Re-imagining Teaching and Learning Across South and East Asia: Research-informed Transformative Teacher Workshops and Authentic Student Lectures

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Through Macquarie International and Austrade, Prashan ran 12+ teacher-training workshops based on his PhD (in L&T) research (2014-2019) - for 700+ teachers face-to-face across South Asia (2018-2019).

South Asia

In 2020, as part of Austrade’s Australian Virtual Masterclass Series, Prashan presented his research to Central Board of Secondary Education school principals in India which received over 10,000 registrations. 

Through Macquarie International in 2018 and 2019, Prashan presented his research-informed commerce lessons in dozens of schools face-to-face in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. He was also invited as an adjunct lecturer for institutions in Singapore and the UAE.  

Across 2018 and 2019, Prashan delivered face-to-face commerce lessons to 3,000+ students overseas. 

“On behalf of Austrade and all our schools, thanks again for taking teaching to a whole new level of education and professionalism… A wealth of specific curriculum design related information, and a compelling presenter…  was relevant to their day-to-day activities.” – Bangladesh Business Development Manager, Austrade (2018) 

China

Prashan was also an integral part of the China Scholarship Council sponsored Advanced Professional Development Program in 2015 and 2016, where he ran 7 teaching workshops for 24 academics. This resulted in a collaboration with Wuhan University and their adoption of his research-informed pedagogy in their MBA microeconomics course. 

'"You are such a great inspiration for many Chinese lecturers around us now… I will teach with threshold concepts again in October. Your contribution will again be a main reference for my design of teaching.” – Associate Professor Lin Guo, Wuhan University (2016).