Dr. Janchai Yingprayoon is currently working as the Deputy Director , Suan Sunanda Rajabhat University, Bangkok. Dr. Janchai did his post graduation in science from Mahidol University and received a German Government Scholarship to do his Phd. In Laser physics from Free University in Berlin, Germany. Since 1979 he had worked for the International Council of Association For Science Education (ICASE). He received an outstanding university lecturer award, from the king of Thailand in the year 1992 and was also invited by the king of Saudi Arabia during a recent teacher training that he conducted for talented children in Jedda, Saudi Arabia. He was elected to the International Convention to maintain the position of president of the International Council Of Association For Science Education (ICASE) in 2004 and served the council in that position till 2007.He was also the Head of Physics Department and Assistant to the Director of the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology (IPST), Bangkok and the Chairmen of Science Teachers’ Section, Science Society of Thailand.
He has been working as a visiting Proffesor at Guangki Normal University in Guilin, China for several years. He has been invited for many international conferences and conducted many innovative science training programmes in many countries around the world such as, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Brunei, Malaysia,Philippines, Singpore, Sri Lanka,India,Nepal,China,Hong Kong,Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Argentina, USA, Canada, Germany, Saudi Arabia,Baharin, Oman, Russia, Turkey, Macedonia, Greece,and Spain and totaled more than 100 times.He has worked extremely with UNESCO and is a creative and humorous lecturer who makes learning science fun and meaningful. He has attended many international conferences as an honourable keynote speaker.
He is particularly interested in teaching science with toys and hands-on activities.His lecturesl create unleash creativity, shows how to make science lessons more meaningful, stimulates intellectual curiosity, to develop problem solving and thinking skills in the learners .His lectures are highly interactive with toys and hands-on activities using locally produced low-cost high-tech materials.
