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LIVING AT
CAUSE AND
NOT EFFECT
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Thinking Skills
New Developments
Hello i-THINKers!
Selamat Berpuasa to all Muslim students, teachers and
parents. Ramadhan is the ninth month of the Islamic
calendar and Muslims worldwide observe this as a month of
fasting. This annual observance is regarded as one of the
Five Pillars of Islam.
As mentioned in the 20th issue of HOTS, the Study on the
Impact of the i-THINK programme for the 10 Showcase
schools has been successfully implemented. We want to
thank all the staff of the 10 schools for their assistance and
support.
HOTS would like to wish all the best to those who are sitting
for the first examination under the new Form Three
Assessment (PT3) system, which replaces the centralised
Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) format.
Peraduan HOTS is offering a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 as the prize
and we hope more students will participate in the contest.
We hope the articles which we publish in this issue are useful to
students, teachers and parents and we would be happy to
publish your comments on these stories so please feel free to
write or email us.
HOTS would also like to hear the opinion of students, teachers
and parents on i-THINK and education issues, please send all
inquiries, video clips, testimonials or experiences and other
contributions to www.facebook.com/ithinkschools or
www.twitter.com/ithinkschools.
Happy i-THINKing!
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Discussing New
Developments on
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Living at Cause
and Not Effect
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Thinking Maps Revisited:
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Thinking Maps Revisited:
Flow Map
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Main Mind
Apa Khabar i-THINKers!
Selamat berpuasa diucapkan kepada semua muslimin dan
muslimat. Ramadhan merupakan bulan yang ke-9 dalam
kalendar Islam. Seperti dalam Rukun Islam, umat Islam
diwajibkan berpuasa pada bulan tersebut.
Seperti yang telah dimaklumkan dalam HOTS isu ke-20, Kajian
Keberkesanan Program i-THINK di 10 buah sekolah showcase
telah berjaya dilaksanakan. Kami ingin mengucapkan terima
kasih kepada seluruh warga 10 sekolah tersebut kerana telah
memberi kerjasama dan sokongan yang padu.
Selamat maju jaya diucapkan kepada murid yang menduduki
peperiksaan Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (PT3) buat kali pertama
yang menggantikan Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR).
Peraduan HOTS masih menawarkan sebuah Samsung Galaxy
Tab 3 untuk dimenangi dan kami berharap lebih ramai murid
merebut peluang dalam peraduan ini.
Kami berharap agar artikel yang dikeluarkan dalam isu
ini berguna kepada murid, ibu bapa dan guru. HOTS juga
mengalu-alukan komen anda. Sebarang pendapat dan
pertanyaan boleh dihantar ke www.facebook.com/ithinkschools
atau www.twitter.com/ithinkschools.
Terima Kasih!
Lihat muka surat
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HOTS@innovation.my
Tarikh Dan Lokasi Melihat Anak Bulan Ramadhan 2014/1435H
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HOT & HAPPENING
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Jeff Woolf has invented a helmet,
called Morpher, that folds to the size
of a textbook. A traditional helmets
bulk is a major turnoff for casual
riders. Whats more, their domed
shape makes it difficult to store and
carry them at the destination.
The Morpher addresses both problems
by collapsing to just 1.4 inches thick. It
is compact enough to fit in a laptop
bag or backpack. The latest prototype
has passed European-grade safety
tests at a factory.
Made of hard plastic and
foam, like that found in
traditional helmets, it
protects a wearers head.
An internal, flexible layer
links segments of foam,
acting as a hinge and
allowing the helmet to fold
in half while neodymium
magnets inside the helmet
lock the Morpher in a
closed position.
Inventor and entrepreneur JoeBen
Bevirt - known for designing wind
energy turbines has created an
electric airplane called S2 that takes
off vertically, like a helicopter, and
flies aerodynamically, like an airplane.
NASA has taken notice and is now
funding the development of a
55-pound
unmanned aerial
vehicle.
Supercomputer simulations of a
full-scale, 1,700-pound S2 suggest it
could fly two people about 200 miles
in an hour on 50 kilowatt-hours of
electricity, or roughly equivalent to 1.5
gallons of fuel used by a typical
two-seat airplane - which would make
the new aircraft about five times
more efficient.
S2 wouldnt have been possible just a
decade ago but with new compact
and efficient motors, ever-increasing
power density in batteries, smarter
control systems, and tinier sensors
mean his plane will soon be a reality.
