ATL Skills

Self-directed Personal Projects: Roles and Responsibilities

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What is self-directed learning?  Through the feedback action research I conducted and my observation on how students have engaged with the online learning resulting from the pandemic, I have developed a growing interest in self-directed learning. Self-directed learning is particularly emphasized and implemented via the MYP Personal Project and Community Project. What is self-directed learning? […]

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What happens when projects are not graded?

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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

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Develop global competence through service learning

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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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Developing Self-regulating Learners through a Systematic Formative Feedback Process

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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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Build the community through IDEAS

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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. 

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