::ScHooL CollEge and UniVERsity in Thailand::

[thainotts]

Originally Posted by BODYholic

1. Is there a reason why Prince of Songkhla University is being singled out? As in prestigious status, achievement or whatsoever?

2. Are Assumption Colleage and Assumption Uni affiliated?

3. When I was taking a ferry taxi along Chao Phraya, from Tha Chang towards the Central Pier, approaching my destination I saw a tall building with big 'Assumption College' signage. Just like to ask if there is one 'Assumption College' near Saphan Thaksin (or Bangrak) area. Since the building I saw which was partially block, is definitely not at Thonburi or Chonburi.

1. Its singled out because it ranks highest amongst Thai universities in that list. Not a really trustworthy/reliable list, if you ask me. The authors themselves accept its weaknesses.

2. They are both Catholic associations in the same sort of "franchise" I suppose--the Catholic church and the specific Assumption group?

3. Yes, that is Assumption College, the high school Catholic school seemingly in close competition with Bangkok Christian College. Both old and both prestigious.

Mind, Assumption College also has plenty of franchises in Sri Racha and Thonburi, but the one around Bang Rak is probably the original one if I'm not mistaken.

Their website: http://www.assumption.ac.th/
Their wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumpt...ge%2C_Thailand

and Assumption U's wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumpt...%28Thailand%29

[preawa]

Reply to Q.2

Yes

[BODYholic]

Originally Posted by thainotts

1. Its singled out because it ranks highest amongst Thai universities in that list. Not a really trustworthy/reliable list, if you ask me. The authors themselves accept its weaknesses.

.. but I am under the impression that Chulalongkorn University is the best university in Thailand.

Thanks thainotts and preawa.

[thainotts]

Originally Posted by BODYholic

.. but I am under the impression that Chulalongkorn University is the best university in Thailand.

Thanks thainotts and preawa.

Exactly. Chula by far is.

Which is why I cast doubt on the results of that list.

[preawa]

Maybe That list might be incorrect

You should check that where it from.

It can be up and down all the time

[Bentown]

why everyone keep talking about which one is the best ? I just show that every source have their own way...every people have their own thinking...Like your thinking...... and below information that post by ringinston boy maybe make all you guy clear for this topic.....

Every universities in Thailand can be the best for me!!!!! Anywhere.....

อันดับมหาวิทยาลัยไทย 29 ม.ค. 51
จัดอันดับโดย Webometrics

เกณฑ์การจัดอันดับ
1. จำนวนหน้าเว็บที่ค้นเจอจาก Search Engine หลัก 4 ตัว คิดเป็น 25%
2. จำนวน Link เฉพาะที่อ้างอิงถึง 50%
3. จำนวนงานที่ตีพิมพ์และค้นได้จากอินเตอร์เน็ต 25 %

โดยเชื่อว่า มหาวิทยาลัยที่มีคุณภาพ จะมีการเผยแพร่ความรู้ต่างๆผ่านอินเตอร์เน็ต

ที่สำคัญ จะพิจารณาค้ำค้นเป็นภาษาอังกฤษเท่านั้น ดังนั้นมหาวิทยาลัยที่มีงานในระดับนานาชาติ หรือมีหลักสูตรนานาชาติจะได้เปรียบ ทั้งนี้หลายมหาวิทยาลัยที่มีงานภาษาไทย จะถูกประเมินต่ำ จึงกล่าวได้ว่าเป็นการจัดอันดับในสายตานานาชาติ ดังนั้นจึงต้องพิจารณาว่ามหาวิทยาลัยใดต้องการมุ่งสู้ความเป็นสากล หรือต้องการพัฒนาชุมชนท้องถิ่น
อันดับประเทศ/อันดับโลก มหาวิทยาลัย

