SEAMEO

SEA-Teacher Project


In October 2014, the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education through the SEAMEO to work together to improve the quality of education in Southeast Asia. “Revitalizing Teacher Education” is one of the priority areas in achieving quality education for the region. In order to fulfil this mandate, the SEAMEO Secretariat has embarked on a project titled, “Pre-Service Student Teacher Exchange in Southeast Asia (SEA-Teacher Project)”. The project aims to provide opportunity for pre-service student teachers (hereafter “students”) from universities in Southeast Asia to have teaching experiences (practicum) in schools in other countries in Southeast Asia.

SEA-Teacher project opens for students whose major are in area of teaching English, math, science and pre-school. The program takes place twice a year, in January and July. Each batch lasts one-month period. English is used in all activities relating to the teaching activities. Students’ roles and responsibilities are assigned weekly during the one-month practicum as indicates below.
1st week – Class observation
2nd week – Teaching assistant
3rd week – Teaching in classroom
4th week – Reflection and lesson learned

This project aims:
1. To enable the students to develop their teaching skills and pedagogy.
2. To encourage the students to practice their English skills.
3. To allow the students to gain a broader regional and world view.

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