A dozen compact electric motors
operate three times more efficiently
than a typical personal airplanes
combustion engines. Retractable arms
reposition the motors to transition
between vertical takeoff, forward flight,
and landing.
Vertical take-off airplane
A helmet that folds
Tarikh untuk melihat anak bulan Ramadhan
bagi menetapkan permulaan puasa telah
ditetapkan pada petang Jumaat, 27 Jun
2014 bersamaan 29 Syaaban 1435H. Majlis
Raja-Raja telah mempersetujui bahawa cara
menetapkan tarikh permulaan puasa adalah
berdasarkan rukyah (melihat anak bulan)
dan hisab (pengiraan secara matematik
dan astronomi). Penyimpan Mohor Besar
Raja-Raja telah mengisytiharkan
pada malam itu juga tarikh permulaan
Puasa jatuh pada 29 Jun 2014
melalui radio dan televisyen.
Tempat-tempat yang telah
dikenalpasti untuk
melihat anak
bulan adalah
seperti:
Source: Popular Science website at www.popsci.com
Source: Popular Science website at www.popsci.com
Johor - Pontian Kecil
Kedah - Kampung Pulau Sayak,
Kuala Muda
Kedah - Pemandangan Indah,
Pulau Langkawi, Menara Alor Setar,
Alor Setar
Kelantan - Bukit Peraksi Pasir Putih,
Bukit Kampong Tembeling, Mukim
Manjur, Daerah Olak Jeram, Kuala Krai,
Menara Bangunan SEDC, Jalan Tengku
Putra Semerak, Kota Baharu
Kuala Lumpur - Menara Kuala Lumpur
Labuan - Tingkat 13, Menara Universiti
Malaysia Sabah, Kampus Antarabangsa
Labuan
Melaka - Kompleks Falak
Al-Khawarizmi, Kampung Balik Batu,
Tanjung Bidara
Negeri Sembilan - Telok Kemang,
Port Dickson
Pahang - Bukit Tanjong Batu, Nenasi,
Gunung Berincang, Cameron
Highlands, Bukit Pelindong Kuantan
Pulau Pinang - Pusat Falak Sheikh Tahir,
Pantai Aceh
Perak - Pantai Pasir Panjang, Mukim
Pengkalan Baru, Daerah Manjong
Perlis - Kuala Sungai Baru,
Simpang Empat
Putrajaya - Pusat Konvensyen
Antarabangsa Putrajaya
Sabah - Balai Cerap Al-Biruni,
Tanjung Dumpil, Putatan
Sarawak - Tanjung Lubang Miri,
Teluk Bandung, Kuching; Tanjung Batu,
Bintulu
Selangor - Bukit Melawati, Bukit Jugra,
Banting, Kuala Langat Balai Cerap,
Sabak Bernam
Terengganu - Bukit Besar, Kuala
Terengganu; Bukit Geliga, Kemaman;
Pulau Perhentian, Besut; Balai Cerap
KUSZA, Mukim Merang, Setiu
Source: http://www.melvister.com/2014/06/tarikh-dan-lokasi-melihat-anak-bulan-ramadhan-2014-1435h.html
Apakah antara kelebihan atau nikmat
orang yang melakukan ibadah puasa?
1. Menguatkan jiwa di mana orang
yang berpuasa sentiasa melatih
diri dalam menguasai hawa nafsu
sehingga jiwanya semakin teguh
bukannya menjadi hamba
kepada nafsu
2. Mendidik keinginan orang berpuasa
ke arah melakukan sesuatu yang
baik dan positif dengan menjauhi
segala yang buruk dan negatif
sehingga melahirkan umat yang
bertaqwa
Setiap ibadat khusus terutama yang diwajibkan ke atas umat Islam mempunyai rahsia dan keistimewaannya yang
tersendiri. Tidak terkecuali dengan ibadat puasa di mana bagi kita yang berpuasa sudah pasti dapat merasai 5 rahsia
daripada kenikmatan semasa menunaikannya iaitu :
3. Memberi kesihatan kepada
tubuh badan dengan mengawal
pemakanan sehingga penghadam
dapat berfungsi dengan baik
4. Mengenal nikmat kenikmatan serta
melahirkan hamba yang bersyukur
atas nikmat yang dianugerahkan
oleh Allah sehingga redha dengan
apa yang ada dan tidak tamak
terhadap apa yang bukan menjadi
miliknya
5. Mengingati dan turut merasai
penderitaan orang lain yang lebih
susah kehidupan mereka.
