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JANUARY 2014
www.ithink.org.my
Kursus i-THINK
Kohort ke-2,
JPN Negeri Sembilan
LAPORAN KHAS
LEARNING
CHALLENGING
08 KURSUS
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PENGUKUHAN i-THINK
THE FUTURE WITH
NEGERI KELANTAN
21st CENTURY SKILLS
PEOPLE
IB YANG
20 BENGKEL
MENYEMARAKKAN
SEMANGAT
HOTS MESSAGE
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Hot & Happening
Next Generation
Teaching &
Learning Tools
Kursus Pengukuhan
i-THINK Negeri Kelantan
Kursus i-THINK
Kohort ke-2,
JPN Negeri Sembilan
Nick Says:
Getting the Habit!
Galeri
Challenging the future
with 21st century skills
Bengkel IB yang
menyemarakkan
semangat
The Headlines
Temuramah
dengan pemenang
peraduan HOTS
Peraduan HOTS
Main Mind
PERADUAN
HOTS
1 SAMSUNG
GALAXY TAB 3
Apa Khabar i-THINKers!
Kami ingin mengucapkan Selamat Tahun Baru kepada
semua dan semoga dalam tahun 2014 anda dapat
mencapai segala cita-cita kamu. Kepada murid-murid
selamat kembali ke sekolah selepas tamatnya cuti
sekolah.
Salam Gong Xi Fa Cai juga kepada mereka yang akan
menyambut Tahun Baru Cina pada 31 Januari ini.
Pada akhir tahun lepas, sebanyak 500 buah sekolah lagi
telah menjalani kursus program i-THINK dan kami ingin
mengucapkan selamat datang ke dunia Peta Pemikiran
dengan kaedah dan teknik pembelajaran baru yang
menarik dan berkesan.
Dalam isu HOTS ini terdapat beberapa artikel yang
menarik mengenai Seminar Kreativiti Dan Inovasi
Kurikulum 2013 (SKIK) yang dianjurkan oleh Bahagian
Pembangunan Kurikulum (KPM). Sebuah artikel dari Nick
Symes dan butiran Persidangan Habits of Mind yang
dianjurkan oleh Universiti Putra Malaysia. Satu lagi artikel
mengenai MYP IB Seminar for Governors and Senior
Leaders.
Kami berharap artikel-artikel ini berguna kepada
murid,guru-guru dan ibu bapa dan jika terdapat komen
atau maklumbalas dari anda kami amat berbesar hati
untuk menerbitkanya pada isu yang akan datang.
HOTS juga mengalu-alukan pendapat, komen dan
maklumbalas dari murid, guru-guru dan ibu bapa dan
digalakkan menghantar dalam bentuk klip video pendek,
testimoni atau pengalaman dan sumbangan lain ke
www.facebook.com/ithinkschools atau
www.twitter.com/ithinkschools.
Terima Kasih!
UNTUK
DIMENANGI
Lihat muka surat
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HOTS@innovation.my
Hello i-THINKers!
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and welcome back
to school. All students should renew their energy to
study hard so that you will have a brighter future. Also
Gong Xi Fa Cai greetings to those who will be
celebrating Chinese New Year on January 31.
This year, another 500 schools will adopt the i-THINK
programme and we would like to welcome you to the
world of Thinking Maps and a new learning method
which is exciting and effective.
In this issue of HOTS there are some interesting articles
on the SKIK seminar sponsored by the Ministry of
Education, an article from Nick Symes from England,
details of the Habits of Mind conference organised by
Univeristi Putra Malaysia and the International
Baccalaureate conference.
We hope these articles will be useful to students, teachers
and parents and we would be happy to publish your
comments on these stories so please feel free to write
or email us.
HOTS would also like to hear the opinion of students,
teachers and parents on i-THINK and education issues,
please send all inquiries video clips, testimonials or
experiences and other contributions to
www.facebook.com/ithinkschools or
www.twitter.com/ithinkschools.
Happy i-THINKing!
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HOT & HAPPENING
Tahun Melawat
Malaysia 2014
Tahun ini adalah Tahun
Melawat Malaysia (TMM)
dan semua rakyat Malaysia
digesa melaksanakan
peranan mereka dalam
menjayakan program ini.
Malaysia dikurniakan
penduduk yang
berbilang kaum
dengan sajian yang
membangkitkan selera,
lokasi percutian indah
dan Bandar raya moden
yang menjadi tarikan kepada
pelancong asing.
Pelbagai acara kebudayaan, kesenian,
tempat bersejarah, tarikan keindahan
alam semula jadi serta keunikan
makanan menanti kehadiran
pelancong dari seluruh dunia
sepanjang tahun ini.
Bertemakan “Celebrating
1Malaysia, Truly Aisa”
TMM 2014
menyasarkan
pulangan pendapatan RM76 bilion
menerusi kehadiran 28 juta pelancong.