1/309 PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY
2/443 CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY
3/477 KASETSART UNIVERSITY
4/707 ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY THAILAND
5/802 MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY
6/806 THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY
7/841 CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY
8/862 ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY OF THAILAND
9/883 KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY
10/1256 KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI
11/1335 KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG
12/1421 SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
13/1458 SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY
14/1660 NARESUAN UNIVERSITY
15/1700 RAMKHAMHAENG UNIVERSITY
16/1791 KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NORTH BANGKOK
17/1807 UBONRATCHATHANI UNIVERSITY
18/1844 SIAM UNIVERSITY
19/1865 MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY
20/1984 SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY
21/2011 BURAPHA UNIVERSITY
22/2016 SDUSUAN DUSIT RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY
23/2035 SUKHOTHAI THAMMATHIRAT OPEN UNIVERSITY
24/2083 BANGKOK UNIVERSITY
25/2177 DHURAKIJPUNDIT UNIVERSITY
26/2224 WALAILAK UNIVERSITY
27/2406 MAHANAKORN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
28/2621 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
29/2642 RANGSIT UNIVERSITY
30/2682 SRIPATUM UNIVERSITY
31/2753 UNIVERSITY OF THE THAI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
32/2967 MAEJO UNIVERSITY
33/3045 PAYAP UNIVERSITY
34/3120 SIRINDHORN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
35/3503 MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY
36/3647 THAKSIN UNIVERSITY
37/3728 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY THAILAND
38/4054 CHULACHOMKLAO ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY
39/4075 HUACHIEW CHALERMPRAKIET UNIVERSITY
40/4103 RAJABHAT INSTITUTE CHANDRAKASEM
41/4183 YONOK UNIVERSITY
42/4310 MAHACHULALONGKORNRAJAVIDYALAYA UNIVERSITY
43/4654 PIBULSONGKRAM RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY
44/4880 KASEM BUNDIT UNIVERSITY
__________________

[Wisarut]

งานนี้ถือได้ว่ากำลังทำสงครามจิตวิทยาเพราะ จะได้เชื้อเชิญให้คนมาเรียนที่ มอ. ทั้งที่เขาคอหงส์ และ รูสมีแล ท่ามกลางดงระเบิด เช่นทุกวันนี้

[thainotts]

Originally Posted by Bentown

why everyone keep talking about which one is the best ? I just show that every source have their own way...every people have their own thinking...Like your thinking...... and below information that post by ringinston boy maybe make all you guy clear for this topic.....

Um, I always cast doubt into these published rankings, but they do serve a useful analytical purpose.

And btw, some people's thinking is better than other people's. Which is why we should always critically analyze things.

อันดับมหาวิทยาลัยไทย 29 ม.ค. 51
จัดอันดับโดย Webometrics

เกณฑ์การจัดอันดับ
1. จำนวนหน้าเว็บที่ค้นเจอจาก Search Engine หลัก 4 ตัว คิดเป็น 25%
2. จำนวน Link เฉพาะที่อ้างอิงถึง 50%
3. จำนวนงานที่ตีพิมพ์และค้นได้จากอินเตอร์เน็ต 25 %

โดยเชื่อว่า มหาวิทยาลัยที่มีคุณภาพ จะมีการเผยแพร่ความรู้ต่างๆผ่านอินเตอร์เน็ต

ที่สำคัญ จะพิจารณาค้ำค้นเป็นภาษาอังกฤษเท่านั้น ดังนั้นมหาวิทยาลัยที่มีงานในระดับนานาชาติ หรือมีหลักสูตรนานาชาติจะได้เปรียบ ทั้งนี้หลายมหาวิทยาลัยที่มีงานภาษาไทย จะถูกประเมินต่ำ จึงกล่าวได้ว่าเป็นการจัดอันดับในสายตานานาชาติ ดังนั้นจึงต้องพิจารณาว่ามหาวิทยาลัยใดต้องการมุ่งสู้ความเป็นสากล หรือต้องการพัฒนาชุมชนท้องถิ่น
อันดับประเทศ/อันดับโลก มหาวิทยาลัย

Like I said, I believe their criteria to be a bad one.

