Educational
research in Vietnam has been planned and
implemented at the national level only since
the establishment of the National Institute
for Educational Sciences in Vietnam (NIES)
in December 1961. Before that time, the Department
of the Hà Nôi
Teacher Training College carried out some
research on pedagogy and psychology.
Research undertaken by the NIES mainly focuses on general
education. Its staff of 314 researchers includes
twenty-one professors and sixty-nine doctors.
They work at fifteen research and information
centres.
In 1977, the Institute for Secondary and Higher Professional
Education Research and the Institute for
Vocational Training Research were established.
They were merged in 1987 to conduct research
on higher education and vocational training.
Then, in 1994, the National Institute for
Educational Development (NIED) was created
as a new research body with the aim of:
- co-ordinating
and conducting research into the various
aspects related to educational development;
- formulating
educational strategies and policies for
the long-term development of education;
- preparing
and implementing educational projects on
behalf of the government.
The NIED structure includes
five research units, three development and
training centres, and the Educational Management
Information Centre. The NIED has 92 full-time
staff, including five professors, twenty-one
doctors and twenty-eight master’s
degree holders.
In addition, under the supervision of MOET there are the Centre
for Educational Technology and the Centre
for Educational Information. The departments
and sections of psychology/pedagogy, the
teaching methodology sections at teacher
training institutions, and the educational
management colleges also have great potential
for educational research. In general, teachers
from many outstanding schools participate
in research.
The Vietnamese Association of Psychology and Pedagogy was
established in 1990 as a NGOs arena to unite
the research forces and implement practical
activities throughout the country.
The key fields of educational
research are the following:
- Strategies
and policies concerning educational development
in the industrialization and modernization
period.
- Master
plans for the development of education
and training according to the different
socio-economic areas and local needs.
- Human
resource development.
- Renovation
of goals, programmes, curricula and teaching
materials at all levels.
- Management
of education.
- Development
of an educational information system.
- Development
of an evaluation and assessment system
