EDU555 Curriculum and Instruction Encik Muhamad Furkan Mat Salleh Educational Emphasis EDU555 Curriculum and Instruction Encik Muhamad Furkan Mat Salleh

Educational Emphasis “Current development in education that will help learners prepare for the world of work and social life”

Thinking Skills Not a specific topic/content Can be divided into 2 – critical and creative thinking skills Incorporate in the lesson, by referring to the learning outcomes: To enable learners to analyse information Make decisions Solve problems Express themselves accurately and creatively in language

Conceptualise, Make Decision, Solve Problems Thinking Skills Critical thinking - the ability to evaluate an idea Creative thinking - generate and produce ideas Reasoning - to evaluate using series of logical steps Thinking Strategy  Creative Skills Critical skills Conceptualise, Make Decision, Solve Problems

Science Process Skills Skills that should be given in science classroom. Important to help the students to have better understanding of science content. Examples – Observing, Classfying, Inferring, Hypothesizing, Predicting

Manipulative Skills Involve the use of psychomotor skills in science lesson. Particularly in conducting experiments. Example – use and handle the apparatus correctly, cleaning and storing the apparatus, handling specimen etc.

Learning How To Learn To enable learners to take responsibility for their own learning. A set of enabling skills, including the ability to access information, knowing how to source for information, and knowing what information is useful at a given time to meet the challenges of life and work.

LHTL approach promotes that learners should have some control over WHAT is to be learnt WHY it is to be learnt WHEN and WHERE it is to be learnt HOW it is to be learnt

Why promote LHTL? Encourage learners to become independent learners Train learners to be responsible for their own learning Enable learners to reflect and evaluate their own learning

ICT Skills In line with globalisation and the ICT Age, skills relating to ICT are incorporated in the learning outcomes. Skills include: -use of multimedia resources -internet resources -Utilisation of computer-related activities such as e-mail and etc.