Online training in regular fostering of school science teachers to meet education innovation in Vietnam towards the development of cross-culture teachers

Abstract

Regular fostering teachers is an annual imperative task for the school teachers. This has been stipulated in the Government document, the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), the (provincial) Departments of Education and Training in Viet Nam. The form of concentrated and periodic fostering teachers as implemented in Vietnam has many limitations, those are: for millions of teachers need fostering and retraining in order to meet the time requirements of education reform, the concentrated fostering is not feasible; professional contents do not meet each local or individual learner; It is costly to spend on classrooms, teaching equipment; costs for teachers and experts; travel, accommodation for concentrated stay are also costly, and time consuming. The article provides regular training form for geography teachers by online training to address the limitations of concentrated regular training while promoting the outstanding advantages of online teaching. This article has developed a number of special subject contents for fostering the social sciences teachers to meet the requirements of current education reform in Vietnam. The article also mentions the possibility of using online training to foster teachers that are qualified to teach in the region and the world.