Category: Education
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I was lucky enough to spend 10 days in Seoul with nine other pre-service teaching students and our two incredible tutors, Jo and Pauline. We visited three different high schools: Beomback High School, SNU Boys’ Middle School and SNU Girls’ Middle School – each giving us valuable insight into Korean education. One of the biggest…
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Kuzuzangpola! In August 2018, seven students from the UTS School of Education set off to teach in Paro, Bhutan. It was two weeks of non-stop adventure. We explored temples and climbed mountains in between the lesson planning and actual teaching. A small country located in the eastern Himalayan region, Bhutan’s culture has been largely unaffected…
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The Australian Thai Youth Ambassador Program (ATYAP) has definitely been one of the best experiences of my life. I am so thankful that I got the opportunity to learn so much be able to immerse myself in Thai culture. Thailand has such a diverse and fascinating culture filled with a deep history and various interesting…
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My experience from the Australian Thai Youth Ambassador Program (ATYAP) 2015 has been not only rewarding but of deep meaning. The Program is structured to have the first 3 weeks as teaching weeks with excursions organised on some weekends in Ubon Ratchathani and the last week to be of cultural exploration in Bangkok. The school…
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I thought joining ATYAP would be an interesting experience and would be a good chance to visit my birth country and do some volunteering, but what I got back was so much more. I haven’t visited Thailand for many years even though I was born there and when I do visit I would only stay…
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JUMBO! So we are now into our final week of our African adventure (Kenya believe it!?) and the general feeling is one of sadness that our time is up so soon! Every aspect of this trip has been amazing so far and I wouldn’t change anything, even the unpredictable showers and the occasional blackouts have…
