I've joined Beaconhouse Malaysia as a teacher trainer/mentor.
It's a school that has migrated to the Cambridge curriculum from the Malaysian National Curriculum.
The children have been trained to give tests (eight per year). Yes! I wonder when they actually got time to learn anything.
Anyway, with the new system it has been cut down to 2 per term. However, the parents and the teachers are not so confident about it. As Leone , the principal, told me "they've forgotten how to be children"
Its sad the way the families in Malaysia , especially the Chinese families, pressurize the child to "study" rather than learn.
One of the 6 year olds (he's in year 1) said to his mother "mom i'm afraid i cannot pass University"
Why is a 6 year old thinking about university when he should be worrying about the latest video game?
I think it will take a lot of effort and headbanging to change their thoughts about what education really is.
It's been more than a week that I joined this school and all i've seen in the classes is the emphasis on tests/exams.
"You need to study this it will come in your exam"
"You need to listen it will come in your assessment"
I hear these sentences a lot from the teachers.
Its sad because i've only observed junior school yet. Why should a child (6 to 9 years of age) worry about exams?
Are we really teaching our child how to survive in the real world?
They should be learning to collaborate, argue, express, THINK. But they're learning to write in a neat way, chant the teachers' words accurately and score good marks on a test which isn't even appropriate to their age level!!!!
Things need to change here!!! I think we can do it. As long as there are 2-3 people in the management who believe it. We can do it!
It's a school that has migrated to the Cambridge curriculum from the Malaysian National Curriculum.
The children have been trained to give tests (eight per year). Yes! I wonder when they actually got time to learn anything.
Anyway, with the new system it has been cut down to 2 per term. However, the parents and the teachers are not so confident about it. As Leone , the principal, told me "they've forgotten how to be children"
Its sad the way the families in Malaysia , especially the Chinese families, pressurize the child to "study" rather than learn.
One of the 6 year olds (he's in year 1) said to his mother "mom i'm afraid i cannot pass University"
Why is a 6 year old thinking about university when he should be worrying about the latest video game?
I think it will take a lot of effort and headbanging to change their thoughts about what education really is.
It's been more than a week that I joined this school and all i've seen in the classes is the emphasis on tests/exams.
"You need to study this it will come in your exam"
"You need to listen it will come in your assessment"
I hear these sentences a lot from the teachers.
Its sad because i've only observed junior school yet. Why should a child (6 to 9 years of age) worry about exams?
Are we really teaching our child how to survive in the real world?
They should be learning to collaborate, argue, express, THINK. But they're learning to write in a neat way, chant the teachers' words accurately and score good marks on a test which isn't even appropriate to their age level!!!!
Things need to change here!!! I think we can do it. As long as there are 2-3 people in the management who believe it. We can do it!
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