Standard Curriculum for Primary Schools

Background
The national curriculum should be reviewed to ensure a holistic curriculum and are relevant to produce a balanced human capital that can handle current and future challenges

Background
The speech from the Prime Minister in the General Assembly 2006 given the idea
to demand the Malaysias educational system to emphasize: The development of human capital The production of bright students The formation of citizen who dominated knowledge, skills and information Program to develop the human mind in creating man of Ulul al-bab

Background
The second core of PIPP
Policy
Developing human capital with knowledge, skills and appreciate good values. Objectives To ensure that Malaysians are nurtured by the spirit to acquire knowledge, skills and competencies, applying good values.

Background
Primary Schools Curriculum
1983- New Curriculum for Primary Schools (KBSR) 1993- Integrated Curriculum for Primary Schools (KBSR) 2003- KBSR (review) 2011- Standard Curriculum for Primary Schools

Curriculum Transformation
The process of performing a form of holistic changes to the existing school curriculum that involves changes in the design, organization, content, pedagogy, time allocation, assessment methods, materials and management of the school curriculum

Educational Aspiration
Balanced students in terms of intellectual, spiritual, physical and emotional knowledgeable Competent Believe in God Morality Confidence Independent learner Responsible citizen Courteous Unity Patriotic Fair Loving Serve

curriculum development themes National education philosophy National education policy Vision of 2020 Long term perspective plan Challenges of 21st century New economic model Learning theory 4 Pillars of education

Global Player competitiveness resistance communication skills self-esteem

Knowledgeable workers innovative creative craving of knowledge master the skills of technology & communication creator of technology lifetime learning

Human capital characteristics (primary schools)

At the end of primary education, students must have basic skills for daily living. Among the basic skills are as follows: mastery of basic skills in reading, writing, mathematics reasoning skills, creative & innovative awareness of personal wellness (physical & mental) believe in God, moral values and practices self-esteem & patriotism understand and appreciate the national culture

Curriculum Transformation
shape organisation material

Curriculum management

KSSR

contents

assessment pedagody

Time allocation

Curriculum Transformation Primary School Concept

based on the national education philosophy Based on KBSR principal: integrated approach Overall individual development Chances and quality education for all students Long-life education

Existing form of KBSR

Communication Basic Skills (Reading, Writing, Counting) Language Mathematics Human & nature spirituality, values and attitudes Islamic education Moral education Civic education and citizenship humanity and the environment Science Local research

Individual Development
students Art & Recreation Music Visual arts Physical & health education Living skills

forms of curriculum transformation

Science & technology mastery of scientific knowledge, skills and scientific attitudes mastery of mathematical knowledge and skills mastery of technology knowledge and skills Communication Integration of oral language skills and nonverbal when interacting spirituality, attitudes and values appreciation of the religious practices, beliefs, attitudes and values

Well balanced personality

Humanity mastery of knowledge and practices about nature an d about the local community, nation and global appreciation of the spirit of patriotism and unity

physical and aesthetic development Self skills physical development and health for the well-being cultivation of imagination, creativity, talents and aspirations nurturing leadership and personal development through cur ricular and extracurricularactivities

Value-added skills
Creativity and innovation Technology and communication Entrepreneurship

Curriculum Focus
Stage of schooling Preschool The development of emotion, spiritual, physical, cognitive, personality, school preparation and disclosure of 3M and reasoning skills Primary School, Phase I (Primary 1-3) Mastery of 3M and reasoning skills, basic skills ICT, development of emotion, spiritual, physical, cognitive, attitudes and values Primary School, Phase II (Primary 4-6) consolidation and application of 3M and reasoning, basic skills ICT, development of emotion, spiritual, physical, attitudes and values

standards-based curriculum
lower school curriculum transformation is legislated based on the content and learning standards
Content standard specific statements about what students should know and can do, over the school covers the knowledge, skills and values Learning standard a determination of the criteria or indicators of the quality of learning and achievement can be measured for each content standard

Why standard?
ensure that all students pass the standards that are set determination of knowledge, skills and values that need to be measured clearly Identify the assessment for learning overcome the problem of dropout students in learning implementation of school based assessment

examples of content standards and learning standards

CONTENT STANDARD Bahasa Malaysia listen, understand and respond to any commands, questions and messages correctly Bahasa Inggeris Able to express personal response to literary texts Mathematics named and determine the number

LEARNING STANDARD Bahasa Malaysia listen, understand and correctly respond to various verbal questions Bahasa Inggeris Able to respond to : book covers, pictures in books, characters with guidance Matematik Named numbers until 100: Counting objects in group, named numbers to object groups as a quantity

Organisation of KSSR Phase I

No.

BASIC CORE MODULE

Bahasa Malaysia Bahasa Inggeris Bahasa Cina Bahasa Tamil Pendidikan Islam Pendidikan Moral Pendidikan Jasmani Pendidikan Kesihatan CORE THEME MODULE

1 2 3 4 5

Visual Arts and Musics World of science and technology

Malaysia Negaraku ELECTIVE MODULE

9 BCSK/BTSK/B.ARAB/B.IBAN

KSSR ORGANISATION PHASE II

MODUL

Subject Bahasa Malaysia

Communication Module

Bahasa Inggeris Bahasa Cina

Bahasa Tamil Elective Communication Module Spirituality, attitudes and values Module Physical & Aesthetics Module BCSK/BTSK/Bahasa Arab/B.Iban/B.Semai/Kadazandusun Pendidikan Islam Pendidikan Moral Pendidikan Jasmani & Kesihatan

P.Muzik/P.Seni Visual Science & Technology Module

Humanity Module

Sains
Reka Bentuk & Teknologi Sejarah/Malaysia Negaraku

Curriculum Materials
Curriculum Materials Content standard Learning standard Text Books Modular approach

thinking skills in teaching & learning learn how to learn

application of the theory of multiple intelligences in teaching & learning

mastery learning

PEDAGOGY

The uses of technology & communication

Self access learning

future based teaching Constructivism learning

contextual learning

assessment
Teaching & learning assessment carried out continuously to track the progress and achievement of students in learning using a variety of assessment methods authentic and holistic

Conclusion
improve the quality of primary education to be more relevant to the challenges of today and 21st centuries teachers play an important role for enabling the effective teaching and learning successful transformation of the curriculum requires total commitment from all parties, including policy makers, curriculum managers, parents and stakeholders