r we ready?

my-alja

sesapa baca dlm the star 4 minggu lepas(kalo tak salah)...tapi hishamudin masih blom buat apa pengumuman pasal pemansuhan peperiksaan negara UPSR seawal thn 2012(ni masa my son)..

cuma nak jenguk pendapat mak/ayah dlm forum nie...adakah kita bersedia dgn mentality tanpa peperiksaan disekolah yg bakal ditempuhi oleh anak2 nanti....

apa yg kita harapkan drp anak2 jika A bukan lagi pertaruhan, apa sukatan yg akan digunapakai utk mengesahkan anak2 berjaya atau tidak....

apa harapan kita jika hasrat nie diteruskan....

my-alja

First, throw out the Primary Six Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah examinations. It is in my opinion the root to what I often describe as the "robotisation" of our kids. It is an assessment of the effectiveness of our early education system that has unfortunately evolved into an examination designed to suck the life out of our children.

The UPSR has coloured the entire primary school education experience, which is supposed to put children in the discovery mode and to understand and appreciate the concept and tools of education.

But to prepare for the UPSR, parents have been known to be sending their cares to tuition and extra classes, from as early as pre-school.

This is surely not good, and unnatural. In some developed countries, children only begin to read and write when they enter the school system. Here, my five-year-old is feeling the stress of needing to know how to read and write in two languages, and sometimes three, if we were to include the optional Mandarin lessons; and do basic arithmetic. And these do not include religious classes, which would come soon, and other extra-curricular activities.

There must be other ways to measure the academic development and achievement of our young minds than examinations.

The Education Ministry says a blueprint is being developed to set the standards and criteria to assess students? performance. The road map would stress character, as well as to encourage a continuous and better learning culture

I say good luck, because if there is anyone who is going to put the spanner in the works, it will be us parents. Throwing out rote learning and memorising is easier said than done. This is because for many of us, our children have become the proxies for our competitive streaks.

Yet we are angry at teachers who moonlight as tutors. Are we angry at them for compromising their school duties, or are we annoyed that they are making a lot of money? Or are we annoyed that we feel compelled to send our kids to them to feed our own insecurities about their academic achievements.

Think again. Would there be a need for tuition classes if we as a society are not so obsessed with grades, and begin to look at education as a continuous learning process to educate and inform, rather than the be all and end all for a better life.

We are the ones crying for good grades, and we create the demand and the market for tutors. Yet we are angry at the monster we created and fed excessively.

The other thing I would like to suggest is to stop throwing accolades to high scorers as well as schools producing the most number of As. As much as we like to celebrate achievements, we, and the media included, should refrain from going overboard.

What kind of message are we sending? The more As the better?

nie petikan yg diambil drp kak. fie post kat thread lain...

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[ Last edited by  24injap at 6-6-2007 12:12 PM ]

my-alja

cikitnya komen ko, injap...heheheh

dafiza

Hi alja

Infact, my lecturer kata ada satu universiti ni tak ada exam langsung. Diaorg lebih kepada discussion. Merit student based on discussion, public speaking etc....

Fiza rasa cara ni lagi interesting dan lagi bagus sbb
1. highly student participation/involvement  dlm class
2. menggalakkan cepat berfikir..
3. tak malu bercakap dgn org/public.
4. team work
5. more relax and fun
6. tak ler kena suap oleh lecturer jer....

dan byk lagi.....

my-alja

Originally posted by dafiza at 7-6-2007 06:21 PM
Hi alja

Infact, my lecturer kata ada satu universiti ni tak ada exam langsung. Diaorg lebih kepada discussion. Merit student based on discussion, public speaking etc....

Fiza rasa cara ni l ...

lama tak nampak yang...

me suka dgn pengalaman belajar masa post-grad dulu(1-2 subjek ), semua yg macam fiza katakan...jadi dlm kelas relax, byk diskusi, byk interaksi dgn lecturer...lecturer plak jenis lepak dan byk pengalaman industri...jadi proses mendapat ilmu jadi lebih pro-active...

teringin juga nak tgk mereka punya silibus nanti.....me tak harap benda nie jadi dlm satu malam, cuma plg tidak dah ade starting point to improve our edu.system....

satu aje matlamat me nak tgk kat budak2 nie....pembelajaran dan pengalaman disekolah lebih bermakna drp yg ada sekarang....