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ASIAN AND ASEAN COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES AND GLOBAL CLASSROOM SHARING. The SGGS Experience Stephanie Cheong Choy Lin St George’s Girls’ School Penang, Malaysia. St George’s Girls’ School, Penang, Malaysia – High Performing School since 2010 Student Enrolment: 1412
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ASIAN AND ASEAN COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES AND GLOBAL CLASSROOM SHARING The SGGS Experience Stephanie Cheong Choy Lin St George’s Girls’ School Penang, Malaysia
St George’s Girls’ School, Penang, Malaysia – High Performing School since 2010 • Student Enrolment: 1412 • Teacher Enrolment: 126 • Staff: 20
Community Educational Practices • Citizens’ Project • Green Projects • Cooperative Activities • Parent-Teacher Association • L0cal Universities • Private Colleges • State Government • Local Council • Non-Government Organisations
Global Classroom Sharing “While sharing new learning about India, Puja, whose family is from India, commented, “My dad says that’s not really true.” From there we knew we needed more than books. We needed to talk with people in other cultures to discover the ways in which they meet their needs.” A Global Learning Community is Born (23/9/2011)
PROGRAMMES Reality Outside Their Classrooms (ROCs) Programmes International Conferences, Summits, Student Placements and Teacher Exchanges in Thailand, Singapore, India, Indonesia, USA, Egypt, Japan, Australia, Italy What about students who cannot afford to pay for the high cost of travelling overseas? International Students’ Conferences to bring together students from different countries
1st SGGS INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ CONFERENCE 2010 Optimising Student Potential in a Globalised World • Towards Promoting Global Peace • Towards Promoting Global Sustainability • Towards Promoting Global Gender Equality • Smart partners: • Science University of Malaysia • Countries: 7 • No. of Schools: 22 • No. of students delegates: 202 • No. of teacher delegates: 22
2ND SGGS INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ CONFERENCE 2011 • Youths of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow • Leadership: Becoming Outstanding Leaders • Leadership: Addressing Global Issues • Leadership: Serving the Community
Smart Partners: • Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute • SEAMEO RECSAM • Countries: India, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Canada, Kenya, Tanzania, Malaysia • No. of Schools: 42 • No. of students delegates: 209 • No. of teacher delegates: 47
3RD SGGS INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ CONFERENCE 2012Innovation and EntrepreneurshipI&E: Youths as EntrepreneursI&E: Challenges of Women Entrepreneurs I&E: The Real Business WorldI&E: Co-operatives: A Different Way of Doing BusinessI&E: School CooperativesSmart Partners: ANGKASA, SKMVenue: Copthorne Orchid Hotel, PenangCountries: India, Indonesia, Thailand, China, USA, Vietnam, Singapore
Outcomes: • Both teachers and students learn new skills: • Leadership • Organisation • Public speaking • Hospitality • Journalism • Report writing
BEGINNINGS OF A GLOBAL CLASSROOM Establish connections with teachers and students in other countries via blogging, FB, Twitter, Skype, Google, etc. These connections have gone beyond the participants, both teachers and students of the conference as they added their friends to the network. Very encouraging especially with both teachers and students from ASEAN countries chatting on FB in English exchanging ideas, discussing their homework and discussing about their examinations.
EMERGENCE OF THE “ASEAN COMMUNITY” AMONGST THE DELEGATES NETWORKING AND LINKAGES BETWEEN SCHOOLS IN ASEAN TEACHERS-STUDENTS CONNECT (SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE, RESOURCES, EXPERIENCES AND EXPERTISE THROUGH PHYSICAL PRESENCE OR ELECTRONIC SOCIAL MEDIA)