Welcome Teachers!

Professional Development Grade 1 to 3

June 6 to 19, 2012

Math Teachers! Math Teachers!

We are the best!

• You should be grouped according to you subject area.• Create a group cheer. For example “Hep hep Hooray! “• You have 1 minute to create your group cheer.• When time is up, each group will be called to

stand and present their group cheer!

100 %

PARTICIPATION

• Each group will create a Poster with the title “100% Participation.”

• The poster should include the group members’ names.• Remember to be creative.• You have 10 minutes to make the poster.• As you make this poster,

you are reminding yourselves in the group that you willactively participate in all the sessions from today up to June 19.

Tabula rasa“…the human mind at birth is a complete, but receptive, blank slate…” (John Locke)

WE Are here for them!

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

John Dewey

Teachers are experts!TEACHERS ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR

RESPECTIVE SUBJECT AREAS.

A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for

others. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, translated from Turkish

Program AimsParticipants will be guided to:Produce a curriculum aligned with International Standards;Improve and enhance their teaching practice; and,Produce meaningful assessment tools.

Planning

Evaluation Teaching Practice

Assessment

Demands of Accreditation

A curriculum that is aligned with the school’s philosophy, mission and objectives;a learner-centered curriculum;well established vertical articulation; and,integration between disciplines (horizontal articulation).

STEP ONE!

The first step in planning is to set the educational aims for our subject areas.

What are Learning Aims?They are broad (general) statements about the purpose of the learning program;

• gives a birds-eye view of the learning program; and,

• long term.

Photo credits: Mohamed Mayed, MIS Batch 1999

Nature of AimsAims emerge from experience. It is the result of dynamism.“Education* must, therefore, be a judicious mixture of participation in present life and preparation for subsequent events.” (John Brubacher)Education is bound to have outcomes or results.

*refers to the whole teaching-learning situation.

RememberIf you are starting from scratch or feel you need to select or branch out from published aims, you may follow given examples.

If you are following a set curriculum, an examination syllabus or certification programme then your aim should at least use their published aims as a basis of framework.

Reference: CIDTT

Let’s PracticeWatch the assigned video clips from the movie “The Emperor’s Club.”Help Mr. Hundert formulate some educational aims for his classes.

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