CURRICULUM VITAE

BOOSBONG TANTIWONG


PERSONAL
Date of birth October 6, 1955 Bangkok, Thailand
Marital Status Married
Languages Thailand and English (fluent) German (fair)

EDUCATION
1973 - 1977 Chulalongkorn University, B.A.(Drama)
1979 - 1980
Indiana University, U.S.A, M.S.in ED.(Early Childhood Education)
1982 - 1991 Indiana University, U.S.A. Ed.D.(Early Childhood Education)

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
1977 – 1979 Teacher of English, Tangtrongchitra High School
1980 – 1983 Preschool teacher, the Demonstration School, Chulalongkorn University
1982 – 2001 Assistant Professor, Department of Elementary Education,
Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University
2001 – 2004 Head of the Department of Elementary Education, Department of
Elementary Education, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn

GRADUATE COURSES RESPONSIBLE
Philosophy and Concepts in Child Rearing Practices
Curriculum and Instruction in Early Childhood Education
Assessment and Evaluation of Young Children
Critical Analysis of Research of Young Children
Moral and Value Process in Early Childhood Education

RESEARCHES
1991-1993 The Development of the Model of Child Development in Thailand Cultural Ways.
1993 - present Cultural Ways. The Modification of the Model of Child Development in Thai

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Principles and Models of Early Childhood Education in Thai Cultural Ways: Selected Research Findings Relation to Social Context and Child’s Transition form Home to School. A paper presented at 1995 American Education Research Association (AERA) Symposium, U.S.A, 1995

Principles and Models of Early Childhood Education in Thai Cultural Ways: Selected Research Findings and Implications. In Chulalongkorn Education Reviews. Volume 3 November / July, 1996.

Curriculum for All: A Reflection on Equity in Thai Early Education. In Chulalongkorn Education Reviews. Volume 4, November/ July,1997.

Thailand: Children and Educational Cultural. A paper presented at the Word Council of Curriculum and Instruction Ninth Triennial Word Conference on Educating for Balance Integrating Technology and Human Spirit on a Global Scale. Bangkok, Thailand, 1998.

The Models of Early Childhood Education in Thai Cultural Ways of Life: A Pathway to a Culture of Peace. A paper presented at the Fifth UNESCO-ACEID International Conference on Reforming, Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Innovative Visions for the New Century. Bangkok. Web Site: http/thaiedreform.onec.go.th, 1999.

A Reflection on the Third Asia-Pacific Anthroposophical Conference and Round-Table on Waldorf Initiatives: A Buddhist Experience of Anthroposophy. In Pacifica Journal. Hawaii, U.S.A: Anthroposophical Society in Hawaii, 1999.


SELECTED ACTIVITIES RELATED TO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

Collaboration of Students and Family Members as Volunteers in Provision of Weekend Extra Lessons for Children with special Needs, 2000-present.

School Network Mobilization in Utilizing Community Forest as Sustainable Learning Resources: A Case Study of Baan Nong Knam School, Rajburi Province, 2000-Present.

Dialectical Process of Teachers and Living Human Treasures in Transaction of Folk Culture for Learning Experience Provision According to Northeastern Children’s Rural Agricultural Ways of Life, 2002-Present.

A Summer Project of Inter-University Students Collaborative Works on Mon and Karen Children in Schools Along Thai – Burma Border, the project sponsored by the Royal Thai Army, 2002.