Source: http://www.islamic-centre.ic.utm.my/virtual-tour/ibadah/
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LAPORAN KHAS
Thinking Skills
New Developments
The International Thinking Skills
Conference 2014 which was held on
June 16 and 17 provided a platform for
educators to exchange ideas, information
and discuss new development that could
be incorporated in Thinking Schools.
Professor Steve Higgins, Durham
University speaking on the subject of
Thinking and learning: skills for the 21st
Century said while technology was
perhaps best understood as a tool for
teachers and for learners in supporting
their developing skills, knowledge and
understanding, it was also a key
challenge in terms of assessment and
understanding learners' progression in
different areas of thinking, and in relation
to specific curriculum goals as well as
wider challenges of educational
accountability.
Like a spectre at the feast, assessment
influences both curriculum and pedagogy
in what is taught and how it is learned.
However, teaching for thinking and
developing the quality of learners
thinking is central to the aims of
education, not just in terms of its utility,
or as a response to an increasingly
technological world, but in terms
of how we prepare children and
young people for their future.
There is extensive evidence
for the importance of thinking
in the curriculum in terms of
developing meta-cognition and
self-regulation based on the
accumulated research evidence
summarised in Sutton Trust/EEF
Teaching and Learning Toolkit
(details in
http://educationendowmentfoundatio
n.org.uk/toolkit/).
This highlights the utility of
developing these skills in terms of their
impact on key areas of the curriculum
such as literacy and numeracy. In the
current climate there is also pressure to
change educational goals in relation to
the increasing use of technology in
todays globalised world or '21st Century
Skills', but this also needs some
challenge in terms of the teachers role
and assumptions about
what constitutes an
effective pedagogy
for developing
thinking, he said.
The workshop led by
Richard Coe called
Start to Think was
interactive and
practical and
explored how a range
of thinking tools and
approaches can be used to start lessons
with energy, focus, challenge and
thought.
The workshop on Developing the
Thinking Teacher which was moderated
by Rachael Walsh explored the changes
and shifts in attitudes that teachers
needed to adopt before asking children
to commit to developing their own
thinking.
Exploration of how to develop ourselves
as thinking teachers will be the key, she
said and provided the participants with
practical advice on how to overcome
barriers the thinking teacher may face.
Denise Shepherds workshop on
From a Thinking School to a Thinking
Schools Trust an exciting journey
delved on trusts, academies, teaching
schools, support schools, federations,
sponsors and how to make a schools led
system really work.
Malaysian Delegation at the International Thinking Skills Conference
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LAPORAN KHAS
We believe a possible direction is by
creating strong and permanent school
partnerships based on an educational
vision of a family of thinking schools
working together. We have a unique Trust
developed with support from Thinking
Schools International - all our schools are
committed to becoming accredited
thinking schools. We are not corporate
but believe this is an exciting and
innovative model. It has at its heart an
educational vision of planned cognitive
education raising standards and
underpinning school improvement, she
said.
Dr. David Hyerle speaking on Visual
Tools for Generative, Analytic and
Conceptual Thinking Designs for
Thinking said depictions of peoples
experiences, ideas, and emotions as well
as content knowledge and thinking
processes have been created through
ancient cave drawings, cartography, road
maps and now GPS tools and brain
mapping.
The uses of visual tools are many and
complex, literally drawing out meaning
from our rich networking brains and
minds, he said.
Bill Lowe speaking on Managing
Creative Teams: Can Schools Learn from
Creative Industries? said the generation
of new ideas and the translation of those
into action are seen as key goals in
industry.
It is the same in forward thinking
education settings. It is argued that the
leadership of creative people needs
expertise, he said. His workshop
explored the tactics used by successful
leaders when working on creative
projects in industry and identified the
strategies already being used and those
which can be adapted and the ones that
will never work for us.
Teresa Williams on
Six Starting Points to
Becoming a Thinking
School provided an
insight into the
framework developed
by Thinking Schools
International (TSI) to
support schools in
becoming Thinking
Schools.
Schools developing
independent thinkers and
learners will already find
themselves engaged in
the Six Starting Points for
a Thinking School. The Six
Starting Points provide schools with
the means to evaluate current activities,
identify strategies for further
development and enable them to
consider where and how attention
should be focused, she said.
The interactive workshop demonstrated
the Six Starting Points and show how
they create a climate in which
independent thinking may be grown and
sustained.
