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Quarter Two, 2008
Projects
Our Teacher Training Projects
Schools to Schools has conducted a number of teacher training
projects in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia. Our recent
April 2008 workshop in Banda Aceh on “Planning and
Assessment II” was delivered by Deborah Gordon and Susan
Klinkhamer from United World College (UWC), Singapore and
Nurlaila Rahman and Fransiska Susilawati from Sekolah Bogor
Raya, Indonesia.
Upcoming Teacher Training Workshops
Banda Aceh:
29 – 31 May - “Developing Attitudes and Values” will be
delivered by Achmad Safarie from Al-Jabr Islamic School,
Daniel Seminariyanto from Citra Kasih School and Mimin Sri
Wahyuni from Sekolah Victory Plus.
Sri Lanka Moratuwa:
23 – 27 June - “Delivering an Integrated Learning Experience”
will be delivered by Zaza Rocheles and Adilakshimi from Beacon
International School and Oakridge International, respectively.
Sri Lanka Hambantota:
23 – 27 June - “Delivering an Integrated Learning Experience”
will be delivered by Tania Lattanzio and David Kainey from
International Baccalaureate (IB) and Australian International
School, respectively.
We would like to thank all efforts and continued support from all
our volunteers and future trainers for being part of our project.
Should you have any interest in contributing to this part of the
IB, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Glynn Richards, Projects Manager
Han Nguyen, School Liaison Officer
Suryanie Ismail, Projects Services Officer
Roy Wee, Web and Media Officer
Email: projects@ibo.org
Ivanhoe Grammer School in Cambodia
Through the International Baccalaureate Schools to Schools
project, and in co-operation with four other partner schools,
Ivanhoe Grammar School teachers have been involved in
Cambodia for several years. In 2008, Lynne and Dayle Van
Zanten spent time working in province schools and teaching
demonstration lessons for student teachers and classroom
teachers. The aim of the project is to assist trainee teachers in
preparing rich lessons and to move the education system away
from text book teaching to engaged learning. Several of the
problems used are the whole class investigation 'life' of a task
as recorded in the equivalent Maths300 lesson.
The children loved the activities. When we were sharing what
they learned one student said that she learned to solve a
problem using pictures; others learnt to graph for the first time.
While the lessons were heavily modified to suit the nature of the
schools and the design of the demonstration lessons they were
still rich in the sense that the children were problem solving
rather than rote learning sums.
We worked in four different schools in the Kandal Province of
Cambodia - Prek Tapov, Krapeuha, Kampong Samnagn,
Demonstration School and the Kandal Teacher Training College.
There is no electricity in any of the schools so the computer aspect certainly was not available or should I say sustainable once we left. However, the two teacher trainers, Soeun and Chanan, have access to the internet via internet cafes in Phnom Penh, so will be able to sustain the inspiration. The teacher trainers are starved of resources and Maths300 will be a way for them to access problem solving activities that will support the move from text book rote learning to investigative maths. They will access the web then use the lessons to train student teachers and mentor (class) teachers in their workshops.
As I said, the children loved the activities and when a Year 3
student, who has been used to rote learning, says she learnt
how to problem solve using pictures (after one lesson) you
know the quality of the maths you are presenting. Thanks again
to both yourself and Charles for developing these activities. I
value them in my Year 6 class at Ivanhoe and they are now
being valued in schools in Cambodia.
Lynne Ord
Ivanhoe Grammar School
Victoria Australia
Ron Auckland, Cambodia Project Coordinator
Email: rona@ibo.org
Snapshots
Move your body!
An activity on "Natural Disasters"
Snapshots - Cambodia
Demonstration lessons for teachers and students
Problem solving in a creative way
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