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Dunman's
4th Innovation and Enterprise
Day took place on 23 Sept 2006 (Sat). with the theme
"Engaging our Learners". Teachers
from all over Singapore as well as some of our parents joined us on
this Special Day to learn more engaging our learners. |
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We
were very privileged to have Mr Dennis Sale, from the department
of Education and Staff Development at Singapore Polytechnic as our
keynote speaker. He shared with all a practical model on what creative
teaching to engage learners looks like, sounds like and feels like.
Mr
Dennis Sale
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Mr
Adam Khoo, a renowned motivational trainer and the author of "I
am gifted, so are you" mesmerised the audience with tips on
turning our young charges into 'star' performers.
Mr
Adam Khoo
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In
conjunction with this event was a Seminar for Teachers by Teachers
where Dunman teachers shared in concurrent sessions the innovative
strategies used by the classroom to engage learners. In addition
to these breakout sessions, an exhibition showcasing students' work
in Science, Project Work, D&T, Art and Humanities was featured.
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Concurrent
Sessions included:
1.
Teaching Cancer Biology in the classroom: An Application perspective
This
sharing session conducted by Mr Daniel Lim highlighted the advantages
of using applied life sciences to understand the concepts of biology.
Mr Lim demonstrated the understanding of environmental effects of
health such as cancer to illustrate concepts such as cell biology,
immunology and mutation. Participants had the opportunity to see
how this can be an extension activity for the Sec 4 Biology topic
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2.
Using Cards to reinforce Learning in the Humanities
The Sharing Session explores various ways of using cards to instill
interest and spirit of competition in the students. It achieves
the goal of teaching less and learning more. This can be used as
a tool for revision or for reinforcing content. Cards can also be
laminated and recycled for future use. One of the card games adapts
elements from the game "UNO". Students play the game in
groups and take turns to lay down cards according to categories
specified e.g. Military strategies, military strength, military
preparedness, psychological advantage. Students who lay down the
Wild card can change the category and the one who is the first to
lay down all his cards is the winner.. Cards can be used for a variety
of tasks such as classifying, sequencing and matching.
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3.
Using Interactive White Board in the Teaching of History
The lesson covers the history of China in the late nineteenth and
early twentieth century when it was subjected to foreign intervention
and forced to open up trade with the western powers.
The interactive white board offers unique ways of engaging students.
Strategies include map work and the use of pictures and maps as
resources. The lesson involves students' active participation when
the teacher encourages students to pen their ideas on the board
directly. This allows for immediate response from the students as
well as for the teacher the give feedback on the ideas proposed.
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TLLM in the Nexus
This sharing session highlights the design processes that students
learn as they design creative and innovation products for the subject,
Design & Technology. It showcases the Lower Secondary and the
'N' and 'O' Level Examination projects done by students. In addition,
this session gives an insight of how students learn about exhibition
design and create a conducive environment for themselves within the
Design Nexus to enhance their learning experiences.
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Engaged Learning through Coursework -
This sharing session showcases 3 effective lessons implemented
in our lower secondary curriculum to engage students' learning in
the area of Home Economics and Design & Technology.
It highlights the advantages of using Problem-based Learning in
the teaching of Home Economics and showcases the hands-on activities
to explore electronics components and designing models for comfort
using high density blue foam for teaching of Design & Technology.
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Engaging Mind, Body and Mathematics
This sharing session highlights the advantages of using a set of
tools to inject fun in the teaching and learning of Mathematics.
The presenters demonstrated the use of such tools in engaging and
enhancing the students' understanding of concepts as well as enhancing
students' participation in the lessons.
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Writing Malay Composition Using Different Media
To enable students to be creative in writing Malay essays, students
can tap ideas from the different media such as songs, newspaper
articles, poems. This sharing demonstrates how this can be incorporated
in the lesson. Also, the use of some co-operative learning strategies
was demonstrated in the sharing too.
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Character Development
This sharing session highlights Dunman's unique character development
framework to complement its Instructional Programme, to ensure a
holistic education for all Dunmanites. This session features the
four components of this framework, namely: (i) Core Pupil Development
Programmes; (ii) CCA Programme; (iii) Pupil Guidance Programme;
and (iv) Pupil Leadership Programme.
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Use of Multi-Media Resources in Chinese Language Lessons
This sharing session highlights the use of movies, flash animation
and mind map in the teaching of Chinese Language. The demonstrator
showed a video of a Micro lesson and shared on the advantages of
peer teaching.
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Using Interactive White Board Technology in the Teaching of English
Language and English Literature
This sharing session highlights the advantages of using Interactive
White Board technology in the teaching of English Language and English
Literature, especially with the use of multimedia resources. The
presenters demonstrated the use of such a tool in enhancing students'
interest in the lesson as well as empowering students' participation
in the lesson.
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Innovative ways to improve your child's / students' English Grades
This sharing session by our Principal highlights innovative ways
to improve standards of written and spoken English among our students
and children as well as Dunman's special programmes in the area
of English.
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