A delegation from Agensi Inovasi
Malaysia and the Ministry of Education
visited the United Kingdom from June
14 to 20 to attend the International
Thinking Skills Conference. The
conference, in its sixth year, is a
well-established event attended by
hundreds of delegates from across the
globe.
The event was a good opportunity for
the i-THINKERS to further develop and
also enhance the i-THINK programme
in their schools. Additionally, it also
provided an opportunity to network
with other school representatives
interested in finding out more about
the whole school approach to the
teaching of thinking.
There were more than 30 practical and
research based workshops, many led
by teachers from accredited Thinking
Schools.
This annual conference focused on the
latest developments in cognitive
education and provided the delegation
an opportunity to find out how schools
which have taken a whole school
approach to the teaching of thinking
have raised attainment, improved
motivation, concentration and
independent learning.
Lionel Jackson from Agensi Inovasi
Malaysia presented a working paper
on Thinking Tools become part of the
Malaysian Education Agenda where
he spoke on Thinking Tools going
online for 450,000 teachers with the
creation of a Self-Instructional Module
(SIM).
Recognising that critical, analytical
and creative skills are crucial for the
emergence of a Thinking Society, AIM
introduced Thinking Tools as part of
the National Education Agenda. In
2013, drive teams from 1,000 schools
were trained in face-to-face workshops.
In 2014, 405,000 teachers from 9,000
schools began this journey using online
learning, he said.
The delegation also visited three
Thinking Schools after the conference
to allow delegates the chance to
understand and experience how other
Thinking Schools manage their
teaching and learning.
The objective of the visit is for the
delegates to understand and
experience the thinking culture in the
Thinking Schools on the ground the
roles of leadership in instilling a culture
of thinking and brings impact to
teaching and learning, how the
classroom, school, and surrounding
area is physically structured, and how
this bears on teachers, students,
parents and the community.
The schools visited were Penn Wood
Primary School, Slough, Wellington
Primary School, Hounslow and
Rochester Grammar School, Rochester.
The Six Starting Points - Visual Mapping,
Reflective Questioning, Structuring the
Environment, Thinking Skills, Developing
Dispositions and Collaborative
Networking, are the first elements a
school needs to consider in order to
research, understand and become a fully
developed Thinking School. They are the
foundation upon which the TSI principle
of Growing Thinking Schools from The
Inside Out is predicated and enable
schools to follow a facilitated and
structured approach to preparing for
transformational cultural change.
Malaysian
delegation visits
Thinking Schools
in the UK
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LAPORAN KHAS
Perasmian Future Classroom telah
disempurnakan oleh YB. Dato' Seri Idris
Jusoh, Menteri Pendidikan II di Kolej
Tunku Kurshiah, Bandar Enstek pada
17 Jun. Future Classroom
menggabungkan penggunaan
teknologi seperti Cloud, Tabletdan
lain-lain dalam proses PdP.
Kolej Tunku Kurshiah
menjadi perintis dalam
pelaksanaan Kelas Masa
Depan yang menawarkan
pembelajaran secara maya
melalui penggunaan
perkakas serta sistem
teknologi maklumat (ICT).
Dato Seri Idris berkata,
kementeriannya
mengalu-alukan inisiatif
berkenaan yang dilihat sebagai
pengubah cara dalam sistem
pendidikan dan pembelajaran
berasaskan teknologi.
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Dilancarkan Oleh Menteri Pendidikan II
Inisiatif ini bakal menyaksikan guru menjadi pembimbing pelajar. Ini kerana
subjek telah dimuat naik melalui aplikasi Total Knowledge Cloud yang
membolehkan pelajar mempelajari subjek tertentu di rumah mahupun
di asrama. Semasa di kelas guru hanya membimbing mereka. katanya.
Apabila diitanya mengenai
pelaksanaan kaedah itu di sekolah lain,
Idris memberitahu, pihaknya amat
menggalakkan usaha tersebut namun
ia memerlukan kerjasama semua pihak
berikutan perbelanjaan yang tinggi.
Kita menyokong penuh inisiatif ini,
namun ia boleh dilaksanakan
sekiranya mendapat kerjasama
daripada Persatuan Ibu Bapa dan
Guru (PIBG), pertubuhan bukan
kerajaan (NGO) termasuk swasta
untuk merealisasikannya.
Mereka ini mungkin boleh
bersama-sama membantu dalam
soal kewangan dan ini merupakan
tanggungjawab bersama ke arah
memajukan sektor pendidikan,
katanya.
