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Introduction
I have worked as an Associate Professor in Science Education at Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University, Thailand. My research programme involves trying to help science teachers shift to a constructivist-based teaching approach from the traditional didactic teaching that formed the historical landscape of teaching in the country. My research areas focus on pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), STEM education, and action research
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January 2011 - present
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- Nature of Science Science Methods Course Research Studies in Science Education Science Process Skills Foundations of Education for Science Teachers
Position
- TRF young researcher fund
Education
May 2011
May 2007
May 2002 - May 2007
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Publications (129)
Biological material, one of which is the sensory system, whose objects are difficult to approach directly, requires more sophisticated learning media. This is because the sensory system learning process still uses 2D-based learning media which is difficult to display biological objects in real terms. Teachers and students need media that can visual...
Southeast Asian countries are embracing updated integrated curricula, such as STEM , which are impacted by socio-scientific, political, and economic reasons related to global educational reform. This study compares science curricula regarding science and engineering practices ( SEP s) in Indonesian, Thai, and Vietnamese science curricula. The SEP s...
This qualitative study investigates how teachers perceive and design Small-Scale Chemistry driven STEM Learning Activities (SSC-STEM) in their teaching practice. While small-scale chemistry experiments offer numerous advantages for chemistry education, there is limited research on their integration into STEM education frameworks. This study examine...
Models and modelling play a critical role in science education to engage students more fully in science practices. Few studies have investigated the nature of models and modelling in integrated STEM teacher education. This study examines pre-service science teachers’ (PSTs) understanding of the nature of models and modelling in a STEM methods cours...
Modeling in visual representations is essential in STEM education because of its concretization in science, technology, engineering, and math learning activities. Therefore, model-based teaching needs to be improved for pre-service teachers (PSTs) to implement STEM education successfully. We conduct the model-based integrated inquiry STEM (MII-STEM...
Technology becomes the essential connector of transdisciplinary education as known as STEM education and as the tool for enhancing learners to become a technologically literate person and use information and technology as young innovators. However, there were many studies aimed on the learning innovation developments but only a few teachers could c...
This is a hermeneutic phenomenological study that describes and interprets Wong’s, the first author lived experience in the borderlands of science and Buddhist mindfulness as a science education doctoral student in Thailand. I explore my experiences in learning with multiple mindfulness teachers, including Thich Nhat Hanh from Buddhist traditions....
ท่ามกลางการปรับตัวเชิงนโยบายและการผลักดันสะเต็มศึกษาให้เป็นแนวปฏิบัติที่ควรส่งเสริมให้เกิดขึ้นในชั้นเรียนวิทยาศาสตร์ คณิตศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี ส่งผลให้งานวิจัยด้านสะเต็มศึกษาของประเทศไทยเพิ่มขึ้นอย่างรวดเร็วภายในไม่กี่ปีมานี้ งานวิจัยฉบับนี้เป็นการทบทวนวรรณกรรมอย่างเป็นระบบ ด้วยวิธีการวิเคราะห์เชิงคุณภาพ เกี่ยวกับงานวิจัยทางสะเต็มศึกษาที่พบในประเทศไทย...
p style="text-align: justify;">Scientific literacy is a critical competency for people to take an essential role in science, technology, and social advancement. It is important to note that this competence is still a problem for most students worldwide. Therefore, this study analysed students' scientific literacy differences between a project-based...
This article reports on the survey findings of a study on the STEM leadership of 134 STEM middle school educators (118 teachers and 16 principals) in Thailand who led in STEM curriculum writing and teaching in their schools. The data were analysed using Rasch analysis of three constructs, namely, their views about STEM teaching, STEM capital and se...
This study aimed to investigate the science curricula of Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand. This study was undertaken to compare science curricula and determine which scientists' current practices, such as hypothesizing, are represented in science curricula. A cross-case analysis was carried out using the junior science curriculum (ages 12-14) of th...
