1. School: General Information and Academic Administration

1.1 School Profile

            The Demonstration school of Udon Thani Rajabat University is located in Udon Thani Rajabat University 64 Thaharn Road, Muang, Udon Thani Thailand. The Demonstration school of Udon Thani Rajabat University was founded in 1993 by Faculty of Education in Early Childhood section. In 2009 the school provided in Primary section, and this year they have grade 7. Now the school is a comprehensive middle school enrolling 429 students in Preschool-Low Secondary level by having Assitant Professor Dr. Rewanee Chaichaowarat as the school vice director. The Demonstration School of UdonThani Rajabat University is accredited by the Higher Education Commission.

1.1.1. Vision

The Demostration School of Udon Thani Rajabat University is aimed to be the institude of the best practices for enhancing capacity of all learners so as to attain school identities that acceptance of the social with national education standards and quality in 2015-2019.

1.1.2. Principles

a.       Development a child-centred education approach.

b.      Development and improvement he administration system and service that are up to dare, reveal, standard and according to university system.

c.       Creating the comfortable and safe environments that supported learning acquistition .

d.      Promotion and encouragement all of teachers and educational personnel to acquire knowledge, skills and work as a professional.

e.       Development positive relationships between the community involvement and the school.

1.1.3  Goals

a.       Learners attain desirable characteristics following the school’s identities and uniqueness.

b.      Providing the academic research and innovation to supported the educational system.

c.       Providing a comfortable and safe atmosphere for learning.

d.      The school can rely on itself depent on the strong administrative and organizational system, learners and personnel with happiness, stability and quality of life.

e.       Being the learning centred and provides necessary educational and technology support services for community.

1.2 Education Levels

1.2.1. Early Childhood

            Based on the Early Childhood Curriculum, the school is designed for developing young children from two to age five. This is based on an approach of taking care of an enhancing the child’s learning process which is responsive to each individual’s nature, development, and potential. Our gold for educating children under three years of age emphasizes all areas of a child’s development: ohysical, emotional, social and cognitive. It is based on age, ability, interest and individual differences in order to support children in developing desirable characteristics.

1.2.2. Primary Education Level (Primary Education Grades 1-6)

            This level covers the first of compulsory education. It focuses on acquiring various skills reading, writing, calculation, fundamental thinking, communication, social learning process and fundamentals of human being as well as complete and balance development of quality of life in various respects physical, intellectual, emotional, social and culture with emphasis on integrated learning management.

1.2.3. Lower Secondary Education Level (Lower Secondary Education Grades 1-3, Also Known As Grades 7-9)

This leves covers the last stage of compulsory education. It focuses on allowing learners to explore their apitudes and interests, promoting development of individual personality, skills for critical and creative thingking, problem-solving, life skills and skills required to apply technologies as learning tools, social responsibility, proper a foundation for future livelihood or further education.

1.3 Academic Support System

Satit school have facilities that support learning activities such as:

1.      computer laboratory

2.      foodball fields

3.      library

4.      sport vanues

5.      science laboratory

6.      multimedia room

7.      music room

8.      multiporpose Building

9.      multiporpose garden

1.  playground 

1.4 Teaching System

a.       Classroom Based Strategies

Teachers continually monitor student performance and learning needs, and then adjust what they teach or how they teach to improve student learning.

b.      After Hours strategies

In which the school provides after school program and tutoring services to help students prepare for class.

c.       Teaching and Learning Strategies

Is when the teacher focuses on students solving problems and perceived as meaningfull or relevant in their lives.

d.      Vacation Break Strategis.

The school provides summer program to create and help students catch up (if they fell behind durung the previous year) and prepare for the next grade. And also arranges the similiar support programs for teachers.

e.       Outside of School Strategis.

The school provides a variety of programs, such as reading programs for young children that are connected to what students are learning in school, community groups and volunteer based learning programs. The students also have the field every academic year.

1.5 Materials and other Learning Sources

The school also provides various materials and learning resources such as:

1. text books
2. films
3. plays
4. multimedia
5. digital learning resources
6. lectures
7. speeches performances; and
8. authentic materials.

1.6  Meansurement and Evaluation System

The school provides various tools in measuring or evaluating the students learning. It also provides activities that would let the students showcase their strength and talents in different areas of learning. The measurement and evaluation system of the students can be through weekly test, quiz, periodical examination (middle term and final term examination), and also from the attitude of the students in the school.

1.7 General Curriculum.

The basic education core curriculum is aimed inculcating among learners the following five key competencies

1.      Communication Capacity

Capacity to receive and transmit information, linguistic and skills in expressing one’s thought, knowledge and understanding, feelings and opinions for exchanging information and experience, which will be benefical to oneself and society, negotiation for solving or reducing problems and conflicts; ability to distinguish and choose whether to receive or avoid information through proper reasoning and sound judgement; and ability to choose efficient methods of communication, bearing in mind possible negative effects on oneself and society.

2.      Thinking Capasity

Capacity for analytical, synthetic, critical, and systematic, leading to creation of bodies of knowledge or information for judicious decision making regarding individual and society.

3.      Problem Solving Capasity

Capacity to properly eliminste problems and obstacles, based on sound reasoning, moral principles and accurate information, appreciation of relationship and changes in various social situations, ability to seek and apply knowledge to prevent and solve problems and ability for judicious decision making bearing in mind possible negative effect on oneself, society and the environment.

4.      Capacity for Applying Life Skill

Capacity for applying various in daily life, self learning, continuous learning, working and social harmony through strengthening of happy interpersonal relationship, elimination of problems and conflicts through proper means, ability for self adjustment to keep pace with social and enviromental changes, and capacity for avoiding undesirable behaviour with adverse effect on individual and society.

5.      Capacity for Technological Application

Ability to choose and apply different technological, skills in application of technological processes for individual and society in regard to learning, communication, working, and problem solving throught constructive, proper, appropriate, and ethical means.

The basic core curriculum has therefore prescribed the following eight learning areas:

1.      thai language

2.      mathematics

3.      science

4.      social studies, religion and culture

5.      health and pysical education

6.      art

7.      occupations and technologi

1.8 Teaching Plan

The teacher will make  the lesson plan based on the curriculum guide. My cooperating teacher taught in 3 classes in junior high school then he would make a previous learning plan and choose the media and teaching methods that were in accordance with the material to be taugh. he uses different media and teaching methods based on the material he will teach students. for example, he will show videos and maps when he teach about geographical conditions in various parts of the world.