Asst. Prof. Dr. Phirom Chenprakon, Deputy Director of Education and Network, was the representative of the Institute for Innovative Learning, Mahidol University attended the opening ceremony of the pilot project, “Thai-US Joint-degree Sandbox for STEM Teacher Education Program”, on November 29, 2024 at Ballroom 2 and 3, Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Bangkok. Mr. Pattana Pattanathaveedol, Deputy Secretary-General of the Basic Education Commission announced an opening speech to the executives participants of local and regional cooperative agencies from various organizations.
The Thai-US Joint-degree Sandbox for STEM Teacher Education Program has key initiating agencies as follow:-the Office of the Teachers Council Secretariat, the Office of the Higher Education Policy Council, Science, Research and Innovation, the SEAMEO STEM-ED Center, and 7 higher education institutions in Thailand: King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Mahidol University, Naresuan University, Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University, Phuket Rajabhat University, Chulalongkorn University, and Khon Kaen University to collaborate with the Immersive Education Academy, a network of leading universities from the United States, including the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and Arizona State University, with the main goal of developing potential and transforming education at the bachelor’s and master’s degree levels in science, mathematics, and technology to prepare youth for future STEM competencies in order to cope with the challenges of the modern world in the 21st century.
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