Dengan pelbagai acara menarik
menanti pelancong sepanjang tahun,
TMM 2014 akan menonjolkan tarikan
dan kekayaan budaya dan warisan
negara melalui pelbagai kumpulan
etnik yang hidup dengan penuh
harmoni.
Royal Langkawi International Regatta
yang dijadual bermula pada 13 hingga
18 Januari merupakan antara atucara
awal bagi program TMM 2014, diikuti
sambutan Rumah Terbuka Tahun
Baharu Cina 2014 dan Festival
Layang-Layang Sedunia yang akan
mengambil tempat pada Februari.
Selain itu acara seperti “Colors of
1Malaysia”, satu acara tahunan
menampilkan warisan pelbagai
budaya di negara ini, Grand Prix F1
di Sepang, Festival muzik dunia
di Sarawak dan carnival juala Mega
di seluruh negara sedia menanti
kehadiran pelancong.
Setiap negeri juga mengadakan
acara-acara yang unik bagi
menarik pelancong.
PlayStation 4 New Games List for 2014
The Sony PlayStation 4 will have a
huge number of games ready for
release in 2014, which should please
millions of fans who recently got their
hands on the latest PS4 console.
The PlayStation 4 launched on
November 15, 2013, and was
released with just a limited
number of new games.
However, that deficiency is set
to be resolved in a big way in
2014 as a stream of sure-fire
game hits will become available.
Samsung Galaxy S5
To Be Launched In February 2014
Samsung plans to launch its new
Galaxy S5, making it the latest entry
into the South Korean smartphone
maker's Galaxy line-up, in February
2014.
Production of the new smartphone,
which is anticipated to be launched in
metal and plastic versions, started in
January 2014.
According to reports, the top version
will feature a metal chassis and
flexible screen, while the lower-end
variant would come with a plastic
casing and a normal screen.
Anticipated features of the new device
include a Super AMOLED 5in display, a
16-Megapixel camera and 3GB of RAM,
in addition to a 4,000MaH battery.
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Among the games are Killzone Shadow Fall "The
Shadow Pack," Call of Duty: Ghosts "Free Fall Map,"
Call of Duty: Ghosts Digital Hardened Edition "Free
Fall Map," Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag "Exclusive
Aveline Figurehead," Assassin's Creed IV Black
Flag Gold Edition "Exclusive Aveline
Figurehead," and Battlefield 4
"China Rising Expansion"
and an impressive list of titles
to be released in the coming
months.
In October, the South Korean firm
launched the world's first curved
screen smartphone, dubbed Galaxy
Round, which features a flexible
5.7-inch high definition display and
would facilitate checking information
including the date, time, battery life
and missed calls while the home
screen is turned off.
Organised by Animation
International (M) Sdn
Bhd, the 100 Doraemon
Malaysia Secret Gadgets
Expo will be held at Viva
Home Expo Hall 1 & 2,
Kuala Lumpur from now
to 23 March 2014.
This exhibition will be Malaysia's largest
celebration, showcases 100 unique Doraemon
figures along with 100 different pieces from his
well-known repertoire of secret gadgets in honor
of this beloved anime character and will give fans
the opportunity to gather and reminisce about their
childhood Doraemon memories.
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LAPORAN KHAS
Next
Generation
Teaching &
Learning Tools
Catherine Saldutti, the president of EduChange Inc.
& Founder of Teachers for Learners from the United States
of America shares her experience of interacting with
Malaysian educators.
It was a tremendous privilege to
speak to so many Malaysian
educators and leaders at the
SKIK 2013 Conference in Kuala
Lumpur in November. I am
happy to count all of them as
new colleagues! This article
provides a summary of the
principles my USA-based team
used to design a “next
generation” teaching and
learning tool.
My team is responding to some
pressing global problems in literacy
across the curriculum. These
problems include a high percentage
of learners who:
• struggle with academic &
technical language (terminology)
• are non-native speakers of the
language taught in schools
• struggle to demonstrate
understanding of concepts,
especially in STEM
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We find that the most
interesting innovations arise
from practices, principles and
people borrowed from different
fields that combine to create a
powerful solution. To address the
above problems, we borrowed
the principles of “infrastructure”
from the fields of civil and
structural engineering, and
gained inspiration from our own
human body’s skeletal system.
What do bridges, roads, waterways
and the human skeleton have to do
with teaching and learning? Delving
into some of the basic principles
provides interesting connections…
Infrastructure in a society: provides
basic needs; connects people, goods
and services; mobilises people to
advance the society; and gives access
to all people (equity). Additionally,
high quality societal
infrastructure is both
stable and flexible
at the same time.
People don’t always need to follow
the same path or route, they can
connect with each other for a variety
of purposes, and those with many
different needs all can benefit from
the same systems and structures.
Hmmm…these are the same
principles we desire for teaching and
learning tools! How can we design
tools for teachers and students that
create opportunities for HOTS?
