Visit of IRD Representative

On Friday 13th Nov. 2009, the representative of the IRD in Thailand, Ms.Régine Lefait-Robin, will visit the CELS regarding the JEAI research programme (JEAI stands for "Jeunes Equipes Associées à l'IRD" - Young research teams associated with IRD).

Training Sessions / Transana - some pictures

Last week, the CELS successfully organised training sessions on the use of Transana software at Sakon Nakhon, Udon Thani, Uttaradit and Lampang Rajabhat universities.

Each of them was in average attended by 15 participants.

Participants were elementary school teachers, supervisors from Educational Service Area and from Thesaban, as well as professors from Faculty of Education and research centers of Rajabhat Universities.

Training Sessions / Transana

This week, Dr Phasina Tangchuang and Dr. Alain Mounier are leading training sessions on the use of Transana software in Sakhon Nakhon, Udon Thani, Uttaradit and Lampang Rajabhat Universities.

Transana is a qualitative analysis software designed for professional researchers to analyse digital video or audio data. More info on the software on their official website.

Presentation of Dr. Phasina - 2009 Council on Thai Studies Conference / NIU

On October 23-24, Dr. Phasina Tangchuang attended the 2009 Council on Thai Studies Conference held by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University (USA). There were around 70 participants from American universities (i.e. Wisconsin University, Ohio University, Southern Illinois University), from Australia, the UK and Thailand.

Many participants were professors but also PhD students who had just defended their dissertation. Topics presented were of different kinds: Religion, Social issues, Economics, Politics, Language, Education and Concentration. All of them were of course related to Thai studies.

Dr. Phasina made a well-documented presentation entitled "Globalization and Traditionalism: A Case of Northern Thailand", based on field works carried out as part of his research work within the CELS. The audience showed deep interest and asked many questions.

Workshops 18-20 and 24-26 November 2009

With the assistance of two experts from France (Université Lumière Lyon 2), Dr. Andrée Tiberghien and Dr. Sylvie Coppé, Dr. Alain Mounier and Ajan Phasina Tangchuang will lead two 3-day workshops.

The subject of the workshops is the use of Transana programme for video transforming and for classroom video analysis and reflection to Pratoom 4 Mathematics teachers.

The details are the following.

18-20 November 2009 at Lampang Rajabhat University
Participants from Uttaradit, Chiang Mai and Petchaboon
Limit: 20 particpants

24-26 November 2009 at Udon Thani Rajabhat University
Particpants from Sakhon Nakhon
Limit: 20 participants

Participants are video-taped Pratoom 4 Mathematics teachers, Rajabhat University professors, supervisors from Thesaban and Provincial Education Service Area.

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Programme

Day 1: Didactic of mathematics and analysis of lesson plan videos
09:00 - 12:00 Introduction to didactic
13:30 - 16:00 Analysis of lesson plan videos

Day 2: Didactic of mathematics and analysis of classroom videos
09:00 - 12:00 Analysis of classroom videos
13:30 - 16:00 Analysis of classroom videos (continued)

Day 3: Comparing analyses and research reports
09:00 - 12:00 Some methods of comparison
13:30 - 15:30 Prospects: Organising a video database for the research network

Training Sessions / Transana Programme

Please note that the CELS will hold the following training sessions on how to use Transana Programme.

• 2nd and 3rd November 2009: Drs. Alain Mounier and Phasina Tangchuang will go to Sakhon Nakhon and Udon Thani Rajabhat Universities to hold a workshop training on how to use Transana Programme for video transforming and interpretation. Attendants will be professors from Rajabhat University and supervisors from Thesaban and Provincial Education Service Area. The workshop will be organised as a one-day session in each Rajabhat university. Attendance will be limited to ten participants per workshop.

• 5th and 6th November 2009: Drs. Alain Mounier and Phasina Tangchuang will lead the same training sessions in Uttaradit and Lampang Rajabhat Universities.
  

Pictures from field work

Videorecording of a teaching session. The record was made in a small-sized rural elementary school in Chiang Mai.

Videorecording during a teaching session. The videotape was done in a small-sized elementary school in Lampang.