If you are judging it based only on internet results, I can create a fake university that will join that list very easily (even if the pages consist of gibberish or bad grammar). Or, the webpages that they number could be positive OR negative...is this list reliable? Far from it.

If you look at their page, you will also see that their system was originally developed for some sort of web application and it just evolved into this. It is clearly not a good criteria for ranking Universities. Its simply a ranking of University webpages and a little bit of e-published papers thrown in.....!

[BODYholic]

Originally Posted by Bentown

why everyone keep talking about which one is the best ? I just show that every source have their own way...every people have their own thinking...Like your thinking...... and below information that post by ringinston boy maybe make all you guy clear for this topic.....

Every universities in Thailand can be the best for me!!!!! Anywhere.....

Bentown,
Jai yen yen na khrub. We (at least, I am) are not picking on you but since you posted a ranking of universities in Thailand. Isn't it natural that a discussion roll on based on that?

I am not Thai (or anywhere near) and therefore I have no ground to doubt whichever is on the top.

The reason for my previous query was that I have heard frequent mentioning of Chulalongkorn University from where I am and those around me. And mind you, they are just like me, a foreigner to Thailand. And given the fact that Chula is more tricky to the tongue and yet I heard no words on Prince of Songkran University.

To me, education is just education. Top school or not, we just have to find a right place to learn even it means at the bottom of the list that you've posted.

[thainotts]

Originally Posted by BODYholic

Bentown,
Jai yen yen na khrub. We (at least, I am) are not picking on you but since you posted a ranking of universities in Thailand. Isn't it natural that a discussion roll on based on that?

I am not Thai (or anywhere near) and therefore I have no ground to doubt whichever is on the top.

The reason for my previous query was that I have heard frequent mentioning of Chulalongkorn University from where I am and those around me. And mind you, they are just like me, a foreigner to Thailand. And given the fact that Chula is more tricky to the tongue and yet I heard no words on Prince of Songkran University.

To me, education is just education. Top school or not, we just have to find a right place to learn even it means at the bottom of the list that you've posted.

I agree, Bodyholic, that where you went to school should not be so important because in the end its up to who you are and what kind of characteristics you have. If you're studious and love to learn, you'll be better off than some slacker attending a good school. Of course, in extreme circumstances, the school makes a difference, and speaking statistically, the averages ARE actually different. Some schools are clearly better than others.

But in a world where most universities are of a good standard, it is hard to quantitatively measure the quality of education, but as I said, it is still useful to do rankings and such. However, the webometrics one is one that barely even pertains to education IMO.

[Bentown]

Originally Posted by BODYholic

Bentown,
Jai yen yen na khrub. We (at least, I am) are not picking on you but since you posted a ranking of universities in Thailand. Isn't it natural that a discussion roll on based on that?

I am not Thai (or anywhere near) and therefore I have no ground to doubt whichever is on the top.

The reason for my previous query was that I have heard frequent mentioning of Chulalongkorn University from where I am and those around me. And mind you, they are just like me, a foreigner to Thailand. And given the fact that Chula is more tricky to the tongue and yet I heard no words on Prince of Songkran University.

To me, education is just education. Top school or not, we just have to find a right place to learn even it means at the bottom of the list that you've posted.

I love your words

[Bentown]

BRIDGING CULTURES

Streaming video coupled with machine translation enables Japanese and Thai classrooms to interact





Story by SASIWIMON BOONRUANG Bangkok post:Wednesday February 27, 2008

'O-hi-o-go-sai-ma-su-ta" was the subtitle in Japanese shown on the display at Kyoto Prefecture's Higashiuji Senior High School when Thai students at Nawamintrachinee Mae Hong Son Industrial Education College, greeted them by saying "Sawasdee". And vice versa - the computer display in the classroom here showed "Sawasdee" as the students in Japan said "Hello" in Japanese.

Students in the two classrooms, separated by a distance of over 4,500 km, recently had the chance to talk to each other and were able to learn about each other's culture in real time.

