Best Inventions of the Year 2012

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                There is real event with white cloud in the middle of a room has been developed by Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde.  It requires meticulous planning: the temperature, humidity and lighting all have to be just so. When it is ready, Smilde summons the cloud out of the air using a fog machine.

Staff, T. (2012) CNN; Time Tech technology news; retrieved from, http://techland.time.com/2012/11/01/best-inventions-of-the-year-2012/?hpt=te_r1

Nang Htang Lahpai                                                                                       

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 1. How would you propose the plan to prepare students in your country to work in different culturally, technologically and economically context?

                  

            In this essay, I am going to present as a teacher’s responsible view.  There are many ethnicities of Myanmar country, therefore we learn together with many diversity students in school. We must purpose for them to become equality learning as culturally, technologically and economically context.

            In my opinion, to become abreast with the world in everything, we must start from the foundation of a school community and with student’s parents. I would give aware parents and go work together with them. The reason why is to know students’ family different cultural, their involvement capability in school.   

According to  Azuz, (2012) described that  a teacher from Georgia said that is , teachers are skills in teaching area , when parents support them, the children benefits more.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

 In addition, Mississippi teacher Beth Wilbanks Smith asks parents   let them to learn from their mistakes. Besides, to be become friendly learning process, teacher praise students , should be their mentor, their confidant, and their stability during teacher care according to (Azuz, 2012).

The responsibilities of student’s parents today are more likely to try and place blame on a teacher instead of asks their children .But educator suggests, students should be allowed taking responsibility to correct the error and fail them.

To be able to help in learning process, The way to improve teachers’ qualification is ‘fostering school to school collaboration that encourages sustained development of school.  The example for this is that I will invite principals, senior teachers and expert teachers from other schools and ask them share about their performance in school in which our teacher will have opportunity to interact and collaborate with them (Fishbough, 1997).  Traditionally, we have collective cultural society and collaboration is usually in social activity.  Therefore, in order to maximize teachers’ qualification, let teachers to involve in social activity because it encourages exploration of professional relationship not only for quality of teaching to students, but also for professional growth and career advancement for teachers (Mostert, 1998).

In order to be meaningful learning in the classroom, I would propose to apply the following learning approaches such as cooperative learning approach, collaborative learning approach, problem-based learning approach, inquiry-based learning approach, humanistic approach and experiential learning approach that is the most appropriate approaches in shifting paradigm of teacher-centered to student-centered. 

To sum up, I would propose the plan to establish work together with student parents, fulfilling teachers’ qualification and giving opportunity students to participate in the classroom activities in varieties context.

2. What has been done by your country in each context?

            As culturally, we haven’t got right teaching perspectives ethnic language in our state area in Myanmar country. Therefore, to be able to write well, we have to teach particularly by religious.

            According to (Asia-pacific Development Information program, 2005) stated that there are two universities of computer studies and 22 computer colleges under the Ministry of Science and Technology. In school, due to not enough technological things, students and teacher are late at getting information. Because, Tin (2004) stated that government budget allocation for education is only 1.2 % per year. In comparison to other country, budget allocation for education is higher than Myanmar. This country is one of developing country in ASEAIN country. Therefore, no free education until 2010.

References;

 Fishbough, M, E., (1997) .Models of collaboration; Allyn and Bacon; Boston; London;

                 Sydney; Tokyo; Singapore.

Mostert, P. M (1998) Interprofessional Collaboration in Schools. Allyn and Bacon; Boston;

            London; Toronto; Sydney; Tokyo; Singapore.

Azuz.C . (2012) CNN news: Schools of Thought, retrieved from, http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/10/5-things-teachers-want-parents-to-know/

Tin, H (2004) Visiting Fellow: Centre for UNESCO , Australian National University Canberra,

Seminar on Education in Myanmar.

Asia-pacific Development Information program, (2005) Information and Communication Technology Profile-Myanmar: retrieved from, http://www.apdip.net/projects/dig-rev/info/mm/