Dr. Thein Lwin presented on Curriculum Rational with 28 teachers from Myitkyina, Bamaw, Waimaw, Hopin and remote regions in Kachin State on 5 December 2020. He discussed about curriculum quality and competency based curriculum using an example of curriculum reform, 2016 in Finland. They all are secondary school teachers working at Church based schools run by Kachin Education Foundation.

TCF Chairperson participated in the online discussion on the topic of "How to Promote Human Rights at School and Non-Formal Education" together with Dr. Khine Khine Win, National Human Rights Commission of Myanmar and U Aung Zaw Htway, Equality Myanmar. The event was jointly organized by Equality Myanmar and Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB). The discussion was facilitated by Daw Toe Toe Myint of Equality Myanmar. The video record of the discussion can be viewed at: 

https://www.facebook.com/equalitymyanmar/videos/416850746133259 
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Virtual Education Seminar was about Reading for Critical Thinking. Dr. Thein Lwin presented three reading strategies: 1. Interactive Noting System for Effective Reading and Thinking (INSERT); 2. Reading for Argumentative Essays (QAREFMLw); and 3. Reading Conference. Two hundred and forty teachers participated in the online discussion. At the same time 200+ teachers watched on the LIVE SHOW at the Thinking Classroom Foundation Facebook Page. The video record can be downloaded through the following link: 

https://www.facebook.com/thinkingclassroom.org/videos/3777265875668147 
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TCF Chairperson Dr. Thein Lwin presented about Lesson Planning for Critical Thinking on Saturday, 14 November 2020 from 10:00-12:00 am Myanmar Time. The conference was attended by 300 participants on Zoom. The Zoom Application organized by TCF can accommodate only 300 persons. The participants who could not join the Zoom conference watched LIVE Show on TCF Facebook Page. There are 13,300+ viewers out of 57,781persons reached on "Lesson Planning for Critical Thinking" video at the time of 10:30 am (Thailand Time) on Tuesday, 24 November 2020. 

​The 300 participants on virtual conference include teachers from University Teacher Associations, Basis Education Teacher Unions, Education Colleague Student Unions, Burmese Migrant Teachers' Association, Monastery-based schools, Church-based schools and schools run by ethnic communities. The video can be viewed on TCF Page via the following link: 

https://www.facebook.com/thinkingclassroom.org/videos/1010412912770793/

A virtual conference on Critical Thinking, Curriculum Quality and Assessment as Learning was jointly organised by Thinking Classroom Foundation (TCF), Representative Committee of University Teachers' Associations (RCofUTA), Basic Education Workers' Unions (BEWU), Representative Committee of Education Colleagues Students' Unions, and Burmese Migrant Teachers' Union (BMTA) as well as RWCT teachers network in Myanmar on 31 October 2020. The virtual conference via ZOOM was attended by 99 teachers from the above organisations.

Dr. Thein Lwin, Chairperson of Thinking Classroom Foundation gave a presentation on Critical Thinking, Curriculum Quality and Assessment as Learning followed by active discussions. The video record can be downloaded by the following link.

​https://www.facebook.com/thinkingclassroom.org/videos/2861502584131526/ 
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A virtual conference on Active Learning and Critical Thinking in the Classroom was jointly organised by Thinking Classroom Foundation (TCF), Representative Committee of University Teachers' Associations (RCofUTA), Basic Education Workers' Unions (BEWU), Representative Committee of Education Colleagues Students' Unions, and Burmese Migrant Teachers' Union (BMTA) on 24 October 2020. The virtual conference via ZOOM was attended by 62 teachers from the above organisations.

Dr. Thein Lwin, Chairperson of Thinking Classroom Foundation gave a presentation on Active Learning and Critical Thinking in the Classroom followed by active discussions. The video record can be downloaded by the following link. 

​Part 1: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.TheinLwin/videos/3295642650485155
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​Part 2: https://www.facebook.com/thinkingclassroom.org/videos/1043361236115247/

On the World Teachers' Day, 5th October 2020, Thinking Classroom Foundation (TCF), Representative Committee of University Teacher Unions (RC of UTAs) and Basic Education Teacher Unions (BEWU) jointly organised an online ZOOM meeting participated by 182 teachers from the above three organisations. Dr. Thein Lwin (TCF), Dr. Arkar Moe Thu (RC of UTAs), Dr. Thura Oo (RC of UTA) and U Min Min Htut (BEWU) led the discussions. The discussions focused on identifying educational crises in Myanmar including COVID-19 and civil war. The discussions found ways to overcome the crises in education. They suggested classroom practices and decentralisation of the decision-making in education. 

The record of the online discussions can be downloaded through the following link:

https://www.facebook.com/332687267360242/videos/623706438314770

Dr. Thein Lwin sent a video message to the World Teachers' Day event in Mae Sot organised by the Burmese Migrant Teachers' Association (BMTA).

The video file can be downloaded through the following link.

​https://www.facebook.com/100001183565593/videos/3200378400011581/

Dr. Thein Lwin made an online presentation on Humanistic Approach to Education. This event was organised by the Student Union, University of Education, Sagaing on 20 July 2020.

The presentation and follow up discussion can be downloaded through the following link:

https://www.facebook.com/100001183565593/videos/2996655517050538/

The second group of students (6 females and 8 males)  from Myanmar who are studying social sciences at the Chiang Mai University join the Critical Thinking in Higher Education workshop at the Thinking Classroom Foundation today. They learn about reading in critical thinking, writing in critical thinking, academic writing and humanistic approach to education. Eleven students (3 females and 8 males) joined the same workshop last week. They all are from different parts of Myanmar including Kachin State, Karen State, Shan State, Myeik, Bago, Yangon and Magway. My colleagues and I am happy that the workshop is useful for their studies.

A group of eleven students from Myanmar who are studying social sciences at Chiang Mai University joined the Critical Thinking in Higher Education workshop at the Thinking Classroom Foundation on Saturday, 27 June 2020. Dr. Thein Lwin led the discussion on reading for critical thinking, writing for critical thinking, academic writing and introduced humanistic approach to education and SDG-4.

In the mid of Corona Virus Pandemic, the students are stuck in Chiang Mai and they were happy to join the workshop. They said that it might be better if they got this kind of knowledge before starting their courses at the university. Another group of students will join Critical Thinking in Higher Education workshop on coming Saturday, 4 July 2020. 
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