We engineered
instructional
infrastructure that does
the following:
• Uses a simple
colour-shape
system that connects
content/concepts
within and across
disciplines
• Provides stable
access to
academic & technical
language through several years
of school, and may even be used
at university and corporate
training levels
• Demonstrates multi-lingual,
multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary,
and pedagogical flexibility
• Bridges the physical and
digital worlds with hands-on
manipulatives and a mobile app
• Mobilises learners to actively
engage each other in HOTS
Another key principle that engineers
use is called “enabling environments.”
These are the systems, rules and
strategies necessary for society to
enjoy maximum benefits from
physical infrastructure.
In classrooms, teachers can create
environments that enable creativity,
communication, collaboration and
other 21st century skills. And professional
development will enable teachers!
To learn about our innovation,
called Concept Construxions®, please visit
www.teachersforlearners.com
or contact our Malaysian partner,
Mr. Siva Sothinathan of Grey Matter Education,
at info@greymattereducation.com
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LAPORAN KHAS
KELANTAN
teknik dan strategi penyoalan aras
tinggi dan aplikasi KBAT dalam
pengajaran dan pembelajaran (PdP).
Kursus
Pengukuhan
i-THINK Negeri
Kelantan
Kursus Pengukuhan Program
i-THINK telah dijalankan bagi 30
buah sekolah rintis di negeri
Kelantan dalam fasa kedua. Program
ini dianjurkan oleh Jabatan
Pendidikan Negeri Kelantan (JPNK)
dengan pembiayaan daripada pihak
Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM).
Antara objektif utama kursus ialah
untuk membudayakan pelaksanaan
program i-THINK dalam landasan
yang betul, memperkasakan
penggunaan peta pemikiran yang
tepat dalam kalangan guru dan
murid-murid serta mewujudkan
kemahiran berfikir aras tinggi
(KBAT) dalam pelaksanaan proses
pengajaran dan pembelajaran
di bilik darjah.
Secara keseluruhannya kursus ini
telah berjaya mencapai objektif yang
telah ditetapkan. Sehubungan itu,
mesyuarat pasca-nilai diadakan di
Sekolah Kebangsaan Gemang, Jeli,
Kelantan pada 7 November 2013
bagi membincangkan perancangan
seterusnya untuk tahun hadapan
dalam menentukan kelangsungan
program ini supaya dapat
diperkembang dan dibudayakan
di sekolah-sekolah di negeri
Kelantan.
Kandungan kursus meliputi
pengenalan dan konsep i-THINK,
kajian kes, pembelajaran kolaboratif,
a pengajar.
rang tenag
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Dr. Sidek, an
Fasa satu telah diadakan pada 28
Oktober 2013 di Pejabat Pendidikan
Daerah Bachok, Kelantan. Ia
melibatkan 16 buah sekolah dengan
80 orang peserta terdiri dari
kalangan pentadbir sekolah dan
pasukan Pemandu program i-THINK
sekolah dari daerah Kota Bharu,
Pasir Puteh, Bachok, Tumpat dan
Pasir Mas.
Manakala Fasa kedua pula telah
diadakan pada 29 Oktober 2013 di
Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah Kuala
Krai, Kelantan. Ia melibatkan 14 buah
sekolah dengan 70 orang peserta
dari daerah Machang, Tanah Merah,
Jeli, Kuala Krai dan Gua Musang.
Ucapan alu-aluan oleh
En. Azizi dari JPN Kelantan
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PEOPLE
Kursus i-THINK
Kohort ke-2,
JPN Negeri Sembilan
Peserta rasa bertuah dapat menimba ilmu
Anita Sapura Shaari, pensyarah dari IPG Kampus Ilmu
Khas yang terlibat sebagai jurulatih kursus i-THINK
bagi 564 sekolah perluasan kohort ke-2 dibawah
kendalian JPN Negeri Sembilan. Kursus tersebut telah
berlangsung di Hotel Grand Puteri Klang.
Pada 17 November hingga 6
Disember 2013, beberapa orang
Jurulatih Kebangsaan Program
i-THINK dari Institut Perguruan Guru
Malaysia (IPGM), Institut Aminuddin
Baki (IAB) dan Jabatan Pendidikan
Negeri (JPN) telah dijemput oleh
pihak Bahagian Pembangunan
Kurikulum (BPK) untuk memberi
ceramah bagi Kursus Pasukan
Pemandu i-THINK 2013.
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Kursus ini melibatkan
beberapa orang guru
termasuk guru besar dan
pengetua dari 564 buah
sekolah yang terpilih di Malaysia.