They are were first groups of students to experience real inter-cultural communications in a project run by the Thai Computational Linguistics Laboratory (TCL), part of the National Information and Communications Technology (NICT), that not only makes it easier for students of the two countries to communicate but also helps nurture a friendly, barrier-free atmosphere between the two nations.

The Inter-Cultural Communication for Classrooms project has been conducted as an experiment in advanced natural language processing technology to support the inter-cultural communications between Thailand and Japan using high-speed Internet. Running on a 100Mbps broadband connection, with support from the National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre (Nectec), the system has been designed to broadcast a video stream and text translations between Thai and Japan using a machine translation server at TCL in NICT's Asia Research Centre located in Thailand's Science Park.

Both classrooms run the same system and when the teacher and students in Thailand talk to the school in Japan, the video with Thai text will arrive over the Internet link at TCL's machine translation server, which generates subtitles in Japanese and then transmits the signal to Japan. Meanwhile, the TCL server also translates the text with the video from Japan into Thai, adding the subtitles to display in the classroom in Mae Hong Son.

Kyoto Prefectural Higashiuji Senior High School students listen to Thai students.

According to TCL co-director Dr Virach Sornlertlamvanich, the translated text was incorporated into the video in real-time for better understanding between the students. However, during the experiment, the video did not run as smoothly as it should have because the Internet connection at Nawamintrachinee College was only 2Mbps.

Communications between the two schools was delayed, although this did not lessen the enthusiasm of the students because both sides kept asking each other about what they were interested in, such as which kinds of sport and games they enjoyed, as well as asking about the weather and geography questions.

Patamavadee Kemkam, a Thai student, said she would like to see the project continue because she could learn the culture of Japan and see the uniforms of the the Japanese students, even though it was for a short period.

Aroon Norasih, the Thai teacher, noted that the Thai students had a chance to share an experience with foreign students and to make new friends and have fun. The project encouraged them to learn new things, he said, adding: "I hope that the team will keep running the project."

Dr Virach noted that more than 90 per cent of students at the Mae Hong Son school were hilltribe people, and that the project aimed to build opportunities for the youth here and help create an opportunities for students in the field of computing.

Nectec conducted an IT Valley programme in Mae Hong Son, and this project integrated well with that one, Dr Virach said.

The TCL research team applied example-based machine translation technology, which is new and more advanced than rule-based machine translation. Dr Virach explained that rule-based machine translation was hard for a language that involved a lot of grammar, such as Thai, because the machine could not control all the rules, while example-based technology used sentence examples and the machine could learn by itself.

By using example-based technology, the computer needs to have knowledge examples to build sentence pairs for two languages. A Thai sentence has the subject which is followed by a verb and the object, while Japanese has the subject followed by the object and then the verb, so the machine translation will map according to the examples that they have.

Currently, TCL has a database of around 3,000 Thai-Japanese sentence pairs, including a lot of sub-sentence structures.

Dr Virach admitted that it was hard to get direct benefit from such a translation, but some applications such as email, chat or instant messaging could be plugged-in. "It allows people to be able to interact and then I think they can build a community themselves," he said, adding that the research team expected that they would make the program accessible over the Internet or for email within a year.

It could directly connect to a chat system, but might be slow using web-based technology, he said.

The experiment lasted for around 25 minutes and brought an atmosphere of friendship and the students said they would like to experience it again.

