Best Practices In Physics Teacher Education In Selected ASEAN Countries

This study aims to increase the collaboration on quality educational research projects in different countries in the ASEAN region; and identify best practices in pedagogy and assessment in physics teacher education in selected country which are Indonesia, Philippine, Cambodia and Thailand. The study will be conducted for three years long and projected to: 1) Investigate curriculum guiding principles in the different countries, 2) Investigate course design in terms of focus on content and pedagogy subjects, 3) Identify focus in education subjects in terms of techniques and theories of teaching and learning that they promote, 4) Develop case studies of best practices classes in teaching and/or alternative assessment as nominated by the research group from the different institutions and conduct class observations in each, and 5) Investigate students views about their experiences in these classes. Particularly, the study in Indonesia will be conducted in UPI involving Physics Education Department. The data will be collected by qualitative method underpinned instruments developed by the research team