I-THINKprogram

Needs AnaIysis
Sept 2011
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1o achleve Lhe bold amblLlons LhaL have been
seL ouL we wlll need Lo change Lhe way we have
been dolng Lhlngs
ln oLher words we wlll have Lo lnnovaLe
YAB Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak
W :rt:re and develop innovative h:man capital
W ncrease thinking skills among schoolchildren
W 6:ip f:t:re generations with HOT skills
- problem solving
- decision making
- risk taking
- entreprene:rship
- opport:nity spotting
l1hlnk Cb[ecLlves
,CL/Al,
esLrel
LducaLlon
21
sL
CenLury
Schools
lnnovaLlon ls as slmple as
1aklng someLhlng exlsLlng
and Lransformlng lL
Lo someLhlng LhaL
CreaLes new wealLh
lmproves Lhe wellbelng of socleLy
SLeps Lo lnnovaLlon
ldeaLe CreaLe valldaLe
ow Lo make Lhls happen ln ,alaysla?
uevelop a generaLlon of lnnovaLors
now?
8y developlng lnnovaLlve human caplLal
Lhrough 21
sL
cenLury educaLlon
21
sL
CenLury LducaLlon
1eacher
LducaLlon
rofesslonal
uevelopmenL
Classroom
sLrucLure
1hlnklng
1ools
1eachlng
SLraLegles
AuLhenLlc
AssessmenL
CbservaLlons
from School vlslLs
-umber of schools vlslLed
W 7 prlmary schools
W 9 secondary schools
39 classes observed
W 27 classes ln prlmary schools
W 2 classes ln secondary schools
Areas of research
W Lesson observaLlon
Lesson dellvery sLyle
W lnLervlews wlLh
1eachers
SLudenLs
arenLs
SLudenLs are seaLed ln rows faclng Lhe
fronL of Lhe classroom
rlmary Secondary
Always 21 23
SomeLlmes 2 2
-ever 4 3
SLudenLs are worklng ln small groups
ln palrs and lndlvldually on a varleLy of
pro[ecLs
r|mary Secondary
A|ways 4 4
Somet|mes 8 12
Never 13 16
SLudenLs musL ralse Lhelr hands Lo
speak ask permlsslon Lo geL up and
move around
r|mary Secondary
A|ways 17 20
Somet|mes 7 6
Never 6
SLudenLs have freedom of movemenL
are selfdlrecLed and engaged ln Lhelr
pro[ecLs or research
r|mary Secondary
A|ways 1
Somet|mes 6 10
Never 20 19
1here ls a sense of communlLy ln Lhls classroom
?ou can Lell LhaL Lhe Leacher has lnvesLed some
Llme ln creaLlng a sense of communlLy of carlng
and Leamwork
r|mary Secondary
A|ways 4 7
Somet|mes 14 14
Never 9 11
1he Leacher ls Lhe cenLre of aLLenLlon and provlder of
lnformaLlon ,osL of Lhe lnsLrucLlon ls dellvered
Lhrough Lhe Leacher Lalklng Lo Lhe class SLudenLs
passlvely recelve requlred knowledge and lnformaLlon
from Lhe Leacher and Lhe LexLbook
r|mary Secondary
A|ways 22 21
Somet|mes 4 10
Never 1 1
1he Leacher ls prlmarlly a faclllLaLor/coach
SLudenLs consLrucL Lhelr knowledge and
lnformaLlon Lhrough Lhelr own research seeklng
answers Lo quesLlons LhaL maLLer 1he Leacher
provldes brlef mlnllessons and ls a faclllLaLor
r|mary Secondary
A|ways 1 4
Somet|mes 7 6
Never 19 22
1he walls of Lhe classroom are elLher bare or
covered wlLh maLerlals purchased aL a Leacher
supply sLore
r|mary Secondary
A|ways 18 17
Somet|mes 8 3
Never 1 10
SLudenL work ls made publlc (walls covered wlLh
sLudenL work evldence of publlc performances
eLc)
r|mary Secondary
A|ways 1 3
Somet|mes 10 4
Never 16 2
SLudenLs are noL allowed Lo work LogeLher (or
only on rare occaslon ln very conLrolled
clrcumsLances)
r|mary Secondary
A|ways 12 9
Somet|mes 11 9
Never 4 14
SLudenLs spend much of Lhe lesson worklng
collaboraLlvely
r|mary Secondary
A|ways 0 7
Somet|mes 8 6
Never 19 19
lgsaw Croups and LxperL Croups are Lhe basls
for classroom organlsaLlon
r|mary Secondary
A|ways 0 0
Somet|mes 0 1
Never 27 1
SLudenLs are selfdlrecLed lndependenL and
lnLerdependenL learners
r|mary Secondary
A|ways 0 2
Somet|mes 2 3
Never 23 23
Classroom CbservaLlons
JhaL we were looklng for?
W lgher order Lhlnklng skllls embedded
lnLo Lhe currlculum
W ro[ecLbased lnqulrybased Leachlng
and learnlng
W SLudenLcenLered
W SLudenLs belng selfdlrecLed and worklng
lndependenLly as well as lnLerdependenLly
W Currlculum connecLlons dlsclpllnes
connecLed realworld rlgorous and
relevanL
JhaL we saw and heard
W 1eachercenLered
W Lower levels of 8loom's Laxonomy
W Low levels of sLudenL moLlvaLlon
W AbsenLeelsm
W 1exLbook drlven
W Crowded classrooms
W Lack of resources
eal Jorld esearch ulsasLers
lnLeracLlve CenLers
1esLlng ypoLheses
uLure Leaders of ,alaysla
r|t|ca| Attr|butes of 21
st
entury Lducat|on
7
lnLegraLed
lnLerdlsclpllnary
1echnologles
,ulLlmedla
Clobal CompeLencles
21
sL
CenLury Skllls
SLudenLCenLered
ro[ecL8ased and
esearchurlven
AdapLlng Lo CreaLlng ConsLanL
ersonal and Soclal Change
Llfelong Learnlng
elevanL lgorous and
ealworld
,u|t|p|e L|terac|es for the 21
st
entury
8
ArLs CreaLlvlLy
lnanclal LlLeracy LcollLeracy
lnformaLlon LlLeracy
CyberllLeracy
,edla LlLeracy
Soclal/LmoLlonal
LlLeracles
Clobal CompeLencles and
,ulLlculLural LlLeracy
hyslcal lLness
ealLh
@hey asked the quest|on
JhaL causes learnlng ln
classrooms?
1he Salmon lver CLC Llsenhower ro[ecL an elevenyear sLudy
found Lhese answers
9
40
ey lndlngs
W 1eacher culLure/meLhodology
W 1eacher educaLlon
W -eed for rofesslonal uevelopmenL
W -o expllclL Leachlng of 1hlnklng Skllls
W Low expecLaLlons
W AbsenLeelsm
W 1eachers need plannlng Llme
W uelegaLlon of duLles flnanclally and
educaLlonally beneflclal (reduce
redundancy)
W Lack of resources