[blkarr0ws]

Originally Posted by Bentown

Bangkok

Anglo Singapore International School
Bangkok International Academic School
Bangkok International Prep School
Bangkok Patana School
Bromsgrove International School Thailand
Charter International School
Concordian International School
Ekamai International School
Harrow International School, Bangkok
International Community School
Garden International School Bangkok
[International Pioneers School]Website
International School Bangkok
KIS International School
Lycée Français International de Bangkok
Modern International School
Nantawan Trilingual School[4]
New International School of Thailand
New Sathorn International School
Niva International School
Pan-Asia International School
Ramkhamhaeng Adventist International School
Rasami International School
RC International School
Redeemer International School of Thailand
Ruamrudee International School
Shrewsbury International School
Singapore International School
St.Andrew’s International School
St.George's International School
St. John’s International School
St. John's North American International School
Saint John Mary International School[5]
St.Stephen’s International School
Thai - Chinese International School
Thai - Japanese Association School
Thai Sikh International School
The American School of Bangkok
The Regent's School
Wells International School

Northern Thailand

American Pacific International School
Chiang Mai International School
Family Learning Center of Chiang Rai
Grace International School
Lanna International School Thailand
Nakorn Payap International School
Prem Tinsulanonda International School

Nakorn Payap International School
my school haha
the school is very nice ..
the main building is made of 70% ไม่สัก แล้วตั้นเส้า เป็นต้นสักของจิง
and the others is 30% saak wood

[pon]

Here is another good example of how thai media lack of quality in terms of the accuracy, as we discussed in the thread "Thai Media Watch"

This article is on the Bangkok Post but ....

Sawasdee in Thai means Good moring in Japanese,
But not 'O-hi-o-go-sai-ma-su-ta'.
I think this mistake didn't come from the translation machine.
Otherwise, the student at Higashiuji high school will be

The correct one should be 'O-ha-yo-go-zai-ma-su'

'O-hi-o-go-sai-ma-su-ta'
'O-ha-yo-go-zai-ma-su'

Bangkok Post! These two are too different.

Originally Posted by Bentown

BRIDGING CULTURES

Streaming video coupled with machine translation enables Japanese and Thai classrooms to interact





Story by SASIWIMON BOONRUANG Bangkok post:Wednesday February 27, 2008

'O-hi-o-go-sai-ma-su-ta" was the subtitle in Japanese shown on the display at Kyoto Prefecture's Higashiuji Senior High School when Thai students at Nawamintrachinee Mae Hong Son Industrial Education College, greeted them by saying "Sawasdee". And vice versa - the computer display in the classroom here showed "Sawasdee" as the students in Japan said "Hello" in Japanese.

Students in the two classrooms, separated by a distance of over 4,500 km, recently had the chance to talk to each other and were able to learn about each other's culture in real time.

They are were first groups of students to experience real inter-cultural communications in a project run by the Thai Computational Linguistics Laboratory (TCL), part of the National Information and Communications Technology (NICT), that not only makes it easier for students of the two countries to communicate but also helps nurture a friendly, barrier-free atmosphere between the two nations.

The Inter-Cultural Communication for Classrooms project has been conducted as an experiment in advanced natural language processing technology to support the inter-cultural communications between Thailand and Japan using high-speed Internet. Running on a 100Mbps broadband connection, with support from the National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre (Nectec), the system has been designed to broadcast a video stream and text translations between Thai and Japan using a machine translation server at TCL in NICT's Asia Research Centre located in Thailand's Science Park.

Both classrooms run the same system and when the teacher and students in Thailand talk to the school in Japan, the video with Thai text will arrive over the Internet link at TCL's machine translation server, which generates subtitles in Japanese and then transmits the signal to Japan. Meanwhile, the TCL server also translates the text with the video from Japan into Thai, adding the subtitles to display in the classroom in Mae Hong Son.

Kyoto Prefectural Higashiuji Senior High School students listen to Thai students.

According to TCL co-director Dr Virach Sornlertlamvanich, the translated text was incorporated into the video in real-time for better understanding between the students. However, during the experiment, the video did not run as smoothly as it should have because the Internet connection at Nawamintrachinee College was only 2Mbps.

Communications between the two schools was delayed, although this did not lessen the enthusiasm of the students because both sides kept asking each other about what they were interested in, such as which kinds of sport and games they enjoyed, as well as asking about the weather and geography questions.

Patamavadee Kemkam, a Thai student, said she would like to see the project continue because she could learn the culture of Japan and see the uniforms of the the Japanese students, even though it was for a short period.