Che Kamaliah, Pengetua Kolej Tunku
Kurshiah berkata Kelas Masa Depan
itu telah dimulakan sejak Februari lalu
melibatkan pengajaran serta
pembelajaran bagi pelajar tingkatan
satu dan dua di kolej berkenaan.
Kaedah ini berupaya menjadikan guru
sebagai pengawal bahan pembelajaran,
di mana guru akan memilih bahan
bersesuaian untuk diajar menggunakan
aplikasi TKC dengan menarik, interaktif
dan berkesan.
Apa yang menarik lagi, kaedah ini
menyediakan akses pendidikan moden,
sehingga kehadiran pelajar turut boleh
diakses pada hujung jari kerana setiap
pelajar akan diberi tablet ketika
menghadiri kelas, katanya.
Tambah beliau, pemberian kerja rumah
juga akan dimuat naik sebelum pelajar
menghantar kepada guru untuk
semakan melalui e-mel.
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GALERI
Kursus
Pengenalan IBMYP
Future
Classroom
di Kolej Tunku Kursiah
Bandar Enstek, Nilai
di SMKA Sheikh Abdul Malek, Terengganu
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GALERI
International
Thinking Skills
Conference
Thinking
Schools
visit
Students Bhavika,
Alexandra, Baseera,
Kenechi and their
headteacher Ms Debbie
Norton at Wellington
Primary School
Malaysian
delegation visiting
Penn Wood
Primary & Nursery
School, an accredited
Thinking School
En Ezzat
presenting a token
to Ms Molly and her
student-officer
colleagues at
Rochester Grammar
School
Pn Laili presenting
a token to Ms Girlie
(headteacher of Penn
Wood Primary & Nursery
School) with Ms Evans
(Thinking Coordinator)
in attendance
Puan Saripah and
Puan Isnazhana from
the MoE presenting
a token of appreciation
to Dato' Seri Dr Kamal
Jit Singh, Special Advisor
to Agensi Inovasi
Malaysia
Malaysian delegation
with Damian Groark,
the presenter of
"Six Hat Thinking"
Workshop
Malaysian delegation
with Nicholas Symes,
Thinking Schools
International (TSI)
Global Trainer at the
Conference
Living at
Cause and
Not Effect
Many people look to others to make them happy, but
happiness does not come from outside. It doesnt come
from living in a world that is as calm and dull as a glass
lake, with not a ripple to disturb our peace.
Happiness comes from embracing who we
are within, from loving ourselves and
looking at our circumstances, no
matter how painful, as the
opportunity to evolve into
better people.
Motivational speaker
and author Steve
Maraboli said,
Happiness has to do
with your mindset,
not with outside circumstance. The
art of looking at tough times as an
opportunity to conquer a mountain
is called Living at Cause. The act of
blaming people and circumstances
for the pathetic people we may
have become is called Living at
Effect.

Which side of the equation do you
fall on? You may say, Well, I live my
life 90 per cent at Cause and 10 per
cent at Effect.
My reply to this is Well, thats
good but not good enough. You
need to live your life 100 per cent at
Cause if you want to be in charge
of your outcomes.
Many of us believe we cannot
change, that we cannot
adapt to our circumstances
to emerge strong. The fact
is, we all have the potential
to be and do whatever we
want. You and I have been
blessed with immeasurable
power to make positive changes
in our lives.
Its a tough journey to
believing that but a
highly empowering
and rewarding
one. When you
operate 100 per
cent at cause, then
nothing can truly
steal your peace.
Someone yells bad
words at you, you have
a choice to not react
and let the words slide
away without stinging
you. If you choose to
get upset, then you give
power to the other
person.
An amazing example of how to live
life at Cause is the motivational
speaker Nick Vujicic, who was
born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a
rare disorder characterised by the
absence of all four limbs. After
struggling for years with his
condition, he came to terms with it
and started Life Without Limbs, his
own non-profit organisation.
When a man with no arms and no
legs shows the able-bodied how to
live life to the fullest despite
limitations, we really have no
excuse not to do likewise.
So what do you do the next time
you complain that bad things are
happening to you because you have
no luck?
You remember that you have a
choice. You have the choice to
decide that the day is going to be a
good one because you said so.
There is no such thing as bad luck,
only a bad attitude and poor
choices that are limiting you from
achieving your full potential and
becoming the human being you
want.
PEOPLE
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Sheila Singam, a former teacher
turned trainer, writes about the
need to live life at Cause and be
in charge of your outcomes.
