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EDUCATION PRESENTATION

Joshua Lim Neo Jia Hao Yu Sheng Jie Zhang Aolun. EDUCATION PRESENTATION. ICT in schools. What is ICT?. Information and communication technologies. Masterplans.

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EDUCATION PRESENTATION

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  1. Joshua Lim Neo JiaHao Yu ShengJie Zhang Aolun EDUCATION PRESENTATION

  2. ICT in schools

  3. What is ICT? • Information and communication technologies

  4. Masterplans The first Masterplan for ICT in Education (1997–2002) laid a strong foundation for schools to harness ICT, particularly in the provision of basic ICT infrastructure and in equipping teachers with a basic level of ICT integration competency.

  5. Masterplans The second Masterplan for ICT in Education (2003–2008) built on this foundation to strive for an effective and pervasive use of ICT in education by, for example, strengthening the integration of ICT into the curriculum, establishing baseline ICT standards for students and seeding innovative use of ICT among schools.

  6. Masterplans The third Masterplan for ICT in Education (2009-2014) represents a continuum of the vision of the first and second Masterplans, which is to enrich and transform the learning environments of our students and equip them with the critical competencies and dispositions to succeed in a knowledge economy.

  7. Why ICT? • Equip students with skills and attributes – needed to enhance Singapore’s position in the 21st century • develop students’ competencies for self-directed and collaborative learning • Customised learning experiences

  8. Strategies of ICT • Participation in web2.0 collaborative learning environments (eg wikis) • Online group discussions • Online research

  9. Benefits • Provideswider learning space – students learn in authentic environment • Engagement in learning through ICT tools – deepen their understanding of concepts, collaboratively review and create knowledge with peers within and beyond their classrooms • Make for a more e-ready citizenry

  10. Problems • Distractions – students distracted by emails, blogs, YouTube videos even online games • Unable to distinguish the real world from the virtual world – too much time spent on online learning • Theft – laptops classified under valuables

  11. Example: Hwa Chong FutureSchool • Key Focus - Enabling Self-Directed Learning in a Borderless World • Aims to combine technology with new ways of learning to create educational value • Learning transcends boundaries between subjects, classrooms, schools, countries and cultures.

  12. IP in schools

  13. What is IP? • Integrated Programme • Provides seamless secondary and pre-tertiary education

  14. Which are the IP schools? Present: • RI • RGS • HCI • NYGH • ACS(I) • NUS High • DHS • RVHS • VJC • NJC Future: • SJI • VS • SCGS • Catholic High • Cedar Girls’ • MGS • St. Nicholas Girls’

  15. Who is eligible? • Top 10% of the cohort • DSA applicants

  16. Why IP? • Allow students to benefit from a less structured system – Still need to follow MOE’s core syllabus • •Stretch potential of students – More time freed for enrichment courses

  17. Rationale • MOE realised that the majority of the top 10%of the cohort enter university – Allay fears that student do not have ‘O’ levels to back on/act as a safety net • Broad-based education to maximize students’ potentials and capabilities – Exposed to more subjects instead of focusing on a few for the ‘O’ levels

  18. Assumptions – Are we assuming that IP is suitable for EVERYONE of the top 10% of the cohort? • Pupils who clearly need guidance are advised against joining the IP – Freedom provided in the IP may not benefit them • Pupils out of this 10% range may have potential, just that their PSLE performance was not ideal – Appeal; apply though DSA

  19. Problems inferred • Students from non-IP schools hard to get into IP JCs after ‘O’ levels • Fate of pupils decided at such a young age – As a result disadvantaged • Only the brightest students would get into IP – Cause differentiation in the system

  20. Solution • 4-year IP schools – Programme starts in Secondary 3 – Chance for those late bloomers to join the IP

  21. Talent and Exam meritocracy

  22. Talent Meritocracy

  23. Benefits • Promote creativity – Students get to select to pursue their own passions by discovering their own talents • Develop niche areas of students • Challenging the conventional way – innovate and apply theories to real life situations • Provide freedom for independent learning • Develop passion for learning

  24. Disadvantage • Too much freedom may be taken for granted – students with little self-discipline will end up wasting their time playing games and not using it effectively to study

  25. Exam Meritocracy(Singapore)

  26. Benefits • Realize the importance of studying to prepare them for the future • Pragmatic • Standardized way of testing students

  27. Disadvantages • results-oriented – study is forced • Limits students’ creativity • Meritocracy– stick to convention, afraid to innovate

  28. Disadvantages(cont’d) • Stress – high expectations result in overstressing the child • hierarchy - core subjects being of upmost importance – Students’ niche areas are not developed – hidden potential not unleashed

  29. References • http://www3.moe.edu.sg/jcreview/JC_Upp_Sec_Review_Report.pdf • http://app.sis.moe.gov.sg/schinfo/ipProg.asp • http://www.ida.gov.sg/insg/post/Singapore-unveils-third-Masterplan-for-ICT-in-Education.aspx

  30. The end

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