Researching Foreign Teachers In Thailand

[researcher]

Hello Everyone,

I am currently undertaking a research project with Assumption University on foreign teachers who are working in Thailand, in particular in relation to those who work in the high school system.

This survey will be posted on any bulletin boards that cater to foreign teachers in Thailand.

The aim of the research is to discover the best ways to motivate teachers so that they participate in some kind of professional development program and what some of the benefits of such a program might be.

All data collected will be confidential, in fact you don’t even have to use your real name, however I will need to interview some respondents so a real email address or contact number would be appreciated. It would also be easier for me if all respondents were located in Bangkok.

The report will be read by the Thai ministry of education and I hope might stimulate some kind of recognized professional development program that would benefit all foreign teachers.

1) Gender (delete or underline as appropriate)

Male Female

2) How long have you been teaching?

____ years

3) How long have you been teaching in Thailand?

____ years

4) How old are you?

____

5) What is your level of education? (delete or underline as appropriate)

None High School Bachelor Master Doctor

6) Do you have any teaching qualifications? If yes which qualifications?

Yes / No :

7) What is your nationality?

8) What subject(s) do you teach?

9) What age groups do you teach? (delete or underline as appropriate)

Kindergarten Primary Secondary

10) What type of school do you work for: Private School/Government School/ International School? (delete or underline as appropriate)

Private School Government School International School

11) Do you engage in any kind of Continued Professional Development (activities to improve you as a teacher: e.g. seminars/conferences, reading journals, e-learning, extra courses/qualifications)? What kind?

Yes / no : Kind of development activities:

12) Contact details; Name/Telephone number/ Email address

You can either post the results on this thread on this discussion board or you can email them to me at: [email protected]

Thank you very much for taking part in this survey.

If you have any questions about this research then please send me an email or post them on this thread. I will be happy to answer any questions.

[PeaceBlondie]

1) Gender: geriatric gay active passive male with six children

2)How long have you been teaching?Off and on since 1961

How long have you been teaching in Thailand? Do you mean completely legally, more or less with the full knowledge of all provincial authorities, or normally?

4)How old are you? Old enough to know what I want, and still young enough to do it.

5)What is your level of education? Five and a half years full-time equivalent at ten universities of low grade or mediocre reputation, one BA, two masters, two minor subjects

6) Do you have any teaching qualifications? If yes which qualifications? Military (1962), Religious (1968), and a cute little TEFL certificate (2003)

7)What is your nationality? USA

8) What subject(s) do you teach? High altitude survival, Old and New Testament, income tax, English, and Math(s)

9)What age groups do you teach? Have taught ages 9 to 49 in USA, ages 10 to 18 in Thailand

10)What type of school do you work for:Government Schools, one private college

11)Do you engage in any kind of Continued Professional Development? What kind?The gov't schools would occasionally have CPE of sorts, complete with coffee and milk, spicy Thai food, boring lectures, and jelly dessert. Not very helpful, though. I never could link up with a one-week CPE course for TEFL in my region of Thailand.

To the original poster: welcome to Thai Visa and all that, but it's really hard to reply to your survey online. I spent about twenty minutes trying to clean it up, and look what we've got. You'll be lucky to get a large enough sample (here or anywhere else), it's questionable how accurate the answers will be, etc. Good luck.

[Ijustwannateach]

I'd also like to see some form of real identification (you can pm me with your details, especially including an email address or office contact at Assumption) if you'd like this survey to stand on this forum, otherwise I'm going to consider it spam and remove it.

"Steven"

[Momo8]

Perhaps 'Researcher' is a spy for the Thai Visa authorities to see how many teachers out there are working without degrees/qualifications!If you are for real PM me too with the details.Who is your lecturer?I'm sure many teachers would like to participate in professional development sessions or training seminars to improve teaching practices,curriculum development,classroom management,methadology etc etc etc.There is a definite lack of this happening in Bangkok and professional development seems to be isolated to those schools which have the money and resources to train their teachers in certain specific areas.

Good luck in your quest,the e-mail you supplied bounced my message.

Edited February 5, 2007 by Momo8

[researcher]

I'd also like to see some form of real identification (you can pm me with your details, especially including an email address or office contact at Assumption) if you'd like this survey to stand on this forum, otherwise I'm going to consider it spam and remove it.

"Steven"

PM sent

Edited February 5, 2007 by researcher

[Ijustwannateach]

Ok, researcher- go for it!