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LEARNING
Revisiting
Brace Maps
Examples of
Brace Maps
What are the different
components that make up a car?
What are parts and subparts of a body system?
What are plants made up of?
The Brace Map is used to analyse the component parts of physical objects and also to identify the spatial
relationships of parts to the whole object.
When constructing a Brace Map students write the name of the whole project on the line to the left and on the lines
within the first brace to the right write the major parts of the object then follow within the next set of braces with
the component parts of each major part.
The Brace Map must be used with concrete objects in order to identify the physical parts of the whole object and
they almost always use nouns within the map because the purpose is to name the parts of one concrete object. The
map is great for vocabulary development because specific words are needed to label the parts.
This is a great thinking map to help students visualise all the components in something. In the classroom, students
can use a brace map to describe the parts of the year, parts of an animal, parts of a plant, parts of the world and also
parts of different systems, like the body system and the solar system. An example of a Brace Map is:
ASIA
AFRICA
NORTH AMERICA
SOUTH AMERICA
EUROPE
AUSTRALASIA
ANTARTICA
ARGENTINA
BOLIVIA
BRAZIL
CHILE
COLUMBIA
ECUADOR
GUYANA
PARAGUAY
PERU
SURINAME
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
Heart
Veins
Arteries
Brain
Spinal Cord
Nerves
BODY SYSTEM
Digestive
Circulator
Respiratory
Nervous
Mouth
Esophagus
Stomach
Intestines
Nose
Lungs
Trachea
{
{
{
{
Transmission
Brake
system
Ignition
system
Engine
Pistons
Valves
Cylinders
Gear
Disc brake
Brake pedal
Torque
converter
Master
Cylinder
Distributor
Ignition
wires & coil
{
Leaf
Stem
Root
Flower
Petal
Pistil
Stamen
Petiole
Blade
Primary
root
Root
hairs
PLANT
CAR
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LEARNING
Revisiting
Flow Maps
The Flow Map is used for sequencing the stages and sub-stages of an event, identify the steps in the process and in
ordering information. They can be used to explain the order of events.
In the Flow Map, the students write the name of the event and the rectangles flow from left to right. The Flow Maps
can be drawn horizontally, vertically or in any direction as long as each stage is drawn in a box and connected with
an arrow.
It can be used to plot a story, show historical events in sequences, in problem solving in mathematics, identify stages
of a life cycle and more.
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Examples of
Flow Maps
What are the processes in writing an essay?
How do you solve a problem in the design stage of a product?
RESEARCH
THE TOPIC
WRITE THE
ESSAY
SUBMIT
THE ESSAY
REVISE AND
CHECK ALL
FACTS
DO A
DRAFT
NOTE DOWN
THE MAIN
POINTS
1.
Identify the
Problem
6.
Select an
Approach
8.
Refine the
Design
2.
Identify
Criteria and
Constraints
3.
Brainstorm
Possible
Solutions
7.
Build a
Model or
Prototype
4.
Generate
Ideas
5.
Explore
Possibilities
What is the life
cycle of a mosquito?
Adult
Larva
Pupa
Eggs
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CONTEST NEWS
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Teruja, seronok tunggu PT3
ARKIB : 02/07/2014
By ROZANNA LATIFF AND BALQIS LIM
KUALA LUMPUR 1 Julai - Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (PT3) yang bermula semalam disambut
pelajar dengan rasa 'teruja' lebih-lebih lagi bagi mata pelajaran Sejarah dan Geografi yang
memerlukan mereka membuat kajian secara berkumpulan. Tinjauan Utusan Malaysia di sekolah-sekolah di seluruh negara mendapati kebanyakan pelajar
sudah bersedia dengan sistem peperiksaan baharu ini. Pelajar Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Tanah Putih, Kuantan, Liow Yit Ching, 15,
berkata, ujian PT3 amat berbeza dengan peperiksaan yang pernah diambilnya sebelum ini.
"Saya tidak pernah membuat tugasan yang kata cikgu seperti `di universiti' yang mana kami
boleh mengumpul maklumat di luar waktu pengajian dan pembelajaran. "Ini merupakan sesuatu yang baharu bagi saya. Kami juga dibenarkan membuat kajian secara
berkumpulan tetapi hasil kerja mestilah sendiri," katanya ketika ditemui. Rakannya, S. Kessvinder pula berkata, ujian ini tidak memerlukannya untuk menumpukan
perhatian kepada pembelajaran untuk peperiksaan semata-mata. "Kaedah ini tidak membebankan saya kerana sepanjang kajian ini dijalankan guru-guru akan
terlibat serta membimbing sekali menyiapkan tugasan," katanya. Sementara itu di JOHOR, pelajar tingkatan 3 di SMK Bandar Baru Uda, Johor Bahru, Alez
Syuraya Mohd. Hatta sudah bersedia dengan PT3 yang tidak bergantung sepenuhnya kepada
peperiksaan lagi.
