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SIMPOSIUM PENDIDIKAN BTP 2011. ‘ TEACHING WITH PROJECTS’ A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE BY SAWARAN JIT KAUR KOLEJ TUN DATU TUANKU HAJI BUJANG MIRI 21 JUNE 2011. TEACHERS ARE AGENTS OF CHANGE IN TRANSFORMATION OF EDUCATION. challenges of the 21 st century
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SIMPOSIUM PENDIDIKAN BTP 2011 ‘TEACHING WITH PROJECTS’ A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE BY SAWARAN JIT KAUR KOLEJ TUN DATU TUANKU HAJI BUJANG MIRI 21 JUNE 2011
TEACHERS ARE AGENTS OF CHANGE IN TRANSFORMATION OF EDUCATION challenges of the 21st century create students with higher order thinking skills innovative, creative and competitive
OBSTACLES ‘The biggest obstacle to school change is our memories’ Dr Allen Glenn
WE MUST BE THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD MAHATMA GANDHI
Today’s students Digital learners multi-tasking, multimedialearning, online social networking, online information, games/simulations Find and manipulate data Analyze data and images
PROJECTS / PBL • Provide an authentic and real-world scenario for connecting learning activities and incorporating higher order thinking • Technology supported • 21st century skills- Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Creativity & Innovation Collaboration, Teamwork & Leadership Communication & Media Literacy Computing and IT
A Project Learning Classroom : • Project-centered • Open-ended • Real-world • Student-centered • Constructive • Collaborative • Creative • Communication- focused • Research-based • Technology- enhanced • 21st Century reform-friendly • Challenging but fun!
Trees are family - 2010 • involved Form 1 students
PROJECTS (PBL) WERE INTRODUCED IN 2008 AFTER AN ESSENTIALS COURSE WAS CARRIED OUT BY INTEL MALAYSIA FOR 16 TEACHERS IN KOLEJ TUN DATU TUANKU HAJI BUJANG MIRI. PHASE 2: ESSENTIALS COURSE 2009 (INTEL Malaysia)
‘TELL ME AND I WILL FORGET, SHOW ME AND I MAY REMEMBER INVOLVE ME AND I WILL UNDERSTAND’ CONFUCIUS
PBL activities planned to: • integrate language and cognitive skills • connect to real-life problems • involve cooperative or group learning skills
Things to consider when planning projects • G ~ goal of project • R ~ role of students • A ~ who is the audience • S ~ set of tasks • P ~ set of products • E ~ evaluation
PBL is skill based Learn collaboration Students work in groups ~teamwork and collaboration ~ peer coaching and learning
2. Learn Creative & Critical Thinking Skills Students take on problems and decide how to handle and present them
3. Learn Oral Communication Via group discussions, presentations – songs and group work
We pledge to love our trees and take actions to save them. We will practice 3R and not waste paper . We will reuse paper to make new stuff like greeting cards, bookmarks and scrap books. THANK YOU TREES FOR GIVING US LIFE… 4. Learn written communication Reports Pledges Song lyrics Dialogues & role plays
6. Do hands-on activities • Demonstration - juice making - garbage enzyme • Make cards , bookmarks, journals • Interviews- eating habits - reading habits • Hug trees
CULMINATING ACTIVITIES: • Exhibitions, presentations, • Book fair • Book donation campaign, reading stations
TEACHERS’ POINT OF VIEW • TEACHER AS FACILITATOR • TEACHER AS LEARNER – LEARNING FROM AND WITH STUDENTS
STUDENTS’ POINT OF VIEW • CHALLENGING – INQUIRY DRIVEN • SS ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN ‘DOING’ THINGS RATHER THAN ‘LEARNING ABOUT’
Impact on results/exams: • Mainconcern of teachers/parents • Comparison of SBOA English between 2009 -2010 • Comparison of exam results
Students’ Comments • Evaluation by students • Comments via video
Before I end my presentation: • Here is a presentation done by my Form 3 students using ‘toondoo’ on Garbage Enzyme.
References: • Intel Teach Program Essentials Course – Master Facilitator Edition • You tube & teacher tube • http://www.ocmboces.org/ • NST 11.1.2011 ‘Tech –Life & Times • www.pblonline.org/ • www.edutech.wiki • www.edutopia.org/