This study aimed to investigate the science curricula of Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand. This study was undertaken to compare science curricula and determine which scientists' current practices, such as hypothesizing, are represented in science curricula. A cross-case analysis was carried out using the junior science curriculum (ages 12-14) of th...
Professional development is important for all teachers to improve the quality of teaching. This study is aimed to investigate the trends of professional development strategy and learning outcome in 2015-2019. A systematic review was used in analyzing 267 articles published between 2015 and 2019 in the Teaching and Teacher Education. The findings sh...
Teacher competency is a critical component in achieving the educational goals of teachers. The purpose of this systematic review was to understand better the research attributes of teacher education skills as described in the Journal of Teacher Education has published 169 papers. By identifying, critically evaluating, and summarizing all relevant s...
Doing science as modeling practice aims to foster students' thinking as scientists who create models for explaining or/and predicting natural phenomena and being scientific inquiry tools. On the other hand, from intensive literature review, science teachers also have misunderstood of scientific modeling, and then understood the goals and roles of m...
ทักษะการคิดอย่างมีวิจารณญาณเป็นเป้าหมายการพัฒนานักเรียนให้เป็นผู้รู้วิทยาศาสตร์ทั้งด้านการคิด การปฏิบัติ และจิตพิสัย แต่พบงานวิจัยส่วนน้อยที่ระบุจิตพิสัยไว้เป็นส่วนหนึ่งของการคิดอย่างมีวิจารณญาณ จึงเป็นที่มาของการวิจัยในครั้งนี้โดยมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาทักษะการคิดอย่างมีวิจารณญาณของนักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 1 ซึ่งเป็นกลุ่มเป้าหมาย จำนวน 35 คน เ...
Modern lifestyle that is based on ideologies such as consumerism, individualism and materialism has led to overconsumption, mass extinction and climate change in the world and threatens the wellbeing of every member on this planet. An increasing number of studies indicate that mindfulness practice may address the socio-ecological challenges of sust...
Purpose
This study explores how lesson study (LS) can enhance teacher candidates' ability to develop their pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Design/methodology/approach
A multiple case study design was undertaken using the social-constructivist paradigm. The authors explored s...
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education plays an important role in teaching and learning for the 21st century. Science teacher education is making great efforts to prepare STEM teachers for modern classroom practice and enable them to adapt their STEM knowledge and practices to the needs of students’ contexts. However, be...
The lack of bridges between formal science taught in schools and indigenous STEM knowledge is a problem that leads to the abandonment of cultural values and local wisdom. This article aimed to (1) describe the traditional salt production process by farmers and their living values education (LVE), and (2) transform indigenous STEM knowledge into sci...
Field trip activities are often considered additional activities and are considered recreational activities rather than ones that teach science effectively to students. Field trip activities are one form of effective experience-based learning to train pre-service teachers in the outdoor environment. This study attempted to describe the design of ou...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of teachers' attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge towards integrated STEM. The participants in this study were 185 Indonesian teachers from the eastern, western, and central regions of Indonesia with the difference in ethnic and culture. The exploration of these three domains was based...
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to better understand the work of mentors or cooperating teachers (CTs) in Spain and Thailand, by comparing how mentors in both contexts conceive of their work in teacher education.
Design/methodology/approach
A comparative study based on a crossnational research (CNR) approach was used. An internationally vali...
This study aimed to enhance Bhutanese ninth grade students' views of nature of science (NOS) through explicit and reflective approach. This study was divided into two phases. In first phase, cross-sectional survey aimed to explore Bhutanese ninth grade students' views of NOS. Stratified random sampling technique was used to generate the representat...
his research aimed to analyze questioning patterns in junior high school science textbooks. The study method was based on documentary analysis in which the researcher collected data from three junior high school science textbooks in Thailand. They were printed in Thai and published by private publishers. The instrument used for questioning analysis...
