While several people of Thailand in both government and private sectors are much aware of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)’s free trade, a question ‘What about Thai people, are they ready for it, especially the education sector? Today, DIN Team has a chance to talk to Dr. Chingchai Hanjenluck, Director of The Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (Public Organization).

Currently, Thai kids have the intelligence and the knowledge. Some of them won the Gold Medals of International Science Olympiads. They are courage to do and to think. They dare to express their opinion on the educational reform. But children who clever, does not mean they becomes a good person when they grow up. If they can not analyze the things what is right or wrong. In currently, teaching in regular curriculums focus on the grades and scores through children lack of real life experiences that should be.

Kantana is a specialist institute founded to produce film and animation specialists. It’s located on the outback area in Nakhon Pathom Province of Thailand. The institute has set its priority on land development through educational strategy in order to promote human potential along with the environment, community and culture conservation.

Zombie is popular devil which often seen in series and movies. Therefore, Columbia College has a Zombie Methodology Course, studying background and history of Zombie and also studying in Voodoo History in Haiti, the origin of Zombie.

Once I visited “Bagan “the ancient Asian city of Myanmar, I feel like I went back via a time machine.

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Dating back over 1000 years ago, their historical architecture and traditional culture still remain intact for all to see. The locals still live a simple life, untouched by modern technology and the day to day stresses of a modern city The city well deserves its name as “Sea of Pagoda” with numerous Pagodas & ancient Temples spread around this expansive city, occupying space with today’s rural farmers. Even though almost half of the Pogadas were destroyed by invaders, weather and earthquakes, more than thousand Pagodas remains intact in the ancient city of Bagan as places of worship for the peoples love and dedication to Buddha, Bagan truly is the spiritual heart of the great Myanmar kingdom.

The architecture of the academic centers has traditionally been viewed as a means of satisfying utilitarian functionality, but in fact imposing architectural plans are more than just an accidental arrangement of space and building materials, they reflect distinctive educational assumptions and pedagogical objectives, a particular approach to learning, or a certain educational philosophy. Students in the 21st century have other learning demands and space designs should be adapted according to nowadays education objectives such as creativity, collaboration and student centered learning. Grounded on research, learning and higher education, ”Future Learning Environments” is a project by Stockholm County Council and Karolinska Institute in Sweden, where the main objective was to improve and expand teaching environments for its students. They commissioned the interior design studio Tengbom to develop the interiors of the project and also interpret Karolinska Institute’s design manual on the Formal Learning Environments. Choosing the “home” as a metaphor, Tengbom proposed to create a “Home away from Home” a second home for the informal zones at the Karolinska Institute in Solna. These facilities are located primarily next to the lecture halls and were initially “leftover” and unused areas.