Purposes of Practicum
“Revitalizing Teacher Education” is one of the priority areas in achieving
quality education for the region. In order to fulfill this mandate, The SEAMEO
secretariat has initiated a project titled SEA – Teacher Project. 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.
Specially, the aims of
The SEA – Teacher Project are :
to enable pre-service
student teachers to develop their teaching skills and pedagogy
to encourage the
pre-service student teacher, to practice their English skills,
to allow the pre-service
student teachers to gain a teaching abilities and a broad view of education
according to the subject.
I also have the same goals as this program,
yeay.
Procedures of Practicum
The program period that I applied for was one month, which began on 4
August 2019 until 1 September 2019. One month is divided into several week's activities
include observation, teaching assistant, teaching practice,
evaluation and reflection. The host universities will provide mentors to
supervise and monitor the student teacher throughout the practicum period.
Schools where practicum provides co-operating teaching to guide pre-service
teachers in practicums in schools. But before that, in Indonesia I also had procedures, which
were to make a selection, there are
teaching videos and interviews. Next, was an interview from Thailand and a
training blog. Also,
some briefing such as microteaching in English.
Outcomes of Practicum
The outcomes of
this practicum program that I get are :
Get a lot of knowledge, especially physics, and how to
teach and the media. Open my horizons
about the international world, especially in education Give me the
opportunity to increase my English skills Know and can apply
good Thai culture. For example the
teacher who respects his teacher very much. Wow, very good
The
Challenges of Practicum
While joining this program I found challenges in the language
of the language they're often used Thai in every
condition. They often talk to
me using Thai and I just say "what are you talking about?, sorry I don't
understand". Likewise,
when in class, I am very grateful because teachers often
help me translate what they mean and what I mean to them. Many times I also
use the help of google translate to help me communicate.
Overall
Impression
Regarding impressions of this program, honestly, I am very
speechless. I am very grateful to participate in this program many things that
I can both experience and science. About my memory in
Thailand, can be seen in my diary!. One word for this
program's impression is "Amazing!!
Suggestion for Future Improvement
I hope some other countries can also join this program. Indicators, assessments,
program indicators, and schedules can be more detailed. Behind it all, this
program is very good, yay.. Thankyou everyone..
