Developing Self-Directed Learners: A Guide to Singapore's Education System

Developing Self-Directed Learners: A Guide to Singapore's Education System

Learning Objectives

• Understand the importance of being a self-directed and confident learner
• Demonstrate the core values of Singapore's education system
• Develop critical, adaptive, and inventive thinking skills
• Make responsible decisions
• Learn how to manage yourself and your relations with others
• Develop civic, global, and cross-cultural literacy
• Understand what it means to be a concerned citizen and an active contributor

What do you already know about Singapore's education system?

Self-awareness and Self-management

• Being a self-directed learner
• Recognizing and utilizing your own abilities and potential

Critical, Adaptive, and Inventive Thinking

• Navigating through life's challenges
• Developing critical thinking skills
• Cultivating adaptability and inventiveness

Civic, Global, and Cross-Cultural Literacy

• Interacting effectively with others in a globalized world
• Developing cross-cultural understanding and empathy

Core Values and Responsible Decision-making

• Understanding and embodying core values in decision-making
• Making responsible and respectful choices

Collaboration and Information Skills

• Working effectively and respectfully in diverse teams
• Using appropriate digital tools for information gathering and sharing

Recap: Educational Guidelines

• Self-directed learner
• Responsible decision-making
• Civic, global, and cross-cultural literacy
• Core values
• Collaboration and information skills

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.