Understanding science classroom cultures results in knowing the way to encourage student learning and teacher teaching. This study aimed to investigate science classroom cultures and cultural factors in Thai science classroom. Research tools were What Is Happening In this Class (WIHIC) and the Cultural Learning Environment Questionnaire (CLEQ). The...
ตวั ชว้ี ดั และสาระการเรยี นรแู้ กนกลางกลุ่มสาระการเรยี นรวู้ ทิ ยาศาสตร์ (ฉบบั ปรบั ปรุง พ.ศ. 2560) ของประเทศไทยเป็นแนวทางการพฒั นานักเรยี นใหเ้ ป็นผรู้ ูว้ ทิ ยาศาสตรแ์ ละมที กั ษะทส่ี ามารถ ปฏบิ ตั ิกจิ กรรมสะเต็มศกึ ษา ในขณะท่แี นวปฏบิ ตั ทิ างวทิ ยาศาสตร์และวศิ วกรรมศาสตร์ (science and engineering practices) เป็นตวั ชวี้ ดั หนึ่งทสี่ หรฐั อเมร...
วีดิทัศน์สรุปประเด็นการเสวนา "Lesson study กับการพัฒนานักเรียนผ่านกิจกรรมการเรียนรู้ตามแนวทางสะเต็มศึกษา" เมื่อพฤหัสบดีที่ 16 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2563 ณ คณะศึกษาศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์ || วีดิทัศน์ "ตอนที่ 1 ประเด็นหลักในการเสวนา" และ "ตอนที่ 2 ตัวอย่างกิจกรรมสะเต็ม"
This two-year qualitative inquiry aimed to explore good teaching practices in an action research course that promoted pre-service science teachers’ research ability for improving their own practices. Forty-four participants of this study were from two cohorts of master degree program under the Project for the Promotion of Science and Mathematics Ta...
This article provides teachers with a guideline on how to create a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) hands-on environment and prepare a small lab kit for determining stoichiometric mole ratios of the reaction between hydrogen gas and oxygen gas for secondary-school students. This guideline will provide teachers with a low-cos...
This study is aimed at exploring ninth-grade Bhutanese students’ views of nature of science (NOS). A total of 389 students from middle secondary and higher secondary schools from the eastern, western, southern and central regions of Bhutan took part in this study. To generate a representative population, a stratified random sampling technique was u...
This article provides a description of science teacher education in Thailand, which is a key driver of the country’s science education reform. We describe the history of science teacher education and consider its future by focusing on teacher qualifications, recruitment of teacher candidates, types of science teacher education programmes and teachi...
บทคัดย่อ สภาพแวดล้อมในทุกชั้นเรียนสะท้อนถึงลักษณะทางวัฒนธรรมของประเทศนั้น งานวิจัยนี้จึงมุ่งศึกษาลักษณะทางวัฒนธรรม โดยการเปรียบเทียบสิ่งแวดล้อมในห้องเรียนวิทยาศาสตร์ของประเทศในแถบเอเชีย คือ เกาเหลีใต้และไทย เครื่องมือวิจัยคือแบบสอบถาม 2 ฉบับได้แก่ What Is Happening In this Class (WIHIC) และ the Cultural Learning Environment Questionnaire (CLEQ) และ...
Recently, Thailand is encouraging the support of
teachers to develop STEM appropriated teaching practices
via several STEM education agencies both public and private
sectors. To support and empower in-service teachers to teaching STEM, we need to identify and improve understanding
about teachers’ belief, efficacy and the current challenges and
need...
Argument skills play a crucial role in fostering students’ scientific literacy. Students who possess such skills can employ reason and evidence to make decisions. This classroom action research was aimed at investigating the best practices for teaching chemistry to promote argument skills through socioscientific issues (SSI). The participants were...
Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) are key features of STEM education that have been addressed in science curricula in many countries. Since Thailand is implementing a revised science curriculum in the 2018 academic year, it is interesting to investigate the SEPs presented in this curriculum. This study implemented a document analysis researc...
