A reflection from IDEAS Project This is a reflection after our students completed their IDEAS Project in the last week of the school year. The IDEAS Project’s detailed information and rationale can be found in my previous post, Building the community through IDEAS. I had a meeting with our school parent representatives and successfully got their …
What happens when projects are not graded? We replaced the timetable and ran a special programme called IDEAS Project in 2019-2020 during the online learning period. It aimed to create a learning experience and support students in developing self-directed projects. A list of choices was provided, and students signed up for an option of their …
Global competence definition Global competence is the capacity to examine local, global, and intercultural issues; to understand and appreciate the perspectives and world views of others; to engage in open, appropriate, and effective interactions with people from different cultures; and to act for collective well-being and sustainable development. (Teaching for Global Competence) As I am …
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Why did I conduct this action research? Professor Hattie’s research emphasizes the learners’ engagement with the feedback process and its role in developing assessment-capable learners who are able to regulate their own learning. Hattie notes that developing assessment capable students who know the learning intention for what is being taught can describe where they are …
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How do we end the school year during the closure? I worked collaboratively with our MYP teachers and initiated IDEAS Project and Fair last academic school year at KIS International School (Bangkok, Thailand). IDEAS represents Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship, Activity, Service. The concept is also a continuum extending to the Creative, Activity, Service (CAS) component in the Diploma Programme. …
This post is writing to introduce a reflection protocol: What? So What? Now what? to promote student reflection and critical thinking. Critical Self-reflection How do we guide students to reflect critically? I have been researching this question and hope to increase high-level thinking of my students. I have observed that my students’ reflections were superficial …