Workshop on New Trends of Education Friday 09 May 2014 MES Mr David Jeffery Celebrating the Past – Preparing the Future 1. Presentation Overview: Cambridge view of teacher and learners Vision and mission of Mauritius 2008-2020 2. Key messages a. HSC PROFESSIONAL PILOT … b. New approaches to curriculum, pedagogy and assessment 3. Assessment backwash: potentially negative effects of assessment 4. Assessing what we value and not valuing what we assess 5. Cambridge Learners & Cambridge Teachers a. Confident with information and ideas b. Responsible c. Reflective d. Innovative e. Engaged 6. Reflective Learning: Learning how to Learn a. Constantly monitor what they are doing and produce appropriate responses b. Plan and and manage … 7. The Challenge of the 21st Century a. Andreas Schleicher, OECD Education Directorate i. Ä generation ago, teachers could expect what they taught would last their students a lifetime … today, because of rapid economic and social change, schools have to prepare students…” 8. A View from Singapore a. Leo Yip, Singapore Economic Development Board i. “Good grades at school are not enough. Indeed they might not be relevant.” ii. Individuals need to be adaptable and willing to learn… confidence to deal with problems that have no clear cut … “ 9. 21st Century Learning a. Learners should eb exposed to: i. new ways of thinking 1. including creativity, critical thinking, problem solving and decision making ii. new ways of working 1. including new forms .. iii. using new tools for working 10. Assessment and teaching of the 21st Century skills 11. Changing curricula, pedagogies and assessments 12. Educational Vision – Mauritius
a. Quality education 13. The Mission 14. Changing the professional culture a. New learning outcomes b. New learning environments 15. Key words 16. Global Perspectives AS aims and Objectives a. Adapted from Cambridge International AS Level Global Perspectives 8030 syllabus b. Learners ‌ DEVELOP an d APPLY SKILL in critical thinking, problem solving, research, ICT, communication and collaboration c. Develop global competencies 17. Global Perspectives Assessment a. Component 1 i. Written examination b. Component 2 i. Essay c. Component 3 i. Presentation )))_________++++))))))))))))____________________________________ UPDATE ON VOCATIONAL REFORM IN THE UK SINCE 2000 Mrs Dominique Slade