Jurulatih Kebangsaan wajib
menggunakan modul yang
disediakan oleh Bahagian
Pembangunan Kurikulum tetapi
boleh menambah contoh-contoh
lain sekiranya sesuai. Antara isi
kandungan modul yang perlu
dikongsikan bersama guru-guru,
guru besar dan pengetua ialah
tentang KBAT dalam sistem
persekolahan, lapan Peta Pemikiran,
bingkai rujukan, aplikasi lapan Peta
Pemikiran, teknik-teknik penyoalan,
aplikasi teknik penyoalan,
pembinaan soalan KBAT
kepimpinan dalam membudayakan
KBAT, kepimpinan menangani
perubahan, kepimpinan
perancangan, kepimpinan
pemantauan, pelan tindakan dan
refleksi keseluruhan kursus.
Sebagai contoh, kehadiran peserta
kursus dari Negeri Sembilan adalah
memuaskan. Refleksi daripada
Menurut pandangan
kebanyakan peserta kursus ialah
mereka,
mereka melahirkan rasa bertuah
KBAT mencabar
kerana dapat menimba banyak input
murid-murid untuk
baru sepanjang berkursus seperti
menyelesaikan
pelaksanaan KBAT dalam sistem
suatu masalah
persekolahan.
kehidupan sebenar dengan
menggunakan pembelajaran
daripada pelbagai disiplin. Selain
itu, mereka menyatakan KBAT
di dalam bilik darjah boleh
diperkukuhkan melalui Program
i-THINK dan boleh membentuk
murid berfikir secara kreatif dan
kritis.
Mereka juga memberi pandangan
positif bahawa lapan Peta Pemikiran
yang diperkenalkan akan digunakan
dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran
mereka bagi sesi 2014.
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LEARNING
Nick
Says:
Nick Symes, the Director of
Overseas Operations of Thinking
Schools International, UK,
gives an overview of Habits of
Mind (HOM). Please also find a link
to access a handbook on HOM
which will be useful to students,
teachers and even parents.
Getting the Habit!
Even if you aren’t from a Showcase School you can still benefit from
this article. Keep reading – there is much to learn!
What are Habits of Mind?
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Have a look at the list of Habits of Mind below. I have tried to give a simple explanation of each one, but you may be able
to think of better ways of doing this. As you look at each one, ask yourself some questions:
• What does this mean to me?
• How good am I at this sort of behaviour?
• How good are my students at this sort of behaviour?
Persisting
Managing impulsivity
Listening with understanding
and empathy
Thinking flexibly
Metacognition
Striving for accuracy
Here I am, sitting thousands of kilometres away from all of you in Malaysia,
and I was wondering how the Habits of Mind programme is going on.
In order to help all of you in the i-THINK Showcase Schools where Habits of
Mind training has taken place, here are a few helpful tips and possible strategies.
Put briefly, they are a collection
of 16 intelligent learning behaviours. They are a set of dispositions developed by Professor
Arthur Costa and Bena Kallick
that resulted from research
undertaken that sought to
answer the following question:
What are the learning behaviours
that successful learners employ
that less successful learners do
not?
Examples please?
Let’s be clear about what we
mean by a successful learner –
this does not necessarily just
mean someone with lots of
qualifications. But it does mean
a learner who knows how to
behave intelligently when they
DON'T know the answer. Surely,
this is at the heart of becoming
an independent, lifelong learner
and something that we would
hope that all our students can
become.
When students
leave school, they will
no longer have you – the teacher
– to help, guide and assess them.
They will be on their own and
they will need to be selfmanaging, self-modifying, selfassessing and self-reflective, all
valuable assets for an effective,
independent learner.
Questioning and posing
problems
Applying past knowledge to
new situations
Thinking and communicating
with clarity and precision
Gathering data through
all the senses
Creating, imagining,
innovating
Responding with wonderment
and awe
Taking responsible risks
Finding humour
Thinking interdependently
Remaining open to
continuous learning
Continuing with a task even though the outcome
is not immediately clear
Thinking before you act
Trying hard to understand the thoughts
and feelings of others
Changing your mind, suggesting another way, considering all ideas
Thinking about your thinking. Being aware of your own thoughts,
feelings and actions
Wanting to be exact, to do the best you can and to master
the given task
Developing strategies to solve problems
Applying what you already know to a new situation
When speaking or writing, trying to communicate accurately
and clearly
Using all your senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell
Producing original ideas through imagination
Finding the world fascinating, mysterious,
intriguing and phenomenal!
Being adventurous. Moving outside your comfort zone
Being playful. Looking at the funny side of things. Laughing at yourself!
Working with and learning from others. Being an active participant in a
productive group
Being open to learning new things. Admitting that you don’t know the answer.
Enjoying learning new things
Help - there are 16!
Do we have to do all of them?
Where do we start?
Don’t panic! The first step is for a group of teachers in your school
to look at all 16, understand what each intelligent learning behaviour
means to you - and then identify which Habits of Mind do your
students NOT do well and would most benefit from doing better.
You will probably end up with a priority list of a maximum of 5.
So we come up
with a list of 5.
Does this mean
that we can forget
the other 11?
