1. Developing Thinking Skills at SM Sains Kuching
"The quality of our thinking will determine THE quality of our future" - Edward de Bono
Developing Thinking Skills at SM Sains Kuching

2. School Concept TRUST SCHOOL H A L T U J Sainsku Transformation
Programme
HPS
TRUST SCHOOL
LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE
CLUSTER
SCHOOL
METHOD OF EDUCATION
SMART SCHOOL
TYPE
FULLY RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL H A L T U J
NAME
SM SAINS KUCHING

3. SainsKu Vision (1994-2015) Smart School Cluster School High Performing
Trust School
Smart School
Cluster
School
1998
2008
2011 H L A T U J

4. SainsKu
A World Class Leader
In Education
About Agentha
SainsKu Vision

5. Providing The Best Education To Nurture World Class Leaders
SainsKu Mission
Providing The Best Education To Nurture World Class Leaders

6. Readiness Tomorrow’s thinkers are sitting in our classroom today.
Today's students must expect to face serious competition in a global marketplace.
"Readiness" in the 21st century is about helping students be able to take what they know and apply it to new situations and problems.
Preparing students to succeed in this competitive environment is the challenge before us.
Working together to bridge the gap between what businesses need, and how schools prepare students to meet and exceed those needs and become productive leaders is what 21st century learning and thinking is all about.

7. SainsKu’s Learning Vision
Innovative
Receptive
Reflective
Effective
Communicator
Experts In Their Learning
Achieve Academic Potential
Tenacious
Efficient
Effective Pupil/Learner
Effective
Collaborator
Inquisitive
Collaborative
Effective Problem Solver
SainsKu Pupil
Flexible
Creative
International Mindedness

8. Aspirasi pembangunan murid SainsKu SainsKu Student attributes
Aspirasi Utama Pembangunan Pelajar SainsKu / SainsKu’s Student attributes
Pengetahuan/Knowledge
Kemahiran berfikir/ thinking Skill
Kemahiran memimpin/ Leadership Skill
Kemahiran pelbagai bahasa/ multi languages proficiency
Etika & Kerohanian/ ethics
Identiti nasional / National Identity

9. Edward de Bono CoRT Thinking
Effective thinking is not inborn – it has to be learned and practiced to be effective
Edward de Bono CoRT Thinking

10. Adding value by developing student thinking skills to achieve the school vision
Problem Solving & Decision making
SainsKu – A World Class Leader In Education
Innovation
Students of SM Sains Kuching
Creativity
Higher Order Thinking Skills
Self Confidence

11. Our Objectives Develop creative skills
Increase problem solving/decision making abilities
Encourage risk taking opportunities
Develop self confidence amongst students
Increase the use of a range of graphic organisers to frame thinking

12. Our Success Criteria Regular use of a variety of thinking tools
Higher order thinking skills embedded into the teaching and learning
High level of student engagement and activity
Regular use of a variety of thinking tools
Students being self-directed, and working independently as well as interdependently
Curriculum connections - disciplines connected, real-world, rigorous and relevant

13. High Order Thinking Skills
Analyzing/menganalisis
Synthesizing
Evaluating
Relating
Developing concepts
Categorizing
Sequencing
Comparing and contrasting

14. SainsKu Thinking Skills Timeline
Year
Collaborative & Coperative Learning
Questioning
Graphic Organisers
CoRT Thinking
Thinking Perpectives
2015
F1 – F5
Trust School Teach - Smart Modules
Extending Questioning Skills Using
Bloom’s Taxonomy
F1 – F4
Mind-
Mapping
Graphic-
Tools
F1 – F3
Edward
De Bono
CoRT
Thinking
PMI,OPV,
CAF
etc
F4 – F5
D Bono
6’s
Hats
&
Concepts
2014
2013
2012
2011
F.1 – F.5
Teach Smart

15. Extending Questioning Skills Using Bloom’s Taxonomy SM Sain12

16. SainsKu’s Thinking Mats

17. CoRT Thinking Programme
Apply CoRT Thinking (PMI) Tools to get more information

18. Edward De Bono - CoRT Thinking
The essence of the CoRT Thinking Method is to focus attention directly on different aspects of thinking and to crystallize the aspects into definite concepts and tools that can be used deliberately. The three basic principles underlying CoRT Thinking are as follows:
Thinking is a skill that can be developed,
Most practical thinking takes place in the perception stage.
The tools method is used to teach thinking.
The CoRT Thinking material has been introduced to Form 1 and 2 students at SainsKu, and is proving effective in getting them to think critically about a range of issues. Some of the most widely used tools are PMI (Plus, Minus, Interesting) CAF (Consider All Factors) and OPV (Other People’s Views).

19. Perpectives Thinking - Edward de Bono, Six Hats:
"The quality of our thinking will determine with quality of our future" - Edward de Bono
Early in the 1980's de Bono developed the 6 Hats framework for thinking. There are six imaginary thinking hats, each having a different colour. Each of the 6 hats represents a different type of thinking. When you "put on" one of the hats, you exclusively operate in that mode of thinking.

20. SainsKu Thinking Skills Curriculum
Things that make Sainsku as Thinking Skills School
Method of Implementation
Evidence
1. The use of ‘Graphic Organisers’ such as:
Mind Maps
Fishbone
Graphic
Etc
2. Questioning Techniques based on ‘Bloom’s
Taxsonomy’
6 levels of thinking / questioning
High Order Thinking
3. Edward De Bono ‘CoRT Thinking’ –
PMI
CAF
OPV
etc
4. ‘Perpectives Thinking’ such as:
De Bono – Six Hats
Concept
5. Cooperative and Collaborative Learning through Teach Smart Program
Through teaching and learning in every subject
As a subject
Across the curriculum
Through Civic Education Lesson in class
Co-curricular Activities
Teachers Training
Ongoing assessment
Evaluation & Tracking process
Daily Lesson Plan
Class Observation
‘Learning walk’
Students’ work
Subject-based classroom

21. Collaborative and Coperative Learning

22. Teachers using quite signal to get students attention

26. Samples of student’s work on Graphic organisers

30. Edward De Bono - Six Thinking Hats

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