Educational Field Trip

As a student of Master of Education in Educational Management in Mahidol University, the    comparative study has been taken and had chances to observe the schools and university from both Thailand and Japan as foreign field trip. It could be clearly seen that Japan education has been improved far comparing with Thailand education. Japan education is moving forward for quality in every level of education while Thailand is managing for the equal access. Based on the observation from not only Roong Aroon School but also Chiba University in terms of the environment, curriculum, teaching approaches and classroom setting, Japan has been practicing student centered learning and encouraging higher level thinking in almost all of the schools and universities as it could be generalized that the observed Chiba University is one of the normal university in Japan. On the other hand, for Roong Aroon School is one of the special schools in Thailand unlike Japan, and it is observed that student centered learning can only be found in those kinds of specially founded schools. In accordance with the personal observation from Roong Aroon School and Chiba University, it could also be reflected their school management system and both has each strengths and weakness. Therefore, it was effective experience for me observing personally instead of studying from the paper and in the classroom and made me comprehend their actual management system and practices.