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I decided to go full-steam on Twitter & Facebook after reading an education article by guardian.co.uk, that “Students to study Twitter and Blogs in primary schools shake-up”. The article wrote that New curriculum will give teachers more freedom.
As an educator, i believe it is important to make a connection to the students as well as saying the same “language”. No, it does not means that i uses high technology gadgets to coach them..in fact, i don’t even like to use powepoint to coach them (many school teachers are using that, but is that effective??). I understand from many students that they hate dislike powerpoint as the teacher just read from the slide and the tonality is monotonous.? I prefer to use “old-fashioned” “evergreen” methods such whiteboard, flip-charts and chemistry props to coach them.
Back to the article,
The draft plans will require children to master Twitter and Wikipedia and give teachers far more freedom to decide what youngsters should be concentrating on in classes.
The proposed curriculum, which would mark the biggest change to primary schooling in a decade, strips away hundreds of specifications about the scientific, geographical and historical knowledge pupils must accumulate before they are 11 to allow schools greater flexibility in what they teach.
It emphasises traditional areas of learning – including phonics, the chronology of history and mental arithmetic – but includes more modern media and web-based skills as well as a greater focus on environmental education.
More about the article can be found by CLICKING HERE.
Now, i wonder when Ministry of Education (MOE) will follow UK to draft out a plan to shake-up the educational system in a more unconventional way..(discussions last few years has always been conventional: “Scrap final year examinations for primary school students or not??).
I thought it is about time for our educational system to be introduced Web 2.0 etc…
I heard it from the rally (by government) before that they going to push on for Web 2.0 in more areas..Keep our fingers crossed.
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