No it doesn’t! But it gives
you a starting point. I will
return to this point later.
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LEARNING
What next?
And then?
I would suggest that you look at
your list of 5 (or maybe it is less than
that) and pick out the one that is top
of your priority list. This is where you
are going to start
This is where the planning comes in. Let’s imagine
that top of your list is persistence. Your students
give up too easily. They don’t stick at it, they don’t keep
trying. So, this is the Habit of Mind that you are going
to start with and you are going to plan a whole school
approach to persistence.
How do we develop a whole school
approach to persistence?
Let me first emphasise that there is no one way of doing this. It is up to the school and the creativity of the teachers.
But, I will share a few ideas that my colleagues and I have seen work in other schools around the world.
Preparing the environment
• Create a drive team that can
plan and lead the work
• But make sure that all the
teachers are aware of what is
going to be happening and –
most importantly – the reasons
why i.e. to help develop
independent, lifelong learners
• Gather together as many
resources as you can that relate
to persistence.
• Pictures that feature or
exemplify persistence
• Stories of famous people that
have exhibited persistence
• Fiction stories in which
persistence features
• Video clips – YouTube is great –
I came across this one today
just by putting in the word
persistence into the Youtube
search engine
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=lJ3C9SP8xRE
• Those of you in the drive
teams from the Showcase
Schools, remember the clip
from Castaway where Tom
Hanks makes fire – brilliant!
And really good for exploring
the strategies that he used to
maintain his persistence
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• Think about how you would “launch”
the focus on persistence. Put up
displays around the school that
feature persistence – using the
pictures you have collected, banners
about persistence, simple
encouraging explanations of
persistence like “Stick at it!”, “Don’t
give up!”, “Keep trying!” By doing
this you are really emphasising the
focus for everyone in your school.
Introducing and understanding
• Think about how the students will
be introduced to and develop an
understanding of persistence.
• There needs to be occasions that
specifically focus on persistence–
perhaps an assembly, followed
up with a particular lesson
• Use one of the stories that you
have collected and follow this
up with discussions
• Or use one of the video clips
and again, follow this up with
discussions
• The importance of the discussions
is to allow students to construct
their own understanding of what
is meant by persistence
• Once they have developed
their understanding, then ask
the students to reflect on how
they rate themselves at
persistence – are they:
- Novice (completely new to
it, rarely do it, give up very
easily)
- Apprentice (do it, but have
to really think about it and
sometimes still perhaps
give up too easily)
- Practitioner (do it, and in
many different situations)
- Expert (the appropriate use
of persistence is almost
automatic behaviour)
• Then ask them to think about
the situations where they find
persisting easier – and perhaps
more difficult. Why is there a
difference? What strategies do
they use when they are
successful? Could they use
these strategies in the situations
where they find it more difficult
(This links with another Habit
of Mind – Applying past
knowledge to new situations)
• Ask the students to think about
the occasions when being
persistent would be really
helpful (however difficult it
might be!). And occasions
when being persistent is not
a good idea
• Encourage the students to
write their own rubrics – so
their own definitions of how a
novice at persistence might
behave, apprentice,
practitioner, expert
• Students should reflect on
what strategies might help
them to be more persistent.
Some examples:
- Not giving in to distractions
(Managing impulsivity)
- Thinking of another way
through a challenging
situation (Thinking flexibly –
Questioning and posing
problems)
- Striving for accuracy
NB Remember the
question further up.
So – we come up with a
list of 5. Does this mean
that we can forget the
other 11? Notice what is
happening here – you can link in
other behaviours to the one that is
the focus, in this case persistence,
but I have just cited 4 other Habits of
Mind that might help with
persistence. So they have not been
forgotten!
The outcome from the section above
should be that the each student
should have constructed their own
understanding of persistence and
what it means for her/him. Now they
are ready for the next step –
applying their understanding.
Applying
• Students are then going into their
ordinary classroom lessons and
activities where the teachers will
be backing up the focus on
persistence. Ideas that might help:
• In lessons. make sure that
there is explicit reference to
persistence
• Where possible, introduce
examples of persistence
relevant to the subject setting
• Where tasks demand it, tell the
students that they will be judged
not only their work but also on
how persistent they were
• Give verbal and written feedback.
“I really liked the way you stuck
at that task. I know you found
it difficult – but you persisted.”
Or – “I like the way you
persisted at that task. How did
you do that? What did you do
that helped you?”
• Develop subject based rubrics
– persistence in science,
persistence in BM, persistence
in maths etc
• At the end of a lesson, where
appropriate, ask students to
reflect on how persistent they
were.
Is there anything else we need to think about?
Yes! Probably lots! But let’s focus on
four only.
i) How long should we keep the
focus on one Habit of Mind before
moving on to another?
Always a difficult question!
