PROF. DR.

OTHMAN BIN LEBAR

UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS

School-based assessment
KSSR
KSSM
COMPLEXITY
FACTORS THAT WILL
DEFINE THE FUTURE
RISK
SURPRISE
SPEED
CHANGE
James Canton, The Extreme Future, 2006


QUESTIONS # 1 What will the world be like
twenty years from now?
QUESTION # 2 What skills will your students
need to be successful in this world you have
imagined twenty years from now?
Complexity of life
Resilience and Adaptability

We cant predict the future, but we can
anticipate it
We may not see the future but the children
will.
(Sir Ken Robinson)

Diverse
Dynamic
Distinct
Adaptive.
Not just function but also DESIGN
Not just argument but also STORY
Not just focus but also SYMPHONY
Not just logic but also EMPHATHY
Not just seriousness but also PLAY
Not just accumulation but also MEANING
Pink, D., 2006


A smaller world
The acute need for global cooperation on
environmental challenges
The economic necessity to innovate to be
globally competitive
The need for better ways to manage time,
people, resources and projects
etc
Learning and innovation skills
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Communication and collaboration
- Creativity and innovation
Digital literacy skills
- Information literacy
- Media literacy
- ICT literacy
Career and life skills
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Initiative and self-direction
- Social and cross-cultural interaction
- Productivity and accountability
- Leadership and responsibility

You learn well when you take action
You learn better when you can do it yourself
You learn best when you can do it with
friends

Knowledge Work Thinking Tools
Learning Research Digital Lifestyles
21
st
Century
Learning
Teacher-directed Learner-centered
Direct instruction Interactive exchange
Knowledge Skills
Content Process
Basic skills Applied skills
Facts and principles Questions and problems
Theory Practice
Curriculum Projects
Time-slotted On-demand
One-size-fits-all Personalized
Competitive Collaborative
Classroom Global community
Text-based Web-based
Summative tests Formative evaluation
Learning for school Learning for life
A New Balance
Characteristics
of Successful
PDP
Experiential and
Engaging
Grounded on
teachers own
questions and
problems
Collaborative
Connected
Sustained and
intensive
Integrated with
overall change
Learning
Societies
Learning
Communities
Whole Learning
Environments
Teachers,
Experts,
Peers, Parents
Whole
Learner

Sir Ken Robinson (2006)


Teachers often leave a mark on their students, but
they seldom leave a mark on their profession.
Through the process and product of action research
teachers will do both

Wolfe, 1989


You learn well when you take action
You learn better when you can do it yourself
You learn best when you can do it with
friends

Your innovativeness is developing well when
you take action
Your innovativeness is developing better
when you can innovate yourself
Your innovativeness is developing best when
you can innovate with friends

Your AR is developing well when you take
action
Your AR is developing better when you can
innovate yourself
Your AR is developing best when you can
innovate with friends


Students are able to generate and improve on
original ideas and also work creatively with
others.

How to connect practice to theory?
The problem is that practitioner do not have
much time for theory
Action Research encourages a Teacher to be
reflective of his own practice in order to
enhance the quality of education for himself
/herself and the pupils.
It is a powerful means of bridging the gap
between the theory and practice of education
Teachers are encouraged to develop their
own personal theories of education from their
own practice
Jean Mc Niff (2010)


COLLECT AR collect information on students
learning
RELATE Teacher relate understanding with
other teachers
CREATE Teacher create networking with
fellow researchers Example: CARN
DONATE Teacher contribute knowledge to
larger audience including community and
society
Sir Ken Robinson (2013), How to change
education from the ground up, RSA Video
Othman Lebar, (2011). Kajian Tindakan Dalam
Pendidikan: Teori dan Amalan, Tanjong
Malim:Penerbit UPSI
Jean Mc Niff (2010). Action research for
professional development, London: Routledge
Pink, D., (2006) A Whole New Mind: Why Right
Brainers Will Rule the Future,
Trilling, B. & Fadel, C., (2009). 21
st
Century Skills:
Learning For Life In Our Time, San Francisco, CA:
Jossey- Bass