Trends, challenges and strategies in integrating...

Keynote — Trends, challenges and

strategies in integrating transversal

competencies into education

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Dr. Samuel Kai Wah Chu

Associate Professor

Head, Division of Information and Technology Studies

Deputy Director, Centre for Information Technology in Education

Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong

With support from

Jennifer Luk , Karen Wong, Zoe Cheung

Skills, abilities & competencies

important to students

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Q1: Other than getting good scores at school, what skills, abilities & competencies do you regard as important to students? Please submit 3 items to the following form.

Question form: http://goo.gl/forms/9SkujvdMp4

http://goo.gl/forms/9SkujvdMp4

UNESCO Bangkok framework

on transversal competencies

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Source: UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education. 2013. Education Research Institutes Network (ERI-Net) Regional Study on Transversal Competencies in Education Policy and Practice (Phase 1).

21st Century skills

- P21 framework

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Source: http://trc.mansd.org/tlf/student-outcomes

Importance of “non-academic” skills

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Q2: How importance are the “non-academic” skills?•Answer A: Less important than academic skills

•Answer B: As important as academic skills•Answer C: More important than academic skills



Critical & innovative thinking: Creativity,

entrepreneurship - Why important? - 1

6Source: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/09/19/steve-jobs-apple-almost-went-bankrupt-because-it-failed-to-innovate/

Steve Jobs: Apple Almost Went Bankrupt (in 1996) Because It Failed to Innovate

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/09/19/steve-jobs-apple-almost-went-bankrupt-because-it-failed-to-innovate/


entrepreneurship - Why important? - 2

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Source: http://t.cn/Rqf69iG

Q3: When did Apple become the most valuable company in terms of market capitalization?

•Answer A: 2011•Answer B: 2012•Answer C: 2013•Answer D: 2014•Answer E: 2015


http://t.cn/Rqf69iG


Critical & innovative thinking (3) - Apple’s

Most Innovative Devices

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Source: http://www.cheatsheet.com/gear-style/gadgets/apples-product-timeline-the-best-of-the-best.html/?a=viewall

http://www.cheatsheet.com/gear-style/gadgets/apples-product-timeline-the-best-of-the-best.html/?a=viewall

Interpersonal skills: Communication skills,

collaboration - Why important? - 1

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Source: http://www.essentiallifeskills.net/goodcommunicationskills.html

Good communication skills are key to success in life, work and relationships!

http://www.essentiallifeskills.net/goodcommunicationskills.html

Interpersonal skills (2): Communication

skills - Why important?

10Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ntLGOyHw4

• Set the theme

• Provide the outline

• Make it easy for your listeners to follow your story

• Demonstrate enthusiasm

• Wow your audience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ntLGOyHw4

Interpersonal skills (3): Collaboration - Why

important?

11Source: http://t.cn/RyGsn5a

Q4: How many patents does it take to build an iPhone?

Answer A: less than 50Answer B: 50-100Answer C: 101-150Answer D: 151-200Answer E: over 200


http://t.cn/RyGsn5a


Intrapersonal skills

Interpersonal skills enable us to communicate well with others using different mediums of communication.

Intrapersonal skills are the skills and communications that occur within a person's own mind. Intrapersonal skills initiate appropriate reactions and attitudes as a result of positive internal dialogue occurring in one’s mind.

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Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-communicate-others-effective-communication-skills-youngsub-chun?forceNoSplash=true

Intrapersonal skills: flexibility & adaptability

- Why important? - 1

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Source: http://usemyability.com/resources/skills_abilities/flexibility-and-adaptability.html

“Adaptability means being flexible when things change. An adaptable person is one who is open to new ideas and concepts, to working independently or as part of a team, and to carrying out multiple tasks or projects”.

“Adopting a flexible approach to study, work and life is more likely to enable us to achieve success than maintaining a rigid outlook or set of beliefs. People who are flexible are open to change and are able to adapt and adjust continuously to changing circumstances”.



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Source: http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/top-ten-skills.htm



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Source: http://usemyability.com/resources/skills_abilities/flexibility-and-adaptability.html

“Adopting a flexible approach to study, work and life is more likely to enable us to achieve success than maintaining a rigid outlook or set of beliefs.

Source: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/1923465/students-breaking-point-hong-kong-announces

Global citizenship: intercultural

understanding - Why important - 1

We need to be conscious of the ways in which our own culture influences our behaviour, as well as how other people’s cultures influence their behaviour, then think and act accordingly. While challenging, intercultural understanding is important for working and communicating effectively and respectfully.

Strong intercultural understanding facilitates the building of trust, and help avoid establishing or sustaining negative stereotypes, which are counter-productive and can render relationships unsustainable.

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Source: http://ethicsofisl.ubc.ca/?page_id=107

Source: http://t.cn/RqIiWez

Global citizenship: intercultural

understanding - Why important - 2

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Global skills is considered an important skill based on a number of surveys on the skills required by graduates undertaken by Microsoft, Target Jobs, the BBC, Prospects, NACE and AGR and other organisations.