Perhaps 2 to 3 weeks. But when
you move on to another Habit of
Mind, don’t think that you have
“done” persistence and can then
forget about it. Students need to
continue to reflect on this
behaviour and know when – and
how – they can use it effectively
and teachers need to facilitate this
ii) Teachers as role models
Teachers have to model the
behaviour. They have to lead from
the front and set good examples.
That can be difficult sometimes –
we are all human! Perhaps for a
teacher to admit to their students
“I should have been more persistent
in that situation” can be quite a
powerful admission and may
encourage the students to strive
harder
iii) Sharing good practice
How are you going to share good
practice?
a. A teacher has a brilliant idea and
tries it out – it works. How is
that idea going to be shared
with others? We learn from
each other and sharing really
helps to expand ideas
b. A student really excels at being
persistence. Interview them and
record the interview – share it
with others – and add it to your
resource bank for future years.
Might there be an opportunity to
display student outcomes that
exhibit persistence. I recently
saw a huge architectural map of
a school completed by an 11 year
old student – it took him
months. It is now on display as
an example of persistence – as
well as other Habits of Mind.
(Striving for accuracy. Taking
responsible risks. Questioning
and posing problems etc)
iv) Parents
Let the parents know what you are
doing and the reasons why.
There’s a lot to
think about here!
Yes there is – and I wish you all
good luck, good thinking and good
Habits!
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GALERI
IMBAS KEMBALI SEKITAR SEMINAR
SEMINAR KREATIVITI DAN
INOVASI KURIKULUM
2013 (SKIK)
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SEMINAR FOR GOVERNORS
AND SENIOR LEADERS
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LEARNING
CHALLENGING
THE FUTURE
WITH 21st CENTURY SKILLS
Universiti Putra Malaysia in
collaboration with The Institute For
Habits of Mind and The Art Costa
Institute of Thinking, Singapore is
proud to have organised the first
Habits of Mind Conference in
Malaysia.
The International Conference on
Habits of Mind 2013 (ICHOM 2013)
brought together experts in the field
of thinking to share their knowledge
on not only good thinking habits
but also how to develop good
thinkers. The conference was a
follow up to the 14th International
Conference on Thinking held in
Kuala Lumpur in 2009, hosted and
organised by Universiti Putra
Malaysia.
She said developing thinking skills
among students was one of the
main challenges faced by today’s
teachers and educators and good
teaching was not just about
achieving specific curriculum
objectives but also about
developing general thinking skills
and learning behavior.
She said teachers needed to be
enthusiastic about developing skills
in “teaching for thinking” and
integrating them into their lessons
to create “thinking classrooms”, and
developing policies to bring about
“thinking schools”.
“Thinking skills should also be
continuously embedded into the
education system from the
The Prime Minister’s wife Datin Seri foundation years until tertiary and
beyond. Thinking skills are essential
Rosmah Mansor in her keynote
address at the opening ceremony of because we need to foster a
capable and efficient generation
ICHOM 2013 entitled “Inculcating
who can see beyond boundaries,
Thinking Skills: Starting Them
limitations and self-interest, and to
Young” said good teachers are
be able to take on the complexities
those who are able to nurture a
of tomorrow’s challenges,” she said.
generation of high order thinkers.
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ICHOM 2013 was a platform for the
meeting of great thinkers and
innovative minds from across the
globe that brought together leaders,
thinkers and practitioners who were
interested in working together to
nurture citizens of tomorrow with
effective thinking skills.
Among the speakers who spoke on
a number of different areas with the
context of Habits of Mind were
Professor Art Costa, an emeritus
professor of education at California
State University and founding
director of the Institute for Habits of
Mind, Dr Bena Kallick, co-founder of
The Institute for Habits of Mind, Dr
Marilee Adams, an author and
adjunct professor at American
University’s School of Public Affairs
and Professor Dato’ Dr Ibrahim
Ahmad Bajunid, Deputy Vice
Chancellor INTI-Laureate
International Universities and
Professor of Management, Education
and the Social Sciences.
The conference was a good
opportunity for participants to:
• Receive latest knowledge by
well-known experts in the field
of thinking
• Bring together experts and
novices in the field of thinking to
network and share experiences
and knowledge on habits of the
mind
• Showcase innovative
approaches to thinking
and creativity
across disciplines.
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NEWS
PEOPLE
Bengkel IB yang
menyemarakkan semangat
g SMK Pantai,
Sahar Misron, Pengetua Cemerlan
tentang MYP
Labuan, berkongsi pengalaman
r Leaders.
IB Seminar for Governors and Senio
Bengkel International Baccalaureate
(IB) yang diadakan pada 30 dan
31 Oktober 2013 melibatkan para
peserta yang terdiri daripada
wakil-wakil Jabatan Pendidikan
Negeri, Pengetua dan wakil PIBG
daripada 10 sekolah yang terlibat
dengan Program IB.
