Content• Rationale• What is MI.World?• Criteria for Projects• Desired Outcomes• Results

RATIONALE:• Equip students with a global

perspective

• Provide authentic learning opportunities for intellectual dialogue and inter-cultural understanding

• Build a network of peers across geographical boundaries

** MAKING CONNECTIONS **

• 2 of our Strat Thrusts imparting enduring skills and to develop global citizens

• Customised Learning in Curriculum Knowledge, skills and values

• Comprises of IP and Non-IP projects• Broadly categorised into Overseas

Service Learning and Borderless Learning

Alignment and Integration

• Approach is 2 pronged Reaching out and bringing in

Approach

Approach

Criteria for Projects

• An on-going collaborative project must be in place either before or after the trip

• Substantial amount of time spent in schools and host homes

• Projects must be sustainable for at least 2 years

• Plans for sharing to showcase what has been learnt

Desired OutcomesAreas Overseas Service Learning

(Community Service oriented)Borderless Learning

(Multi-disciplinary oriented)

Knowledge

Background of the country visited issues/ problems Politics, Economic, Environment, Social

and TechnologicalSingapore’s relationship with the country of visitHow can Singapore add value to the country of visit

and vice versa? Other project/ subject specific knowledge areas

Skills

Cultural Literacy Skills Collaborative skills Creative thinking Critical thinking

Values

Compassion Rootedness to Singapore Responsibility Resilience Respect Integrity

Rootedness to Singapore

Responsibility Resilience Respect Integrity

Vision

A community ofConfident leadersCreative thinkers

Passionate learnersCultured individuals

Results

Collaboration

Results

In 3 years, a total of 36 MI.World trips were organised:

•2008 – 12 trips•2009 – 7 trips (H1N1 outbreak)

•2010 – 17 trips proposed

Culmination of the MI.World ProgrammeMI.WORLD CONFERENCE 2010

(23 April – 8 May)

Parting remarks

“It was very meaningful to foster friendship…we are given the chance to exchange views…we are able to broaden our outlook on the world and how it functions, and how it affects us as a human being”

Muhd Fikri Bin Iskandar Shah (Humanities, Overseas Educational Fieldtrip and Exchange programme, 2009, Kumamoto, Japan)

Parting remarks

Lee Ke Wei (Overseas CIP Trip, 2009, Bintan, Indonesia)

“We have learnt values from people that we’ve met, values which otherwise would be difficult for us to realize here in Singapore.Now, I can really see why I should treasure all that I have. Though I’ve been told time and again, it is only through the trip I can truly see that I am taking things for granted. Simply hearing about it can never beat the experience in itself. It’s easy to forget, so I hope I can remember how I feel right now… forever.”

MI.WORLD CONFERENCE 2010

(23 April – 8 May)