaboration with Thai-based Reed Tradex co-organized “Vietnam International Exhibition for Educational Materials and Professional Training – Worlddidac Vietnam 2008” from 3-5 December 2008 in Hanoi. This Worlddidac exhibition gains its worldwide reputation through its professional activities and networking and was for the first time held in Vietnam. There were more than 120 educational material and equipment manufacturers
Like in the previous year, in 2008, SEAMEO RETRAC, with the sponsorship of Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC), conducted two training courses on educational management named “Excellence for Leaders of Vietnamese High Schools”. These two courses took place at SEAMEO RETRAC from 01 to 11 and from 12 to 22 October respectively. These courses were designed for 60 high school principals,
The SEAMEO RETRAC convened its 11th Governing Board Meeting on 27 August 2008. Concurrently, an international conference on basic education dubbed as “Basic Education Curriculum Revisited: A Look at the Current Content and Reform” was held at the Institut Aminuddin Baki, in Genting Highland, Malaysia Members of the Governing Board present papers on Basic Education Curriculum of their respective countries
On the occasion of the 11th SEAMEO RETRAC Governing Board Meeting, SEAMEO RETRAC organized an international conference on “Basic Education Curriculum Revisited: A Look at the Current Content and Reform” at the Institut Aminuddin Baki, in Genting Highlands, Malaysia, on August 27, 2008. Attending the conference were SEAMEO RETRAC Board Members from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines,
Being committed to the assistance for Lao PDR through the enhancement of educational management knowledge and skills, SEAMEO RETRAC – Vietnam conducted a training course from 28-30 July, 2008 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Forty high school principals and vice principals throughout the country attended this training course. Topics presented and discussed during this course included Instructional Leadership, Assessing Student Learning