Pada pandangan saya bengkel
tersebut memberi manfaat dan faedah
serta kefahaman yang lebih jelas dan
terperinci dan telah mencapai objektif
yang ditentukan. Sesungguhnya
peranan Persatuan Ibu Bapa dan Guru,
ibu bapa dan masayarakat sekitar
sekolah amat penting untuk
menentukan jaya tidaknya Program
IB di Malaysia secara am, dan
khususnya di 10 buah sekolah
terlibat.
Bengkel ini boleh
menyemarakkan semangat
dan menjana sokongan PIBG
dan ibu bapa untuk
menyokong program ini di
sekolah masing-masing.
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Di samping itu,
bengkel ini menjadi
medan bertukartukar buah fikiran
dan pandangan
sesama peserta dari
sudut pandangan
yang berbeza
terutama tentang
peranan pihak ibu
bapa dan
masyarakat
termasuk agensi kerajaan dan swasta
yang lain untuk menyokong
pelaksanaannya di 10 sekolah yang
telah dikenal pasti dan dipilih oleh
Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia.
Kekuatan bengkel ini juga terletak
pada para penceramahnya yang
berpengalaman dan mahir tentang
Program IB ini. Maklumat yang
disampaikan tepat dan dapat
menjawab
Published: Sunday November 10, 2013
Training students to think
Malay
improvsia capable
in PIS ing its pos
ition
A 2015
BY REBECCA RAJAENDRAM
Second
ary scho
dengan yakin dan berautoriti segala
persoalan yang dikemukakan oleh
para peserta dalam bengkel ini.
Para peserta juga diberi kesempatan
menterjemahkan dalam bentuk sesi
pembentangan segala permasalahan
dan impian serta pelbagai kemungkinan
untuk melaksanakan program ini.
Kekuatan bengkel ini juga terletak
pada pengurusan dan keurusetiaannya
yang diterajui oleh Agensi Inovasi
Malaysia yang berjaya melaksanakan
tugas dan tanggungjawab dengan
teratur, berkesan, penuh mesra bagi
memastikan kelancaran bengkel ini.
Makan minumnya juga memenuhi
selera dan cita rasa kebanyakan
peserta, manakala penginapannya
cukup selesa sekali.
GOOD teachers are those who are able to nurture a generation of high order thinkers.
However, developing thinking skills among students is one of the main challenges faced by today’s
teachers and educators, said the Prime Minister’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.
“Good teaching is not just about achieving specific curriculum objectives but also about developing
general thinking skills and learning behaviour,” she said in her keynote address at the opening
ceremony
of the International Conference on Habits of Mind (ICHOM) 2013.
She said teachers needed to be enthusiastic about developing skills in “teaching for thinking”
and
integrating them into their lessons to create “thinking classrooms”, and developing policies to
bring
about “thinking schools”.
“Thinking skills should also be continuously embedded into the education system from the foundation
years until tertiary and beyond,” she added.
She also said that the Government is determined to develop a range of important higher-order
thinking
skills among students through the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025 that was recently
launched.
“The Blueprint focuses on upgrading the quality of teachers through continuous professional
development and the development of a peer-led culture of excellence among teachers.
“Teachers will develop world-class capabilities, including thinking methodologies that are needed
to
facilitate the desired holistic student outcomes and they should gain more enjoyment and fulfilment
from
their jobs.”
She added that the passive lecture format of teaching used now, would have to give way to
more
effective methods to prepare children for the 21st century.
Rosmah reiterated the importance of today’s youth in being able to distil fact from fiction and
good from
bad, in a world where social media is widely used to disseminate information.
This, she said, will enable them to make the right decisions for a better future.
“Thinking skills are essential because we need to foster a capable and efficient generation who
can see
beyond boundaries, limitations and self-interest, and to be able to take on the complexities of
tomorrow’s challenges,” she said.
Rosmah also launched Thinking That Changes Lives, a book written by Marilee Adam from the
Inquiry
Institute, the United States (USA).
ICHOM 2013, was organised by Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) together with The Institute for
Habits of
Mind, USA and The Art Costa Institute of Thinking, Singapore.
It served as a platform for leading experts in the field of thinking to share their knowledge and
for
participants to develop good thinking skills.
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CONTEST
PEOPLE
Nurul Ain Adilla
ingin berkhidmat untuk masyarakat
Pemenang Peraduan
HOTS, Nurul Ain Adill
a Samiun
dari Sekolah Kebang
saan Pusat Bukit Bes
ar, Kuala
Terengganu bukan sa
haja ingin menjadi se
orang Doktor
yang berkhidmat ke
pada masyarakat. B
eliau juga ingin
membuat kajian tent
ang ubat-ubatan baru
yang dapat
menyembuhkan peny
akit. Berikut adalah
satu
temuramah dengan
beliau.
1.
Apakah pendapat anda mengenai
program i-THINK?
Program i-THINK membuatkan saya
berfikir di luar kotak.
2. Apa yang anda lakukan pada
masa lapang anda?
