最近几则关于教育的新闻

Fiona2004

shanghaishang 发表于 17-5-2012 11:34
谢谢你为我们整理出近期相关的教育内容；帮我们抓了重点要点的东西，看出来了，版主是个教育的专 ...

是的。今年我才知道这个网有这么好的论坛。在这之前，我都是通过阅得报章获取教育的信息。现在是先上这个网获取很多有益的信息。多谢各位版主和网友！

jjrchome

今天有位家长在《海峡时报》上撰文，投诉学校老师在募捐活动中“威胁”孩子：


Walk the talk by educating, not warning, the students                                 http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_799717.html


MY DAUGHTER, a Raffles Girls' School student, is proud of her school. But it pains me to see her breaking down ever so often when she describes the behaviour of some of her teachers.

During a donation drive for the Old Rafflesians' Association, each student was given a card to solicit funds. Instead of telling students about the merits of the cause, one teacher warned that those who failed to collect a donation would have to stand outside the class. What value does that impart and how is character developed this way?

Students like my 15-year-old daughter are often told to develop an independent mind, speak up, volunteer and so on, but teachers must walk the talk too.

My daughter may spend more time in school than at home, but I take full responsibility for her behaviour. Teachers can help by not making it harder.

Jay Tee

jjrchome

前常任秘书严崇涛：优秀生集名校　思维模式一个样
http://news.omy.sg/News/Local%2BNews/Story/OMYStory201205171511-335556.html

前常任秘书、国大名誉副校长严崇涛：新加坡需要多样化的人才，

因此顶尖的学生不应该都集中到莱佛士书院和莱佛士女子学校受教育。

前常任秘书、国大名誉副校长严崇涛说，本地优秀学生都集中名校，导致我们在面对挑战时，没有多方面的思维模式。

严崇涛昨天在新加坡国立大学工程领袖学院杰出人士讲座系列上，分享他对我国不少课题的看法。

他说，本地人才集中于政府部门，很少有人愿意自己创业，是因为本地教育制度不鼓励孩子质疑师长，难以发挥创意思维。

谈到他对新加坡奖学金制度的看法时，严崇涛说，新加坡需要多样化的人才，因此顶尖的学生不应该都集中到莱佛士书院和莱佛士女子学校受教育，以免大家都是同一个模子制造出来的脑袋，在面对挑战时是“一条线路”，没有多方面的思考方式。

评淡马锡控股，本应创造财富却变财富管理者；赞吴庆瑞博士，我国内阁唯一‘创造财富者’。完整报道，请翻阅17.05.2012《新明日报》。

jjrchome

耗资3亿新元建造的史丹福美国国际学校校园将于8月份开始正式启用。

$300m international school to open in August
      Thu May 17 2012


                              

      
   
SINGAPORE - Imagine a school where your child's name flashes on a board with instructions on where to drop him off when your car reaches the gate.
You are directed to a drop-off point and your child hops off for classes. When you are back to pick him up, your child's name flashes again to let him know you are there and your precious one hops back into the car.

This technology is available now, and will be implemented in a school here.

The Stamford American International School that has branded themselves as the world's most advanced school has safety as one of its top most priorities, and the above scenario is just one of the many technological features it will incorporate.

The $300 million campus located along Upper Serangoon Road was designed in close consultation with top security experts including the US Embassy.

The campus will open its doors of its permanent campus in August this year, announced Mr Brian G. Rogove, CEO of Cognita, Asia Pacific, the company that owns the school.

The campus will boasts features that "will not become standard in many others schools for another 20 years," said the company's CEO.

Cognita is one of the world's largest private education providers with 58 schools across UK, Europe and Asia.

The K-12 facility that will house 2,500 students from the ages of two to 18, will equip students from K2 to Grade 5 with iPads, while the older students will be equipped with a Macbook Pro each.

The school, which is fully wired up and wi-fi ready, aims to deliver an interactive learning environment where teaching is not limited to within the four walls of a classroom.

"Technology does feature a lot in our new campus. The environment allows for a number of new education experiences. In essence, it takes teaching outside of the classroom into a global perspective. It is extremely important to students because there's so much information available for the students to get access to effectively," said Mr Malcolm J. Kay.

An example given by Mr Malcolm is that the students will be able to watch two guest speakers at the same time and compare and contrast for an inter-disciplinary education.

The school is also the first to offer both education by American standards and in the International Baccalaureate (IB). It will also feature facilities for performing arts, computer laboratories, ionized swimming pools, indoor basketball courts and an outdoor astro-turf field.

When queried on why Singapore and not Hong Kong for such an extensive project, Mr Rogove explained that there is much greater demand among expatriates in Singapore.

Founder and chief executive of the Canadian International School (CIS), Thomas Tang had initially wanted to open the school in Hong Kong but chose Singapore due to a lack of land space in Hong Kong.

The $140 million CIS campus that opened in Jurong West earlier this year, has a current enrolment of 1,800 student and house up to 3,300 students.