While there is widespread agreement about the importance of STEM, it remains an ambiguous term, particularly in education. We know little about what integrated STEM instruction looks like in the classroom, and how teachers conceptualize and implement integrated STEM. We conducted a small-scale case study with six participants to better understand s...
While there is widespread agreement about the importance of STEM, it remains an ambiguous term, particularly in education. We know little about what integrated STEM instruction looks like in the classroom, and how teachers conceptualize and implement integrated STEM. We conducted a small-scale case study with six participants to better understand s...
This study investigated the development of Bhutanese students’ views of the nature of science (NOS) as they engaged in an explicit and reflective approach. Seven aspects of NOS were integrated into the chemistry content in two learning units titled “matter and its composition” and “study of gas laws” over a time span of 6 weeks in a 9th Grade class...
This study investigated the development of Bhutanese students’ views of the nature of science (NOS) as they engaged in an explicit and reflective approach. Seven aspects of NOS were integrated into the chemistry content in two learning units titled “matter and its composition” and “study of gas laws” over a time span of 6 weeks in a 9th Grade class...
In Thai teacher education, cooperating teachers play a vital role in educating student teachers during their internship for the fifth and final year of the students' Bachelor of Education program. This study sought to understand Thai cooperating teachers' motivations and challenges in supervising student teachers for the internship. Outcomes are re...
Research in informal science education (ISE) become more interesting area in science education for a few decades. The main purpose of this research is to analyse research articles in 30 issues of top three international journals in science education; Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Science Education, and the International Journal of Scienc...
While increased attention has been put on approaches to teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), little has been reported on teachers' views, perceptions, and beliefs about teaching STEM. Such knowledge is needed to inform efforts to support innovative teaching of STEM subjects in classrooms. In this study, 154 in-service...
The purpose of this research was to study grade 10 th students' scientific argumentative skills in sociosci-entific issues. Data were collected by a scientific argumentation skill test consisting of open-ended questions in three socioscientific scenarios. Scientific argumentation skills consist of Claims, Warrants, Evidences, Counter arguments and...
Orientations toward STEM Education is a key component that articulate and predict teaching's practices in their classroom. The objectives of this study was explore orientations toward STEM education of 24 fourth year pre-service science teachers who were studying in the bachelor of education in majoring science in science teaching. Open-ended quest...
This research aimed at examining how to teach explicit and reflective approach in the unit of atomic structure and investigating 25 tenth-grade science-gifted students’ understanding of the nature of science (NOS) in a public secondary school in Bangkok, in second semester of 2014 academic year. The study emphasized six aspects of the NOS including...
Even there are some success in developing teachers’ understandings of and
abilities to teach NOS, teachers’ translating of NOS in actual classroom
practices has been still the one of challenging issues in science education. This
study sought to develop four teachers’ understandings and ability to translate
NOS in chemistry teaching in schools. The...
This classroom action research aimed to investigate ways to develop students’ mental model in the rate of reactions through model-based inquiry (MBI) approach and examine students' mental models in the rate of reaction after the lesson. This study was based on self- study and reflective-based research in which I researched my own teaching in a chem...
Pedagogical content knowledge for teaching the nature of science [PCK for NOS] is useful knowledge to help science teacher effectively transform NOS into classroom practice. This study was to examine PCK for NOS of forty-six science teachers graduated from faculty of education in science teaching program. A survey mixed with in-depth case studies w...
Pedagogical content knowledge for teaching the nature of science (PCK for NOS) has attracted interest in recent decades. This study investigated the PCK for NOS of six novice chemistry teachers from various educational backgrounds. An interpretive case study was performed. Multiple data sources including classroom observations, field notes, semi-st...
Both globalization and Westernization have influenced the Thai education system and have led to educational reforms. This chapter begins with a brief overview of the science educational reforms that have occurred in Thailand since 1868. Based on empirical research and our personal perspectives and experiences as Thai science educators, we go on to...
