This article reports on a study carried out in 2016/17 of Initial Teacher Education at Rajabhat Universities in Thailand and the subsequent national initial teacher education curriculum reform based on the results and recommendations of the review. The study was carried out in three steps that were interconnected. The first included a study of secondary data provided by the Rajabhat Universities Sample (n=5) and the Ministry of Education of Thailand. Phase two included a fieldwork time in Thailand during which the research team gathered data from Ministry of Education officers (n=6), senior university administrators (n=38), initial leaders of teacher education courses and academic staff (n=54) and student teachers (n~125). The research team worked with a variety of Thai stakeholders (e.g. the Teachers' Council of Thailand) during the final phase of the research to ensure accuracy matches and disengage local customs and practice from national policy. A key research recommendation was to consider reducing the length of the undergraduate road to teaching and ensuring that trainee teachers spend time in school on each of their four-year courses. After the study, policy changes have been enforced around the initial teacher education environment of Thailand, including the recommended reduction in the period of the initial teacher education course from five to four years in March 2019.
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