Wednesday, February 16, 2011

SAC-ERST Thailand, 13- 15 February 2011

The Southeast Asian countries may have different cultures, but these differences can bridge with one cause – quality education. Each nation in Southeast Asia has its own way of pursuing and maintaining quality education involving research, science and technology, which can be shared with its neighboring countries. These learning experiences can be roled models for every stakeholder in the education to adapt and modify to suit cultural environments.
   
SEAMOLEC, as one of SEAMEO centers, has served all Southeast Asian countries in developing education sector, particularly in open and distance learning and through collaboration among educators and educational institutions in the region. SEAMOLEC has been developing an education network for Southeast Asian countries, called SEA EduNet. This network is very potential to support school partnership among Southeast Asian countries.

Southeast Asia Conference on Bridging Culture through Education, Research, Science and Technology is a meeting of educators from countries like Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. This event is envisioned to be an avenue for sharing experiences and forming alliances in education, research, science and technology among dedicated and committed Asian educators and researchers. The coverage objectives of the conference are to build collaboration between schools in Southeast Asian countries; to improve quality of learning through collaborative study and efforts in education; to provide pathways for teachers to do collaborative research as well as to share knowledge, culture and values of best practices in the educational partnerships among educational institutions inside or outside Southeast Asia. During the conference, some activities conducted to meet the objectives which were including: Workshops to learn on-line tools in doing research towards empowerment of educational institutions; Sharing country experiences in education; Disseminating of  research outputs in education, science and technology; and Appreciation of  cross-cultural values and concerns in the partnerships among Southeast Asian Institutions.
The conference was held during the annually yellow orchid  festival. This festival was only conducted in Chantaburi Province once a year in February and this kind of orchid is forbidden flower and quite expensive one and just available in Chantaburi Province.

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