FEATURES
Professional Learning Programme: Enhancing Indonesian Teacher Education
The HEAD Foundation and the World Bank designed this Professional Learning Programme specifically for Mathematics and Science teacher trainers in Indonesia, to critically examine current arrangements in the delivery and effectiveness of the Professional Pedagogical Training Programme (Pendidikan Profesi Guru, PPG) for teachers.
Speaker Series: Think to Thrive — Re-engineering Your Mind for Growth
Thinking happens almost automatically from the day we are born. However, how can we do so skilfully? On 14 March 2019, thinker, educator and entrepreneur Dr Henry Toi examined thinking and introduced the thinking model, PEARL. The event also marked the launch of his book Think to Thrive: Re-engineering Your Mind for Growth.
Nobel Laureate Lecture: Looking to the Frontiers of Fundamental Science
Nobel Laureate in Physics 2004, Professor David Gross outlined some of the great unknowns at the frontiers of Fundamental Science, particularly on how the Universe began, how we are trying to find the answers to these questions and what the answers might be.
THF Policy Brief No. 8: Indonesian Teacher Education: Building Capacity in Science and Mathematics Teachers
This policy brief provides insights on how Teacher Education Institutions in Indonesia could navigate around challenges identified in the World Bank survey, especially in the preparation of teachers of mathematics and science subjects.
THF Policy Brief No. 7: Educational Policy in Malaysia: Implementation Challenges and Policy Proposals
This policy brief has arisen from a research study on the implementation of education policy reform in Malaysia led by Prof Tony Bush, Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Nottingham.
Internationalising teacher education: Could it accelerate educational development?
Could internationalising teacher education accelerate educational development? Dr. Rita Z. Nazeer-Ikeda, Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education, Waseda University, shares her thoughts on the case of Singapore.
Book Review: English Language Teacher Preparation in Asia
Written by international scholars specialising in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), English Language Teacher Preparation in Asia brings together research-based insights on teacher preparation for pre-service English teachers in the ASEAN Plus Three region. Read THF’s Tham Yin Yee’s review of the book.