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最先进国际学校花费3亿元　8月启用                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
位于实龙岗路上段的史丹福美国国际学校（Stamford American International School）新校舍于8月启用后，学生将使用尖端科技学习。

每天必须学西班牙文或华文
这所自称为“世界上最先进的国际学校”，也是本地第一所同时开办美国教育课程与国际中学毕业会考课程（IB）的学校。

学生每天必须上西班牙文或华文课，每年的学费介于1万1000元至2万6000元。

新校舍耗资3亿元建设，是亚太区域投资额最高的教育工程，竣工后可容纳2500名学生，为2岁至18岁、来自超过40个不同国籍的学生提供教育，由Cognita国际教育集团投资建设。Cognita是全球最大的国际教育集团之一。

连同史丹福美国国际学校在内，本地目前共有31所国际学校。

本地孩童可以就读吗？

本地学生可以进入这所国际学校就读吗？
据悉，6岁及以上的本地孩童，若想申请进入这所学校，必须得到教育部的批准。6岁以下的学童则无需教育部的批准。

3亿元建成的学校有何设施？
- 5岁学生上课，人手一台iPad。
- 12岁或以上的学生，各有一台苹果电脑。
- 学生可与世界各地的讲师现场连线，或“亲临”埃及金字塔现场，感受古迹的壮观。
- 校内设有本地首个全电脑化接送系统，家长在进入和离开校园接送孩子时，需扫描电子卡。
- 校内其他设施包括：电脑室、表演剧场、运动设施（如：游泳池和足球场）。

NJTSG88

看来 美国要在世界各地开国际学校了 教育的渗透带来滚滚财源

jjrchome

前物理老师使用互联网计算出法拉利车祸时的速度为每小时140公里。

Ferrari was travelling at 140kmh: ex-physics teacher
Thu May 17 2012



                              
   
SINGAPORE - A former physics teacher calculated the speed that the Ferrari was travelling at before it crashed into the ComfortDelGro taxi killing three and injuring two others.

Using online tools, physics theories and graphical representations, Mr Lawrence Wee, who used to teach at Yishun Junior College, explains and concludes that the supercar was travelling at 140kmh.

The 43-year-old had initially calculated the speed to be about 110kmh but after discussing it with a colleague, he realised the supercar could have been travelling at 140kmh instead.

Said Mr Wee, "Simply put, it's measuring the distance the Ferrari travelled over the time of the video".

Making use of the real-life example to assist in educating students in everyday physics, Mr Wee told AsiaOne that he wanted to "spread and scale active learning strategies in physics education, with to aim to make learning meaningful and relevant to life".

In an e-mail to citizen journalism Stomp, a netizen who chanced upon the blog post said that his reasoning seems quite accurate.

"It seems pretty accurate, given that they managed to account for the depth perception effects and estimated the distances based on the width of the taxi, which is in roughly the same plane as the Ferrari at the point of impact," said netizen 'Little Food Steps'.

"No offence intended to any of the victims, but I thought this may be of interest to Stompers (contributors to the website) who wish to estimate how fast the Ferrari was travelling".

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具体计算方法：http://weelookang.blogspot.com/2 ... ed-ferrari-was.html

这个物理老师的博客有点意思。。。
  

jjrchome

DSA学生发威：莱佛士战胜华中夺得垒球冠军。

  RI boys win 5th title in 6 years
     Nicholas Neo |       The New Paper |    Fri May 18 2012


                              

      
   
    He has watched closely over them since they joined Raffles Institution (RI) under the Direct Schools Admission (DSA) scheme six years ago.

And softball teacher-in-charge Adrian Chng was delighted to see that his DSA boys - Samuel Lee, Chua Hui Fu and Mirza Muhd - played a huge part in winning another national schools title for RI.

            Tuesday's boys' A division title came after a comfortable 3-0 victory over Hwa Chong Institution at the AR-JAS Sports Centre.

It was the fifth national title in a row for the trio, who have been successful every year since 2008.

Said Chng: "This title is very significant for me personally.

"When I first met them (his DSA boys), they had their own bad habits and idiosyncrasies. The improvement has been tremendous."

Chng was not short of praise for his other boys too.

He said: "As a whole, I'm pleased with the way the team performed.

"I've seen us play better, but considering all the pressure that came with being in the final, I'm happy with the way we did it."

Dominated


In Tuesday's final, RI dominated right from the beginning.

Samuel got his team off to the perfect start with a magnificent home run in the first inning.

In the second inning, RI's speedy Daniel Gn and Chandra Prakash rounded the bases to increase the lead to 3-0.

However, in the final three innings, an improved performance from Hwa Chong pitcher Edmond Chen and catcher Alston Yeong managed to stop RI from scoring any more runs.

Hwa Chong did come close to scoring though, with Yang Jia Fan and Marcel Wong hitting a few strong fly balls. But they were safely caught by RI's outfielders.

Hwa Chong's team captain Edmond felt that his team were "unlucky" not to be able to convert their chances.

He said: "They were able to catch many of our air balls, and that's how they got us out.

"Still, I think we performed up to our expectations."

Despite the win, RI's team captain Hui Fu was not satisfied.

He said: "There is a lot of room for improvement for our batting, but in terms of fielding, we are there.

"We definitely could have done better, but a win's a win."


This article was first published in The New Paper.

  

meidance

强大的J版，你说
是不是教育部从今年开始换了一套新的题库？

霞客000001

毛絮 发表于 14-5-2012 09:40
数学家说, 80%就是掌握了, 多的20%要题海了,

确实如此！
PSLE要是也把这个因素考虑进去就更科学了。

jjrchome

热门小学要求提高　家长当义工须通过面试日期:  20/05/2012  新闻来源:联合晚报


学校对家长义工的要求提高，除了服务时间加长，一些学校还要求家长策划专题项目。

替孩子报读热门小学，家长要当义工，学校对他们的要求更加高，有家长表示“好像在申请工作！”

为提高孩子进入热门小学的机会，不少家长申请当学校义工。由于竞争激烈，不少人要通过面试才能当义工。

热门学校以往只要求家长义工在学生上下课的时间帮忙指挥交通，或者当学校举办出游活动时，随行帮忙照顾学生。

校方如今对家长义工的要求提高，南洋小学在寻求能够提供资讯科技协助的家长；南山小学则需要家长帮忙老师策划数码教学工具。

完成至少40小时志愿服务，2B阶段不包中。