SEARS-MT Initiative: Enhancing Mathematics Teaching Quality in Southeast Asia
The SEARS-MT Initiative aimed to improve mathematics teaching quality in Southeast Asia through workshops with consultants and country experts, resulting in a comprehensive SEARS-MT document endorsed by nine countries. Country reports delved into judgments, guidelines, and areas needing support, while addressing issues on manifesting standards at different teacher levels and content knowledge requirements. The initiative highlighted the importance of actualizing aspirational standards and local descriptors to enhance teaching quality.
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Phase 1 From Mid 2012 March 2013 Early preparations leading to the First Workshop held on 12 -14 Mar 2013
Workshop 1 12 14 Mar 2013 Consultants from Australia, Japan, Malaysia Participants from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines Result: First draft of the SEARS-MT after much brain storming
Workshop 2 2 5 July 2013 Consultants from Australia and Japan Country Experts from 9 Southeast Asian Countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam
Result of the Workshop 2: A SEARS-MT document endorsed by the 9 countries of Southeast Asia 9 country reports
Country Reports Each country report was written to answer the following questions: 1. How are judgments made about the quality of mathematics teachers and mathematics teaching in the country? 2. What are the guidelines that are used to make these judgments about mathematics teaching and mathematics teachers quality? 3. What aspects of quality mathematics teaching require further exploration and support?
Issues concerning SEARS-MT The standards are aspirational. How can this be actualized in each country? What local descriptors can best illustrate how the standards are manifested in each country? Further research need to specify specifically the standards for specific levels e.g. what is the minimum content knowledge needed by teachers to teach elementary and high school? Do we need different standards for beginning, intermediate and master teachers?
