Talk:Education in Thailand
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[edit] Template:Education infobox
I created a template, Template:Education infobox which can give a quick at a glance demographics table for education articles. See its implementation at Education in the United States and feel free to help improve the template.--naryathegreat | (talk) 01:00, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
Should children centre become Child centered or Child centred ?
- I think it should. I didn't change much to that paragraph when I added the rest of the article. I think the original author is Thai and I admire his/her initiative in creating the article. Kudpung 18:09, 17 April 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kudpung (talk • contribs)
[edit] Education in Thailand
Well, I've had a look at it; there's a lot of information there, which was interesting for me, but there's so little in the way of inline references that it's hard to disentangle the fact from the opinion. My other worry is that it's too western-centric, with a long section on the teaching of English - much as I'm interested in it myself, it's just one subject. I'm not sure I'm in a position to add much to this one though - what we really need is someone who can process a lot of Thai-language sources. HenryFlower 11:25, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Education in Thailand
Check out Education in Thailand, to which I added the subsection Thaification and images cropped from the back of a series 14/15 100-baht bill [replaced in 2005 by series 15 (revised), which really is the 15th as BoT skipped #13].
- The article is fairly new, and I'm not happy with it. For one, I don't see any mention of the military-style uniforms worn by government teachers (but not contract farangs.) MY teachers wore military-style uniforms with simulated military rank when I went to Gordon Military College (Barnesville GA), but it was a military college back then. Are uniformed teachers so common in Asia that it is not worthy of mention?
- Another item I don't see is the inclusion of Isan culture, at least since the 1990s, in schools from primary level on up to Fine Arts colleges.
- Another gaping void is any mention of the boarding schools for poor teens funded by Phra O. I know they exist only because there's one nearby.
- Yet another, the Khun Poom fund for autistic and other learning-disabled children. I only know about because my dyslexic grandson and a neighbor's beautiful but extremely shy granddaughter received grants from it (he quit school and gave his back because reading gives him real headaches, and he was too far behind; she's going on to college). Speaking of girls: (edited)Pawyilee (talk) 14:58, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for your comments on my Talk page. The article is fairly new, and needs to "grow up". When it does, the over-long section on English language instruction should be be to an article in its own write. Meanwhile, Patiwat has objected to the subsection on "Thaification" as being a "point of view" NOT supported by a scholarly article. He also thinks the "fair use rationale" for the images cropped from a 100 Baht note isn't adequate, but he hasn't deleted anything yet. Pawyilee (talk) 11:14, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Gaping Voids
You're probably not the only one that's not happy with it, but now it is an article in proper English instead of the admirable but very short stub there was before. Wikipedians can only contribute what they know. Other editors are heartily encouraged to expand. If it's in context and concerns the general overview of education in the country, certainly the special schools if they contribute on a significant scale to education in general, it would certainly help to expand the article. The fact that the teachers wear uniform may not be of encyclopedic value. In Thailand almost all civil servants of lower rank wear uniforms with fake medal ribbons, until they reach a rank where they can dispense with uniforms altogether.Kudpung (talk) 20:34, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- I'd be careful about saying the medals are fake, people who wear them can be touchy about that. That being said, my gaping void comments come from my own gaping ignorance. If you've been to my user page, then you know I'm no scholar. I contributed the Thaification paragraph, but won't cry if some other editor deletes it. I'll just be watching the article without making further edits. Pawyilee (talk) 10:08, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] English Language in Thai Education
It is a long section, but it just happens to be something the author knows a little bit about. It's certainly a part of education in Thailand - a major one too - you don't get into college without it. Maybe some suggestions on how to better place it in the article would be welcome, as would also some contributions on the other subjects that are taught.Kudpung (talk) 20:34, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Images available
From 1994 series 14 100-baht banknote
