Towards Building an Academic Mobility Framework among ASEAN Teacher Education Institutions
Keywords:
academic mobility framework, ASEAN integration, mobility interventionsAbstract
This article aims to propose an academic mobility framework to build a facilitative environment for mobility among teacher education institutions (TEIs) in the ASEAN region. Using a mixed-method design of research, 14 ASEAN TEIs responded to the questionnaire that looked into the policies, practices, level of readiness on mobility and mobility interventions they implement in their institutions in response to the ASEAN integration. A validation meeting was also conducted with university leaders of the respondent TEIs. For this paper, only the qualitative results on mobility interventions were analyzed to come up with the practices and TEIs' suggestions on mobility interventions. Based on the qualitative analysis and inputs from the validation meeting, the proposed mobility framework for ASEAN is presented and discussed in this paper. Respondent TEIs' recommended interventions include: (1) collaboration among ASEAN TEIs to create awareness on their respective teacher education programs; (2) English language capacity building, (3) increased financial support on student and faculty mobility; and (4) curriculum development towards harmonization. The proposed mobility framework has three major parts – the purpose of mobility for ASEAN TEIs, the areas of mobility and the facilitating mechanisms. The ASEAN experience of teachers as catalyst for ASEAN socio cultural community is considered as the purpose of mobility of teachers, which will drive the mobility programs in the ASEAN TEIs along academic, research, extension and cultural areas. These programs will not be facilitated without the necessary mechanisms in place like academic synchronization, curriculum comparability and cross-crediting mechanisms, medium of instructions and delivery format, funding support from regional institutions.The mobility framework being proposed in this paper will serve as a guide to ASEAN TEIs, especially for the ASEAN Teacher Education Network (ASTEN) in implementing mobility programs for teacher education.References
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