Aroon Norasih, the Thai teacher, noted that the Thai students had a chance to share an experience with foreign students and to make new friends and have fun. The project encouraged them to learn new things, he said, adding: "I hope that the team will keep running the project."

Dr Virach noted that more than 90 per cent of students at the Mae Hong Son school were hilltribe people, and that the project aimed to build opportunities for the youth here and help create an opportunities for students in the field of computing.

Nectec conducted an IT Valley programme in Mae Hong Son, and this project integrated well with that one, Dr Virach said.

The TCL research team applied example-based machine translation technology, which is new and more advanced than rule-based machine translation. Dr Virach explained that rule-based machine translation was hard for a language that involved a lot of grammar, such as Thai, because the machine could not control all the rules, while example-based technology used sentence examples and the machine could learn by itself.

By using example-based technology, the computer needs to have knowledge examples to build sentence pairs for two languages. A Thai sentence has the subject which is followed by a verb and the object, while Japanese has the subject followed by the object and then the verb, so the machine translation will map according to the examples that they have.

Currently, TCL has a database of around 3,000 Thai-Japanese sentence pairs, including a lot of sub-sentence structures.

Dr Virach admitted that it was hard to get direct benefit from such a translation, but some applications such as email, chat or instant messaging could be plugged-in. "It allows people to be able to interact and then I think they can build a community themselves," he said, adding that the research team expected that they would make the program accessible over the Internet or for email within a year.

It could directly connect to a chat system, but might be slow using web-based technology, he said.

The experiment lasted for around 25 minutes and brought an atmosphere of friendship and the students said they would like to experience it again.

[cheychai]

Where is my uni? Umm not too bad the lucky number.

[analayo]

Thammasat University.

[Bentown]

A school for multiple intelligences

Tuesday March 18, 2008:Bangkok post

Vanessa Race discusses why it is important for a curriculum to address the many talents and areas of intelligence of young students

Story and lower photo by NUTTAA MAHATTANA

According to Vanessa Race, the school's first student and now its academic consultant, the Vanessa School's curriculum is created with the vision that future generations of its students should be able to find their place anywhere in the world while showing compassion for others and enjoying innate happiness.

The school was founded 23 years ago by Vanessa's mother who wanted to create a unique learning environment for her daughter, which consists of: An environment where children are free to ask questions; a place where adults and children learn together in a friendly atmosphere; and a place where freedom and versatility create a happy learning experience. Two decades later, the objective of the school remains unchanged.

With the master's degree in Mind, Brain and Education from Harvard University, and being the only Thai student advisee of Dr Howard Gardner - founder of the Multiple Intelligences Theory - Vanessa returned to Thailand to share her knowledge and experience with students in her school and to maximize their individual potential.

Why MI?

The theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) answered a lot of questions in my mind, says Vanessa. I used to wonder why my friend is better than me in ballet, and why I'm better than her in academics. Why do people label students who are good in academics as "competent", but usually ignore many others who might be good at music, sports, and so on?

The Multiple Intelligences theory sensibly explains what already exists in human nature. While IQ exams measure only a person's mathematical, logical and linguistic intelligence, MI evaluates all aspects of human intelligences. Everything we can be and become is taken into account. It provides a place for everyone with special skills and talents.

According to Dr Gardner, the MI theory includes Linguistic Intelligence, Mathematical-Logical Intelligence, Spatial Intelligence, Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence, Musical intelligence, Intrapersonal Intelligence, Interpersonal Intelligence, and Naturalist Intelligence. It is believed that, given the right environment, the human brain can develop each of these intelligences to its maximum potential.

Begin with the end in mind

Asked how to bring the theory into practice, Vanessa says she designed her school's curriculum with the end in mind. Although Vanessa School includes kindergarten through the primary levels (Prathom 6), she does not think her job ends there.

