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FOR AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

PRESENTATION TO ACSI REFLECTIONS ON THE INTRODUCTION OF CAPS WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOUR SCHOOL? 20 MAY 2011. FOR AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL. NATIONAL CURRICULUM VS SCHOOL CURRICULUM Purpose Status Ownership. SOME CRITICAL QUESTIONS. Why does our school exist?

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FOR AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

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  1. PRESENTATION TO ACSIREFLECTIONS ON THE INTRODUCTION OF CAPS WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOUR SCHOOL? 20 MAY 2011

  2. FOR AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL NATIONAL CURRICULUM VS SCHOOL CURRICULUM Purpose Status Ownership

  3. SOME CRITICAL QUESTIONS • Why does our school exist? • Why should students come to our school rather than another? • What learning do we value? • What learning do we want to achieve? • How do we know that our students have achieved?

  4. “No assessment system is merely a matter of technique and know-how. It is always saying something about … the world that the assessor is seeking to bring about” Dave Allen 1990

  5. EDUCATION educo, educare (Lat): to lead out What kind of world? What do they need?

  6. THEREFORE ….. • What world do we want to create in and through our schools? Why? • How do we shape the curriculum intentionally to achieve the learning we value? • How do we create opportunities for learning what we value? • How do we establish whether the learning has happened or not?

  7. TYPES OF SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Social leading discussions persuasion co-operation team work bringing out the best in others Meta-cognitive self-reflection self-evaluation Cognitive problem solving inventing and creating critical thinking formulating questions searching for relevant information making informed judgements analysing and presenting data Affective Perseverance/resilience internal motivation initiative responsibility self-efficacy independence flexibility coping with change learnacy

  8. CRITICAL OUTCOMES • Identify and solve problems in which responses display that responsible decisions using critical and creative thinking have been made. • Work effectively with others as a member of a team, group, organisation or community. • Organise and manage oneself and one’s activities responsibly and effectively. • Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information. • Communicate effectively using visual, mathematical and/ or language skills in the modes of oral and/ or written presentation. • Use science and technology effectively and critically, showing responsibility towards the environment and health of others. • Demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems by recognising that problem-solving contexts do not exist in isolation.

  9. SOME SUGGESTIONS MAKE THE TIME TO…. • Agree on what you value as a school community. • Agree on what learning you want to achieve - Grade 7 vs Grade 12 • Critically analyse the national curriculum in the light of this. • Shape your own school curriculum intentionally and explicitly. - within and across subjects - within and across grades to ensure progression - have a clear and defensible rationale • Teach it and assess it Ownership Uniqueness Independence

  10. Sony annual shareholders meeting 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY

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