Pedagogical content knowledge for teaching the nature of science [PCK for NOS] is an innovative framework as a lens that help science educator captures how science teacher translate NOS into classroom practice. This study was to examine PCK for NOS of forty-six science teachers in a science teaching program. A survey mixed with in-depth case studie...
Research in science education is an inquiry process used to answer various issues in science education. Since society, economics and culture have been changed rapidly, issues and trends in science education have also been changed. As science educators, we should understand, get insight and up-to-date issues and trends in science education research...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the analytical thinking abilities and attitudes towards science learning of grade-11 students through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education integrated with a problem-based learning in the study of stoichiometry. The research tools consisted of a pre-and post-analytical thinki...
Self-study has become a powerful methodology used to examine teacher educators’ personal and professional knowledge development. It can help teacher educators to know themselves better through authentic inquiry in a particular setting. This chapter offers insights into an example of self-study research in that it communicates a teacher educator’s p...
Pedagogical content knowledge for teaching the nature of science [PCK for NOS] has been an interesting issue in science education over decades. This qualitative research study sought to examine and enhance beginning chemistry teachers’ PCK for NOS. Six teachers’ baselines were first investigated. Four teachers then voluntarily participated in a six...
Scientific model is knowledge created by scientists to explain and predict natural phenomena. Understanding the nature of model (NOM) is considered as major goal of learning science addressed in science curriculum across the world. The purpose of this study then was to survey and analyze grade tenth students’ understanding of the nature of model. T...
This classroom action research aims to 1) develop grade-10 students' understanding of the nature of science (NOS) through explicit and reflective approach integrated in the topic of chemical reactions and petroleum and to 2) examine effective ways of implementing this instructional approach. Data were collected through view of nature of science que...
The nature of science (NOS) is a one of main goals in science teaching and learning. This study examined understandings of NOS of 38 pre-service science teachers in the Project for the Promotion of Science and Mathematics Talented Teachers (PSMT) who were studying in master's degree majoring science education. In order to obtain intensive data, VNO...
The research aimed to examine teaching practice of model-based learning activities and develop students’ conceptions in organic chemistry topic. The participants of this study were 39 grade-11 students in an extra-large high school under the Office of Bangkok Education Service Area 1. Action research was used as research methodology in which, an or...
Pedagogical content knowledge for teaching the nature of science (PCK for NOS) has become an interesting issue in the past few years. This study sought to investigate PCK for NOS of six beginning chemistry teachers who had various backgrounds of teaching. Interpretive case studies were employed as a research methodology; drawn upon classroom observ...
Classroom action research is a tool for enhancing professional development of science student teachers. This study sought to investigate thirty science student teachers’ understandings about conducting classroom action research. The qualitative study was employed as a research methodology; drawn upon observation of presentation of classroom researc...
The orientation to teaching science becomes a vital component of pedagogical content knowledge. This study sought to investigate orientation to teaching science and classroom practices of six beginning chemistry teachers who taught at different secondary schools. Interpretive case studies were employed as a research methodology; drawn upon classroo...
Self-study is a new research methodology in education communities both in Thailand and overseas. It plays a crucial role in developing teacher educators' profession. Self-study research is also used as a professional development strategy in order to enhance teacher educators' crtically reflective thinking. This strategy also helps teacher educators...
Nature of science (NOS) has become a central goal of science education in many countries including Thailand. Science teachers should be provided with opportunities to develop not only their understanding of NOS, but also their ability to transform NOS understanding to be easily interpreted by students in a classroom context which is referred * ผู ...
As a key element in teacher education programmes, action research is a learning process in which pre-service teachers inquire, reflect on and improve their teaching practices. This qualitative study sought to understand what enhanced or hindered Thai pre-service teachers' action research projects during their student teaching. This study drew upon...