When designing the MI curriculum for my school I imagine the farthest my students could go on their academic path. That could lead to becoming a student at Harvard or becoming the prime minister of Thailand. Then I think about what skills it takes to get there. You need to be able to work under tremendous stress; to work within a team and share information; to maintain your work-life balance; to have leadership skills and at the same time to be humble and respectful of others. All these elements plus a few other theories comprise the curriculum at Vanessa School.

Theory into practice The school is located in the Rangsit area where students learn through a variety of activities. They develop their Naturalist intelligence through activities like the Nature Walk. Kindergarten students are thrilled to see that things change in the garden of their school every morning. They learn to love their natural environment and at the same time learn basic science through what they see and touch.

Music and physical activities are also applied to maximize brain potential. Brain Gym, for example, is the physical exercise in which two sides of the body move through the center of the body. This helps both sides of our brain to work well together, Kru Oh, a kindergarten teacher, explains after the school's morning class, which is filled with dancing, singing, and a stage play that teaches the youngsters basic discipline.

The Messy Activity is one of the most popular among the students. The outdoor challege is divided into a few stations. Students use sand, water tubs with balls, food, water colors, painting and cooking equipment.

Students play with the equipment in whatever manner they wish. Through this fun and quite messy activity, children learn to develop their bodily-kinesthetic, spatial, and interpersonal intelligences through sharing and playing together.

For older students, Mind Map and Project Teamwork are introduced. Through various assignments guided by students' interests, they learn to understand each other, apply creative thinking, share ideas, and practice linguistic intelligence through project presentations.

The most important skill is Intrapersonal Intelligence or the ability to understand oneself, says Sutamas Autchin, a Thai language teacher in Primary level.

In the room is a big mirror for students to observe their reflection, draw a self-portrait and talk about what they think is superior and inferior in themselves. This helps them think and understand themselves better, which enables them to excel in what they are good at and to work on areas that need improvement.

Right environment

The school, teachers and parents work together to nurture the child. Vanessa believes that parents should not forfeit the power to impact their children's education at school. The child's school and home should empower and support each other in educating the child.

We start at the selection process, she explained. I believe that there is no best school for every child, only the school that best suits your family. If you are an authoritarian parent, you may not be happy with a school that uses the democratic approach with your child, and vice versa.

It takes the right combination of teachers, staff and students to make an MI program work best for the students.

After the school selects students based on the parent's questionnaire and interview, the parents' role continues. At home, we ask parents to create the right learning environment for their children. This includes the student's food that their parents provide. The school advises parents on what kind of food is good for the brain - brown rice, for example.

As in the school, at home brown rice is served; and white sugar and soft drinks are banned. Parents should talk politely with the child and at the child's eye-level. The idea is to make the child feel that she or he is a person, too, and is worthy of attention and respect, just as an adult. All parents are encouraged to read bedtime storybooks to their kids and to take them out on weekends to broaden their horizon.

We discourage parents from buying expensive toys because the best "toy" children can ever have is their parents. Vanessa School teaches parents that either the father or mother - preferably both - must spend quality time with the child every evening.

It is interesting to note that video games - which many fathers love! - are banned from the home by the school. According to Vanessa, video games stimulate the same part of the brain as heroin. Accordingly, says Vanessa, no parent should ever want their child to be glued to a video game for many hours.

Parents in the school

Parents also play an important role within the school structure and influence the direction of the curriculum.

A parent who is a business owner once complained to Vanessa that, "My employees earned bachelor's degree, but they can't think at all. They cannot even do what they are told!"

From this parent's comment, Vanessa organized a brainstorming session to find out what skills parents expect their children to have. Qualities befitting a CEO were added to the list.

Parents want their children to have good skills in leadership; active listening and team work skills; creative thinking, analytical reasoning; and reading, writing and public speaking skills, among others.

With this vision in mind, the school transformed the way students are evaluated during their final examination.

A theme will be given to all primary level students. They will then have to work together in a project to visualize and later to realize the theme. At the end of the project, parents are invited to the event and give scores to the students.

