CELS Activities - update - 1

From 23rd August to 27th September 2010, Supat Chupradit, PhD candidate and CELS researcher, expanded his experience by a research trip to Europe.

Supat presented a scientific paper at the 5th EARLI SIG 14 Conference Learning and Professional Development Conference. This event was centred around the Diversity in Vocational and Professional Education and Training. It was organized by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, in Germany. He seized this opportunity to explore the well-known library of Heidelberg University, in Germany.

In France, he met Dr Xavier Oudin at his laboratory DIAL in Paris, and visited the library of Sorbonne University, Paris.

Before heading back to Thailand, Supat met several researchers and PhD candidates at Adapt centre, hosted by Bergamo University, in Italy.

Presentation at Earli SIG Conference (Germany)

From 25th to 27th August 2010, the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) held a conference at the University of Munich in Germany.

More details on the conference.


This conference was an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to discuss current issues centered around the overall topic: Diversity in Vocational and Professional Education and Training.


Supat Chupradit from CELS made a poster presentation on the current situation of vocational and cooperative education in Thailand.

CELS new office

The CELS has moved to a new office located at the 4th Floor of Building 4 of the Faculty of Education.

Do not hesitate to come and visit us!

Journal of Education Chiang Mai University

The faculty of Education has now released the paper version of its newest Journal (Volume 36, Number 1-2, January-December 2009)

Phasina Tangchuang was editor of this issue and published different articles.

Other CELS researchers contributed to it as well:

- Audrey Baron-Gutty / The intricacies of basic education decentralisation in Thailand
- Phasina Tangchuang and Alain Mounier / Research programmes and building research capacity within the Centre for Education and Labour Studies (CELS) 2008-20111: experiences, lessons, perspectove and prospects
- Xavier Oudin / Education systems in Thailand and Vietnam: A comparison

IRASEC Call for Proposals

For your info.

สุขสันต์วันสงกรานต์ - Happy Songkran

Best Wishes from CELS for Thai New Year

Interesting reading

The French National Institute on Educational Research (INRP Institut National de Recherche Pédagogique) has released the English translation of an interesting file about the changes in educational policies.

It is entitled In the footsteps of the world education market and is available online.

Please click here if you want to download it for free.