Menyiapkan tugasan yang diberi
oleh guru dan mengulangkaji
pelajaran.
3. Apakah permainan yang anda suka?
Bola baling.
4. Apakah yang anda suka buat
hari Isnin hingga Jumaat selepas
sekolah?
Saya suka pergi ke kelas tambahan.
5. Apakah yang anda suka buat pada
hujung minggu?
Bersiar-siar bersama keluarga
sekiranya semua kerja sekolah telah
diselesaikan.
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6. Apakah cita-cita anda dan
bagaimana anda merancang
untuk mencapainya?
Menjadi seorang Doktor.
Oleh kerana itu saya mesti
berusaha dan belajar lebih gigih.
Tugas seorang Doktor termasuk
membantu orang ramai yang
mengalami masalah kesihatan
dan saya ingin memberikan
perkhidmatan tersebut.
7. Artis muzik manakah anda suka?
Kumpulan KRU.
8. Apakah makanan yang anda
suka dan mengapa?
Mee Hoon Tom Yam. Semestinyalah
sebab ia sedap dan menepati selera
saya.
9. Apa yang membuatkan anda
sabar menjawab semua soalan
dalam peraduan ini?
Kesabaran itu penting dalam
membuat sesuatu perkara untuk
berjaya
10. Apakah inspirasi yang dorong
anda untuk menulis slogan
tersebut?
Rasa ingin mencuba dan untuk
menang.
11. Siapakah ikon model anda?
Angkasawan Negara Datuk Dr.
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor.
12. Siapakah inspirasi terbesar
dalam hidup anda dan mengapa?
Siti Aishah Yaacob kerana walaupun
dilahirkan sebagai orang kekurangan
upaya (OKU) beliau mempunyai
kebolehan melukis dengan kaki dan
menggunakan bakat tersebut untuk
mencari rezeki.
13. Jika ada satu perkara yang anda
mahu lakukan untuk rakyat
Malaysia, apakah itu?
Saya mahu melibatkan diri dalam
persatuan atau menjadi sukarelawan
atau membuat penyelidikan
berkaitan ubat yang dapat
menyembuhkan penyakit.
14. Adakah pendidikan penting
bagi orang-orang muda dan
mengapa ia penting?
Ya, pelajaran amat berguna kerana
dengan adanya ilmu kita dapat
melengkapkan diri dengan
kemahiran yang baru dan menjamin
masa depan yang lebih baik.
PERADUAN HOTS
Murid murid mempunyai peluang untuk memenangi sebuah
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 dalam peraduan ini. Hantarkan jawapan dan
maklumbalas anda ke HOTS@innovation.my
Sila lukis satu Peta Alir yang memberikan jawapan kepada soalan-soalan yang diberikan
di bawah. Pelajar dikehendaki menghantar jawapan yang betul bagi Soalan 1 ke
HOTS@innovation.my untuk mendapatkan Soalan seterusnya. Setiap jawapan yang
betul akan dibalas dengan soalan susulan sehingga Peta Alir selesai. Setelah pelajar
melengkapkan Peta Alir, tuliskan slogan tidak lebih daripada 30 patah perkataan
mengenai pendapat anda tentang program i-THINK. Tarikh tutup peraduan ini adalah
pada 28 Februari 2014.
Soalan 1
Apakah peristiwa
bermakna yang
berlaku pada
31 Ogos 1957
Soalan 2
Soalan 3
Soalan 4
Soalan 5
Soalan 6
Soalan 7
Soalan 8
Soalan 9
Soalan 10
Soalan 11
Soalan 12
Soalan 13
Soalan 14
SLOGAN
Tulis slogan tidak lebih daripada 30 patah perkataan
mengenai pendapat anda tentang program i-THINK.
Tarikh tutup peraduan ini dilanjutkan kepada 28 Februari 2014. Murid-murid yang mengambil bahagian dalam
Peraduan HOTS ini dikehendaki menghantar semua jawapan dan slogan sebelum akhir tarikh ini dan seorang murid
akan memenangi satu Samsung Galaxy Tab 3.
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MAIN MIND
Questions to make your brains go on overdrive? Answer all questions correctly
and creatively to stand a chance of winning a 4G thumb drive.
Soalan-soalan ini mungkin mengelirukan. Jawab soalan-soalan berikut dengan betul dan
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Soalan 1:
Bagaimana anda boleh
mengukur berat
seekor gajah tanpa
menggunakan skala?
Soalan 2:
Which is worse, when a
good friend moves away,
or losing touch with a
good friend who lives
right near you?
Soalan 3:
Bolehkah anda
menangis
di dalam air?
Soalan 5:
Soalan 4:
Apakah vertebrata
yang terkecil di dunia?
You would have noticed
small boats inside bottles
in souvenir shops, How do
they get the boats in the
glass bottles?
Sila hantarkan sebarang komen dan jawapan anda ke HOTS@innovation.my.
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