"PT3 menggunakan pendekatan yang berbeza, sebagai contoh, bagi mata pelajaran Sejarah
dan Geografi, para pelajar perlu membuat ujian amali, projek, kajian lapangan atau kajian
kes," katanya.
Bagi rakannya, S. Ishavini semua pelajar di sekolahnya sudah diberikan penerangan yang jelas
tentang sistem pentaksiran baharu itu.
"Bagi saya, PT3 ini amat bagus kerana membuatkan pelajar lebih fokus dalam pembelajaran.
Saya berharap dapat keputusan yang cemerlang nanti," katanya. Di PERAK, seorang pelajar Orang Asli di Sekolah Menengah Sultan Tajul Ariffin, Manong,
Zurenzi a/l Zulkifli memberitahu, PT3 yang akan bermula hari ini, memberi lebih ruang
kepadanya untuk bergiat aktif dalam aktiviti luar di sekolah kerana ia juga termasuk dalam
penilaian sistem baharu itu.
Katanya, cara pembelajaran sedemikian membuatkan pelajar merasa lebih selesa dan tidak
terlalu tertekan.
"Jadi sistem baharu ini membolehkan semua itu dilakukan secara seimbang. Jika tidak mampu
menjawab peperiksaan dengan baik sekalipun, pelajar masih boleh bergantung kepada
penilaian aspek lain yang dibuat pihak sekolah," katanya. Sementara itu di SARAWAK, pelajar tingkatan tiga berketurunan Iban dari SMK Batu Lintang,
Kuching, Clara Jane berkata, walaupun banyak perubahan format dalam sistem itu namun
PT3 dilihat tidak mengganggu cara mereka belajar. "Walaupun memerlukan masa untuk menyesuaikan diri dengan PT3, guru-guru banyak
membantu, memudahkan lagi kami memahami sistem baharu ini," katanya ketika ditemui.
Darshen Ambikapathi pula melihat PT3 yang diperkenalkan bagi menggantikan PMR lebih
memberi tumpuan kepada kefahaman dan hafalan pelajar. "PT3 bertujuan meningkatkan minda dan kemahiran berfikir kita, di samping dapat mengenal
pasti kelemahan yang ada daripada awal lagi. "Guru dapat mengenal pasti kelemahan pelajar dan kita dapat memperbaikinya dalam PT3
bagi mendapat keputusan yang lebih baik," ujarnya. Siti Nurul Abdilah pula berkata, ujian baharu itu dilihat diperkenalkan bagi membolehkan
pelajar menjadi lebih baik bukan hanya daripada segi akademik malah kemahiran lain.
"PT3 dikatakan dapat membuatkan pelajar untuk berfikir pada tahap yang tinggi lagi dalam
proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran.
"Pelajar tidak hanya dinilai pada peperiksaan tetapi juga tugasan dan kajian lapangan,"
ujarnya.
Seorang lagi pelajar Matteus Lim berkata, sistem penilaian mengikut band akan membolehkan
setiap pelajar mengetahui mereka berada di tahap mana. "Pelajar boleh memperbaiki kelemahan diri agar mendapat keputusan yang lebih baik
walaupun memerlukan masa untuk membiasakan diri dengan ujian baharu ini," katanya.
Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2015:
Initiatives Show Encouraging Results
Details Published on Tuesday, 17 June 2014
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysia Education
Blueprint 2013-2015 saw encouraging results
and performance since its implementation a
year ago.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin
Yassin said out of the 25 initiatives that were
introduced in 2013, some have seen
encouraging results.
He said: "A total of 12 initiatives have seen
positive and significant performance since the
education blueprint was introduced."
The blueprint was officially launched on
September 6, 2013, although several main
initiatives were already introduced at the early of the year.
Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, said among the initiatives that have achieved positive
results were among others pre-school enrolment, vocational education transformation plan, higher
order thinking skills, literacy and numeracy skills (Linus), and English Language Teachers Proficiency
(ProELT).
He had earlier launched the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2015 report card which outlined the
achievements and rooms for improvement that is needed for the education sector.