Media and information literacy: ethical

use – Why important? - 1

18Source: Chu, S.K.W., Reynolds, R.B., Tavares, N.J., Notari, M., & Lee., C.W.Y. (in press). Developing 21st century skills with inquiry learning, collaborative teaching, social media, and games: International perspectives. Springer.

Media and information literacy: ethical use – Why

important? - 2

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Plagiarism is ‘copying the work of another person without proper acknowledgement’(The University of Hong Kong, 2002). Plagiarism is equivalent to stealing, whether it is conducted unconsciously or intentionally

(Asunka, 2011; Mitchell, 2007).

Source: http://www.keble.ox.ac.uk/students/study-skills-and-assistance/plagiarism.gif

Q5: I’ve done a study regarding junior secondary school students’ level of plagiarism in their group project work in an excellent school in HK. Can you guess how many percent of the students committed plagiarism?

• A: Less than 41%• B: 41-55%• C: 56-70%• D: 71-85%• E: Over 85%




important? - 3

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The study found that the majority of junior secondary students in this academically strong local school plagiarized in their liberal studies group project work (Yeung et al., 2012)


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Level Label Description

Level 1 NoneNo plagiarism

Level 2 Minor

• Copy a block of text from the student’s previous work

or

• Copy a block of text of less 40 words from others’ sources without any citation

Level 3 Moderate

• Copy a block of text of over 40 words from others’ sources without any citation, but

• Give references at the end of the work

or

• Give references in form of an attachment

Level 4 Serious• Copy a block of text of over 40 words from others’

sources without any citation

Remark: APA Publication Manual suggest to give a quotation for copying a block of text of 40 or more words. (APA, 2009: p.171).

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香港公開考試 2012

Level 2 – plagiarism-free inquiry learning Plagiarism

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香港公開考試 2013

Level 2 – plagiarism-free inquiry learning Plagiarism

Breaking News:

German Defence

Minister Karl-Theodor

zu Guttenberg

announced his

resignation from all

political offices in Berlin

(01 March 2011)


important? - 5

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Sources:

German Research Minister Faces Plagiarism Allegations

German Research Minister Schavan Resigns in Plagiarism Scandal

http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/02/breaking-news-german-research-mi.html


important? - 6

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Taiwan Defense Minister Resigns Over Plagiarism Allegation

Source: YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTfiCYHCf0I

Physical health and religious value – Why

important? - 1

How important do schools view physical health?

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Q6. Some schools in the past would cancel a physical education class and use it for more academic training instead. Have you seen (or heard about) such cases recently?

Answer A: Yes (Please give an example)Answer B: No

Physical health and religious value – Why

important? - 2

Besides religious values, philosophy should also be included

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Q7. What kind of encouragement will you

offer to the worst students in the worst secondary schools (academically speaking)?

Answer A: Encourage them to focus on non-academic areas such as sports, music, or a craft (eg. fixing cars or cooking).Answer B: Encourage them to work hard so that they can survive their studying in their schools.

Answer C: Encourage them to work hard and they can excel academically (e.g., even becoming a professor) in future.Answer D: Others. Please explain. source: http://philosophy.fas.harvard.edu/why-

study-philosophy

How can educators help students develop

transversal competencies? - 1

Q8: Please choose one element of transversal competencies and suggest how you would help students develop it?

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How to develop transversal competencies?


entrepreneurship

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Source: http://www.twgss.edu.hk/Content/02_school_life/02_Activity/displaySingleActivity.aspx?activityId=545&ct=activity&styleId=1

Schacter and his colleagues (2006) outlined several creativity supportive practices, including: explicitly teaching for creative thinking, providing students with choice and exploratory learning, encouraging students’ intrinsic motivation, and providing opportunities for students to use their imagination.



collaboration - 1

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• Schools can help students develop good communication & collaboration skills through doing serious inquiry group project work

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UnderstandingPlagiarism 認識抄襲

Paraphrase 釋意

Cite 引用

Check their workfor originality 檢查有没有抄襲


Media & information literacy: ethical use - 1

How can educators assess students’ level of

transversal competencies? - 1 Q9: Please choose one element of transversal

competencies and suggest how this can be assessed?

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How to assess transversal competencies?


collaboration - 1

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• Group project work always has the problem of having free riders

• It’s hard for teachers to know who has done what and this made assessment difficult



collaboration - 2

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• Wiki can keep track of students’ communication and the level of collaboration of each group member



collaboration - 3

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• Learning analytics with Wiki can make students’ level of collaboration transparent



collaboration - 4

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• Peer evaluation can help assessing the level of collaboration of each group member



collaboration - 5

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• Chief ‘editor’ for various sections of a group work


Media & information literacy - 1

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Level Label Description

Level 1 NoneNo plagiarism

Level 2 Minor

• Copy a block of text from the student’s previous work

or

• Copy a block of text of less 40 words from others’ sources without any citation

Level 3 Moderate

• Copy a block of text of over 40 words from others’ sources without any citation, but

• Give references at the end of the work

or

• Give references in form of an attachment

Level 4 Serious• Copy a block of text of over 40 words from others’

sources without any citation

Remark: APA Publication Manual suggest to give a quotation for copying a block of text of 40 or more words. (APA, 2009: p.171).


Media & information literacy - 2

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