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Learningpost, Published on 03/06/2010
» Most of our planet is covered in water. However, we can only drink 2.5 percent of it. Some educational commentators suggest that this could be a metaphor for our education budget from the government.
Learningpost, Published on 03/06/2010
» Who is responsible for youth unemployment? Ma Wanhua, PhD, of Peking University, posed this question at a recent regional seminar on the employability of university graduates.
Learningpost, Steve Graham, Published on 01/06/2010
» Most of our planet is covered in water. However, we can only drink 2.5 percent of it. Some educational commentators suggest that this could be a metaphor for our education budget from the government.
Learningpost, Rojana Manowalailao, Published on 01/06/2010
» Who is responsible for youth unemployment? Ma Wanhua, PhD, of Peking University, posed this question at a recent regional seminar on the employability of university graduates.
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 20/04/2010
» Last month, 12 teams of over 30 environmentalists completed their projects to make changes to the environment under the first Climate Cool (CC) campaign organised by the British Council (BC) in collaboration with the British Embassy in Bangkok, Youth Venture Thailand, and a day magazine.
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 11/04/2010
» This is part two of an exciting story which started last week on this very page. Normally I have no time for readers who miss a week of this column, but if for some unfathomable reason you did, here is a brief synopsis:
Learningpost, Edward Roy Krishnan, PHD, Published on 06/04/2010
» One of the major weaknesses of teaching is often the lack of time during instruction to effectively check how well students are learning the lesson being taught. Hence, a teacher could teach a lesson for a full period and not know how much learning had taken place.
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 04/04/2010
» The recent decision to close down Sanam Luang for renovations has sent me on a trip down memory lane, reminding me of a day when I went there deliberately to get ripped off. Sanam Luang is the last remaining large tract of land in central Bangkok that hasn't been cemented over to make way for shophouses selling car parts or cheap cloth which, upon coming into contact with an errant cigarette, quickly introduces you to the perils of self-immolation.
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 09/03/2010
» Recently, over 1,600 students packed the ground floor of the Social Science Complex in the Rangsit campus of Thammasat University (TU). The students put up posters that described projects that they had designed on their own to help eliminate problems in Thai society. The posters were on display.
Outlook, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 21/01/2010
» Years after selling training equipment to vocational schools and colleges around the country, entrepreneur Boon-anek Maneetham realised he could offer more than just the educational tools; he wanted to provide a new way of learning to young students at a dream school.