--New Straits Times
Pic: NST
Pendekatan kritis jana inovasi pelajar
Posted on June 24, 2014 by admin
Bercita-cita menjadi guru tidak lagi dilihat sebagai kerjaya tetapi lebih kepada pekerjaan membabitkan pendidikan berterusan yang diterima oleh guru
kemudian disampaikan kepada murid menerusi kebolehan guru dalam mengadaptasi ilmu yang dipelajarinya ketika di universiti dan pengalaman
sekeliling.
Naib Presiden International Institute of Management and Technology yang juga Tokoh Guru 2011, Datuk Profesor Ab Rahim Selamat menyifatkan seorang
guru yang sempurna harus memenuhi ciri-ciri prinsip perguruan yang diterapkan.
Justeru, jelas beliau, guru menjadi penggerak utama sebagai pencetus ilmu dan pemberi maklumat yang tepat dan jelas bagi membolehkan pengetahuan
yang disampaikan diterima baik dengan menggunakan kaedah pembelajaran dalam kelas yang berkesan.
Oleh itu guru hari ini kena memperluaskan ilmu pengetahuan mereka dengan memperbanyakkan bacaan tambahan, kreativiti dan pemikiran luas dan
strategik bagi mencipta ilmu baharu bertaraf dunia.
Untuk menjadi guru terbaik, bukan saja mengguna pakai etika pekerjaan semata-mata tetapi lebih kepada amalan iaitu ilmu, sikap, minat dan agama.
Dengan adanya semua amalan itu, guru akan lebih berfikiran jauh dan berbakat dalam membangunkan anak bangsa yang bijak pandai dan berakhlak
tinggi, katanya.
Guru harus ada inovasi Ab Rahim yang menceburi bidang pendidikan sejak 1965 sebagai guru darjah Tingkatan Enam dan Peralihan itu berkata, selain
mempunyai kreativiti, seorang guru harus ada inovasi terutama ketika sesi pembelajaran berlangsung di dalam kelas atau di luar kelas.
Mereka tidak perlu menumpu sepenuh perhatian dengan cara mengajar rutin seperti yang dipraktikkan sejak zaman silam sedangkan inovasi
memerlukan guru berpindah dari budaya rutin kepada penggunaan teknologi termasuk alam sekitar selain lebih mengutamakan pelanggan iaitu pelajar.
Sementara itu, guru perlu kreatif dalam mengubah pandangan masyarakat daripada terus menuding jari menyalahkan profesion perguruan sebagai
punca pelajar tercicir pelajaran di sekolah.
Sebagai seorang bekas guru yang sudah berkhidmat dalam dunia pendidikan hampir 40 tahun, Phua Seng Tiong, 69, atau lebih dikenali sebagai Cikgu
Phua di kalangan pelajar dan masyarakat sekitar, beliau mahu guru masa kini lebih komited dalam profesion itu.
Penerima Anugerah Tokoh Guru Kebangsaan 2009 itu menganggap cabaran paling besar bagi seorang guru apabila terpaksa berdepan dengan pelajar
yang mempunyai masalah sosial.
Ubah stigma masyarakat
Nadi pendidikan adalah kita sebagai guru yang membentuk masa depan pelajar, bukan masa kini pelajar. Ubah stigma masyarakat yang sering
menyalahkan guru kerana lemah membentuk pelajar.
Peranan guru sangat besar selain ibu bapa dalam membantu pelajar mendapatkan masa depan cerah.
Apabila melangkah ke sekolah, bawa peranan pendidikan tepat dan jelas supaya pelajar suka hadir ke sekolah, kata pesara guru yang berasal dari Batu
Pahat, Johor itu.
Berpegang pada prinsip Management by Walking (MBW), beliau sentiasa menggunakan pendekatan mesra dengan pelajar walaupun ketika bertugas
sebagai pengetua kerana menganggap komitmen sebagai guru bukan sekadar mengajar tetapi memahami keperluan pelajar.
Source: Berita Harian - Pendekatan kritis jana inovasi pelajar
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Pernahkah ikan
dahaga? Beri
penerangan untuk
jawapan anda.
Soalan 3
If a deaf person has
to go to court, is it
still called a
hearing?
Soalan 2
Apakah yang
dimakan oleh
beruang panda?
Soalan 1
I am not alive but
I grow, I dont
have lungs, but I
need air, I dont
have a mouth but
water kills me.
What am I?
Soalan 4
Soalan 5
Why can't we sneeze
with our eyes open?