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AMRC "Teaching and Learning the Mekong: beyond an area studies approach" Workshop

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*Session 29 (01 Dec. 08.30-10.00 am): Teaching and learning the Mekong: beyond an area studies approach

Part One – Perspectives, linkages, commonalities and differences in pedagogy of the Mekong. This session
will share approaches to teaching about development, livelihoods and the environment in the context of the Mekong, drawing on the experience of educators from a number of regional universities in five Mekong countries as well as from beyond the Mekong.

Convenor: Nattaya Tubtim

*Session 33 (01 Dec. 10.30-12:00 noon): Teaching and learning the Mekong: beyond an area studies approach

Part Two – Learning lessons and field based approaches. This session will examine how experience of development in the Mekong shapes teaching and learning, and how these lessons can be shared across borders and institutions. It will also
examine a range of field-based approaches in the wider context of universities’ engagement at the societal and community level in different Mekong countries.

Convenor: Bob Fisher


 

 



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