Students' scores are based on how well they utilize multiple intelligences in their projects.

This year, the theme is "Thanks to Life and the Environment". Students decided they want to organize a fun-fair event called "Tales in the Garden" and have invited teachers and parents to share a good time as a way of saying thanks and to show respect to the surrounding environment. Students from Prathom 1 to 6 work together as a team applying their individual skills to organize the event.

In real life, Vanessa says, there will not always be a boss to tell you what to do or where to go. Students must learn to think, evaluate and get things done on their own.

As promoters of the Multiple Intelligences concept, Vanessa continued, our duty is to create an environment that enables a child to achieve whatever they want and to be whatever they want in the future; function well under stress and be a happy person.

Nuttaa Mahattana has a bachelor of arts degree from Chulalongkorn University and presently works as an assistant director of communications and customer service at the British Council. She may be contacted at nuttaa.mahattana@gmail.com .

[ringinston_boy]

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โรงเรียน มอ.วิทยานุสรณ์ เป็นโรงเรียนวิทยาศาสตร์ ที่มีสถานภาพเป็นโรงเรียนเอกชนภายใต้การกำกับดูแลของมหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์
โดยมูลนิธิเพื่อการศึกษาโรงเรียน มอ.วิทยานุสรณ์ เป็นผู้รับใบอนุญาตจัดตั้งโรงเรียน และมหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์เป็นผู้จดทะเบียนจัดตั้งมูลนิธิฯ โดยคำแนะนำของสภามหาวิทยาลัย โดยโรงเรียนมีการจัดการเรียนการสอนทางด้านวิทยาศาสตร์ในระดับมัธยมศึกษาตอนต้นและมัธยมศึกษาตอนปลาย


ตราประจำสถาบัน ได้แก่ อักษร ม.อ. ภายใต้พระมหาพิชัยมงกุฏ และ จักรกับตรีศูล

พระมหาพิชัยมงกุฏ คือ ศิราภรณ์ ซึ่งเป็นสัญลักษณ์สำคัญแสดงว่าทรงเป็นพระมหากษัตริย์
จักร กับ ตรีศูล คือ ตราเครื่องหมายประจำราชวงศ์จักรี
ม.อ. คือ อักษรย่อมาจากพระนาม "มหิดลอดุลยเดช" อันเป็นพระนามเดิมของสมเด็จพระมหิตลาธิเบศร อดุลยเดชวิกรม พระบรมราชชนก

ปรัชญาโรงเรียน คือ
"ขอให้ถือประโยชน์ส่วนตัวเป็นที่สอง ประโยชน์ของเพื่อนมนุษย์เป็นกิจที่หนึ่ง" "Let's considerration of personal gain take second place for the overall benefit of mankind..."

คติพจน์โรงเรียน คือ "อนาคตยั่งยืนด้วยปัญญา"

ดอกไม้ประจำโรงเรียน คือ ดอกศรีตรัง (Jacaranda filicifolia (Anders) D.Don)

สีประจำโรงเรียน คือ
สีน้ำเงิน (blue) หมายถึง ความยั่งยืน
สีเทา (grey) หมายถึง ปัญญา

คุณสมบัติที่พึงประสงค์ของนักเรียน
คือ SMARTได้แก่


Scientific-minded คิดแบบวิทยาศาสตร์
Good Manner บุคลิกลักษณะดี
Aesthetic appreciation มีสุนทรียภาพ
Reliable and responsible เชื่อถือได้และรับผิดชอบ
Teamwork ทำงานเป็นทีมได้

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รูปภาพเครดิตพี่โจ้ ม.3 รุ่น 1 มอ.ว.ครับ เเล้วก้อพี่ Bome ม.6 ครับ
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http://picasaweb.google.com/bommeee/PSUWITSchool

[Bentown]

Ok I get it !!! This school it's located nearly PSU HATYAI.The last time that I went home I saw these school building nearly to completed but now It going to be open!!!!!!!

[blkarr0ws]

looks cool is it international school or thai??