Describe which achievement(s) of the three masterplans for ICT in education are evident in the school/classes that you are attached to for your ESE
In terms of infrastructure, Chua Chu Kang Secondary School has an available and operating intranet system that enables their teachers to share their ICT resources online.This online portal is known as 'asknlearn' which is professionally developed and maintained by external vendors.
Under the Masterplan 2, the school has successfully developed the capability to autonomously take charge of its own ICT initiatives with the appointment of their own HOD in charge of ICT. This is evident in the setting aside of the e-learning day for lower secondary students where students are instructed to use the online portal to learn and submit their assignments from personal computers in their own homes, and such efforts are performed independently from the Ministry.
In one lesson observation, an attempt at self-directed learning is made where the students were exposed to the animated materials available on the online portal for their physics lesson on 'work, energy and power'. This, however, was conducted with full supervision by their teacher.
In conclusion, several objectives of the Masterplan were met. However, there are many areas of opportunity for the school to bridge the gap between Masterplan intent and Masterplan implementation.
What do you understand by the term "self-directed learning"? The tendency is to equate it with e-learning but this is a very reductionist perspective.
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