Outstanding teachers nationwide in Hai Duong

Get a PhD at 32

With 17 years of experience, teacher Nguyen Thu Quyen (born in 1983), currently working at Nguyen Trai High School for the Gifted, has devoted all her heart to history and is spreading her love of history to her students every day.

Since studying at Nguyen Trai High School for the Gifted, Ms. Quyen has dreamed of becoming a teacher. Graduated from the Faculty of History Education, Hanoi National University of Education, in 2005, Ms. Quyen has worked at Nguyen Trai High School for the Gifted until now.

Ms. Quyen has worked hard to study, research and obtain a PhD in history from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi) at the age of 32.

Teaching at the only specialized high school in Hai Duong province, Ms. Quyen is always looking for solutions to "instill" a love of history in students.

To attract students in her lectures, in addition to being solid in her expertise, Ms. Quyen also makes the most of the support from information technology in many forms such as pictures, photos, videos, mind maps, etc. to design lectures to help students absorb the lessons more easily.

Ms. Quyen said that history is a subject that is likened to the flow of time, taking us back to the past, discovering brilliant civilizations, heroic history of the nation but also full of numbers and events that are difficult to remember. Therefore, to create interesting lessons, Ms. Quyen actively innovates methods, turning dry numbers into "soft" and lively ones.

She regularly organizes group discussions, plays games, and plays to help students realize the connection between history and present life. From there, she encourages them to explore, research, and share their own understanding of historical topics. In particular, the research project on a 3D virtual museum to teach history is very much appreciated by Ms. Quyen and enthusiastically received by students.

Not only is she a teacher with effective teaching methods that engage students, Ms. Quyen is also one of the key teachers in the province. She used to be a key teacher of the Active Teaching Organization founded by Dr. Tran Khanh Ngoc, directly teaching and sharing active teaching methods and techniques to more than 2,000 teachers nationwide from 5-6 am on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays online via Zoom.

Up to now, Ms. Quyen has directly trained 47 students who won national excellent student awards with 4 first prizes, 10 second prizes, 21 third prizes, 12 consolation prizes; 23 students won excellent student awards in the coastal and Northern Delta regions with 9 silver medals, 14 bronze medals.

Ms. Quyen has 6 times achieved provincial-level experience initiatives; 4 times received certificates of merit/certificates from the Minister of Education and Training; 6 times received certificates of merit from the Central Youth Union; 11 times received certificates of merit from the Provincial People's Committee; 1 time won the national typical project award in the Young Intellectuals for Education Contest...

Worked for 7 years before taking the university entrance exam

Sharing about her fate in the profession, teacher Tran Thi Thanh Ha (born in 1981), Cong Hoa Primary School (Chi Linh City) said that after graduating from the College of Commerce, she worked in several places. 7 years later, she returned to take the university entrance exam for teachers.

To achieve her goals, as well as demonstrate her love for the profession, Ms. Ha is always proactive and actively studying to improve her qualifications, researching and improving teaching and assessment methods to improve teaching quality, meeting the requirements of educational innovation.

Many of Ms. Ha's initiatives have been recognized, highly appreciated and effectively applied in practice. Typical examples include the initiative "Organizing games in teaching math to create excitement for learning for grade 2 students"; "Applying learning through play to develop math skills for grade 3 students - general education program 2018"... These are positive solutions in innovating methods and forms of organizing activities in math lessons, meeting the innovation goals of the general education program 2018.

With the above efforts, she has achieved many outstanding achievements. In the last 5 school years, Ms. Ha has been classified as an excellent teacher. She has been awarded the title of excellent teacher at the provincial and city levels 3 times; 4 initiatives have been recognized and classified at the grassroots level, 2 initiatives at the provincial level; 4 times as a grassroots emulation fighter, 2 times as a provincial emulation fighter.

Ms. Ha was awarded a certificate of merit by the Chairman of the People's Committee of Chi Linh City and the Director of the Department of Education and Training. In addition, she has participated in and achieved many outstanding achievements in mass, social and community service activities and has been awarded at all levels.

Inspiring Geography

Ms. Hoang Thi San (born in 1989), geography teacher at Le Thanh Nghi Secondary School (Gia Loc), graduated from Hanoi National University of Education, majoring in geography education.

In 2011, Ms. San taught at Gia Luong Secondary School (Gia Loc). In 2019, she was transferred to Le Thanh Nghi Secondary School to train a team of excellent students and has been there until now.

Sharing the reason for choosing the teaching profession, Ms. San said: “Since middle school, I have idolized my geography teacher. Because I wanted to be like her, I pursued my dream of becoming a teacher.”

When she first graduated, the salary was low, parents were not interested in letting their children study geography, and students took this subject lightly, so sometimes she felt sad. The teaching and learning program had many innovations and pressures, so she encountered many difficulties.

However, she was determined to change the way parents and students think about geography by researching and innovating teaching methods. “To create interest in geography for students, I guided them to learn using keywords, images, drawings, mind maps, and observing external phenomena to draw knowledge. I designed lessons with diverse styles, let students play games, and present problematic situations that are contrary to what they know so they can find solutions. I started the new lesson with many activities such as letting students practice giving lectures, making group products, and performing skits that are appropriate to the lesson…”, Ms. San said.

Her love for the profession has motivated Ms. San to devote herself to teaching, especially to researching, innovating, and creating with 5 initiatives recognized at the district and industry levels and widely applied in teaching. Among them, the initiative "Some measures to create excitement to improve the quality of teaching geography in grade 7 of junior high school" was recognized at the provincial level.

In the past 5 school years, the geography team led by Ms. San has always ranked third or higher at the provincial level, including first place three times. In the 2023-2024 school year, Ms. San won the title of excellent teacher at the provincial level in the geography subject. In addition, she won third prize at the Ministry of Education and Training's Interdisciplinary Integration Competition; her lectures participated in the E-learning Lesson Design Competition and were uploaded to the Ministry of Education and Training's learning materials repository.

Ms. San has always completed her tasks excellently and has received the title of Emulation Fighter at the grassroots and provincial levels 5 times. With these achievements, Ms. San has been awarded a certificate of merit by the Ministry of Education and Training; and has been commended many times by the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Director of the Department of Education and Training, and the Chairman of the Gia Loc District People's Committee.