About

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Hi! I am Xz Lee Teves Monserat, a fourth year student of Iloilo Science and Technology University (ISAT U) in Iloilo City, Philippines.

I am taking up Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Technology and Livelihood Education. I am one of the chosen student to be part of the 6th batch of SEAMEO SEA-Teacher Student Exchange Project in Southeast Asia. 

Before you start reading my experiences, learnings and activities, I will let you know about this SEA-Teacher Student Exchange Project.

Background

In October 2014, the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education through the SEAMEO Council has adopted the SEAMEO Education agenda or the seven priority areas for SEAMEO to work together to improve quality education in Southeast Asia. “Revitalizing Teacher Education” is one of the priority areas in achieving quality education for the region. In order to fulfill this mandate, the SEAMEO Secretariat has embarked on a project titled, “Pre-Service Student Teacher Exchange in Southeast Asia (SEA-Teacher Project)”

The Objectives of the Project

The SEA Teacher project aims to provide opportunity for pre-service student teachers (hereafter “student”) from universities in Southeast Asia to have teaching experiences (practicum) in schools in other countries in Southeast Asia. Specifically, the aims of the SEA Teacher project are:

  1. To enable the students to develop their teaching skills and pedagogy.
  2. To encourage the students to practice their English skills.
  3. To allow the students to gain a broader regional and world view.

Model for implementation

The exchange is preferably for the 3rd -4th year students whose majors are math, science, English and pre-school. The duration is for one month and based on the mechanisms of cost sharing basis. Students’ roles and responsibilities are assigned weekly during the one-month period. Moreover, the receiving universities will provide mentors to supervise and monitor students throughout the practicum period.

Student’s roles and responsibilities are assigned weekly during the one-month practicum as indicates below *

 

1st week Orientation and class observation
2nd -3rd week Teaching assistant

 Teaching in classroom
4th week Teaching in classroom

Reflection

Best practices and lessons learned

 

I was sent to Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

My Recieving University

 

My receiving university is UNIVERSITAS WIDYA GAMA MAHAKAM (UWGM) , Samarinda.

My coordinator is Miss Ariyanti, Dean of Teacher  Training and Education Faculty.