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Awards, Scholarships and Prizes

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I have applied my knowledge and skills to several projects. Some of these projects win awards internationally, such as the Green Globe Award and SEAMEO- Australia Education Links Award.

2021              2021 HASS Teaching Award for Tutors

                       The University of Queensland, Australia

2021              2021/2022 SEAMEO-Australia Education Links Award

                       The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Secretariat and the     

                       Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment, Australia

2015-2019    Endeavour Postgraduate Scholarship to pursue a PhD at the University of Queensland

                       Australia

                       Department of Education and Training, Australia

2019              Alison Lee Scholarship 

                       Australian Association for Research in Education, Australia

2018              IFP Alumni Award

                      Institute of International Education (IIE), United States

2018              Candidature Travel Award for a research exchange program at The University of

                       Exeter, United Kingdom

                      University of Queensland, Australia

2017              Candidature Development Award for conference attendance and research collaboration 

                      in the United Kingdom, Finland and Ireland

                      University of Queensland, Australia

2017              First Prize in The Golden Jubilee Writing Competition

                      University of Queensland, Australia

2016              Carolyn D Baker Memorial Scholarship

                      University of Queensland, Australia

2015             Internationalisation Committee Travel Award

                      University of Queensland, Australia

2009-2011   Ford Foundation's International Fellowships Program (IFP), USA to pursue a Master of

                      Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa

2011              Travel GSO Award

                       University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States

2011              Master Student Marshal

                      University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States

2012              The First Prize in Teaching Excellence Award

                      The Secondary Educational Service Area 23, Thailand

2006             The 8th Green Globe Award Year 2006: A Sufficient Path of Sharing and Bounding

                      Among People, Water, and Forest

                      The Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT), Thailand

1998-2003    The Promotion of Science and Mathematics Talented Teachers Scholarship (PSMT)

                      Thai government

2002              An honoured representative of the university to present research paper at the PSMT 

                       Student Conference (1 student per university)

2000             The highest GPA Award of the Year

                       Udon Thani Rajabhat University, Thailand

1999              Professor Dr Thap Neelaniti Foundation Award

                      Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

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Publication

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Taptamat, N., Muflichah, S. (2022). Learning together through SEAMEO- AUS EDULINK: Practices and Principles for Collaborative Pedagogy and Assessment using ePortfolios. 2021 Eportfolio Forum Online eBook of Shortened Peer Reviewed Papers, pp. 30-34.

  2. Dianati B., Taptamat N., Uchiyama A., Akagawa N. (2022). Factors contributing to translation and interpreting technology adoption by instructors utilising the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Journal of Translation and Language Studies. 3(1), pp. 1-17 

  3. Slade, C, Lawrie, G, Taptamat, N, Browne, E, Sheppard, K & Matthews, K. (2021). How academics reframed their assessment during a pandemic: Disciplinary variation and assessment as afterthought. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2021.1933379 

  4. Taptamat, N. (in press). Changes in students' science concepts and discourse: A case study of place‐based education in rural Thailand. Cultural Studies of Science Education.

  5. Taptamat, N. (in press). Culturally responsive science education for rural students: Connecting school science with local heritages in Thailand. Cultural Studies of Science Education: Special Issue on Indigenous STEM Education: Perspectives from the Pacific and Asia.

  6. Taptamat, N. (2011). The effect of place-based activities on conceptual understanding and discourse practices of ninth graders in a science classroom in Thailand. The International Journal of Arts and Sciences, 4(8), 361–398.

Selected research reports

  1. Matthews, K.E., Lawrie, G & Taptamat, N, (2021). Teaching changes due to COVID-19: UQ survey results and case studies. Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation Occasional Paper Series. Brisbane: University of Queensland (Link)

  2. Matthews, K.E, & Taptamat, N, (2021). A framework for teaching. Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation Occasional Paper Series. Brisbane: University of Queensland

  3. Slade, C, Lawrie, G, Taptamat, N, Browne, E, Sheppard, K & Matthews, K. (2021). Insights into how academics reframed their assessment during a pandemic: Disciplinary variation and assessment as afterthought. Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation, The University of Queensland (Link).

Other Selected Publications for Non-Academic Audiences

  1. Taptamat, N. MySelF-ish Story, First prize in the 2017 Golden Jubilee Writing Competition. Published on the 50 Stories Alumni Friends of UQ website (October 2017): http://fifty.alumnifriendsuq.com/myself-ish-story/

  2. Taptamat, N., Teinkaew, W., Polsaen, R., Chaiwongsa, N., Sriputtha, C., Chaiphet, P., Kaewka, P., Saengpromsri, P. (2014). The effects of The School Botanical Garden on education. The Journal of Botany Update. 3(1): 10-15 (in Thai language).

  3. Taptamat, N. and Thiutit, N. (2011). Bilingual children book: The story of Uni-heart town. Sakon Nakhon, Khamtakla: Rungrueng Karnpim.

  4. Taptamat, N. (2011). Comparison of Thailand's education and America's Education. The KRS Journal. 2(1): 4-6 (in Thai language).

Conference papers

  1. Taptamat, N., Slade, C., Bowker, S. and Brown W.C. (2022). Reporting on a series of ePortfolio professional learning opportunities in a South-East Asian educators' online community of practice. Australian ePortfolio Forum, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 26-27 October 2022.

  2. Taptamat, N. (2021). Learning together through SEAMEO- AUS EDULINK: Practices and Principles for Collaborative Pedagogy and Assessment using ePortfolios. 2021 Eportfolio Forum Online: Thinking and Acting Differently. 21-21 October 2021.

  3. Taptamat, N. (2021). Learning together through SEAMEO- AUS EDULINK: Practices and Principles for Collaborative Pedagogy and Assessment using ePortfolios. 2021 AARE Conference. Online. 30 November – 2 December 2021.

  4. Taptamat, N. (2018). Summer School at Kihilla Retreat and Conference Centre, Australia. Navigation of Everyday and Scientific Discourses and Learning Science. 6-11 December 2018  

  5. Taptamat, N. (2018). The 25th International Conference on Chemistry Education (ICCE 2018) at the University of Sydney, Australia. Navigation of Everyday and Chemistry Discourses during Learning Chemical Kinetics. 10-14 June 2018. 

  6. Taptamat, N. (2018). The 2018 Australasian Science Education (ASERA) conference, Gold Coast, Australia. Everyday Discourse in Learning Science: Evidence from Two Chemistry Classrooms in Thailand. 27-29 June 2018.

  7. Taptamat, N. (2017). The 12th International Education Research Symposium at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Everyday Discourse in Learning Science: Evidence from Two Chemistry Classrooms in Thailand. 6-8 December 2017.

  8. Taptamat, N. (2017). Postgraduate Student Research Conference at the University of Queensland, Australia. Everyday Matters in Learning Science: Evidence from Classroom Discourse in Two Chemistry Classes in Thailand. 15-16 September 2017.

  9. Taptamat, N. (2016). Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), Melbourne, Australia. Exploring a Discourse of Inquiry of Secondary Students in Thailand. 27 November – 3 December 2016.

  10. Taptamat, N. (2016). The International Conference on Chemistry Education (ICCE), Salawak, Malaysia Exploring a Discourse of Inquiry of Secondary Students Learning Chemical Equilibrium in Thailand. 15 – 20 August 2016.

  11. Taptamat, N. (2015). Postgraduate Student Research Conference at The University of Queensland, Australia. Exploring a Discourse of Students Who Participated in The Botany Media Club Project. 27 November 2015.

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