{"id":13469,"date":"2016-10-28T15:30:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T07:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=13469"},"modified":"2016-11-23T12:22:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T04:22:03","slug":"government-policies-fail-to-cultivate-critical-skills-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/government-policies-fail-to-cultivate-critical-skills-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Government policies fail to cultivate critical skills, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Exam focused education is one barrier to creative and critical thinking skills<\/em><\/p>\n

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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28: Policies aimed at skills development among students over the past two decades have failed to create students with the 4Cs: critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration, a study has found.<\/span><\/p>\n

The study \u2018From drills to skills? Cultivating critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration through Malaysian schools\u2019 released today by the Penang Institute said the policies which the government invested in since the 1980\u2019s have failed to address the problems hampering progress of cognitive and interpersonal skills among students.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese policy failures will become increasingly costly as global demand spikes for workers equipped with the complex, non-routine skill sets that complement advanced technologies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to the World Bank\u2019s World Development Report 2016, 49 percent of jobs in Malaysia are susceptible to replacement by new technologies, even after accounting for low local wages and time lags in adopting automation,\u201d the study found.<\/span><\/p>\n

The study, which focused on the Pentaksiran Berasaskan Sekolah (School-Based Assessment, PBS), Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (Form 3 Assessment, PT3), higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) and i-THINK mind maps policies, said none of these have succeeded in transforming teaching and learning to facilitate skills cultivation. <\/span><\/p>\n

It proposed that the failure of these policies can be attributed to three things: an overemphasis on exam results; an excess of paperwork-heavy directives that consume teachers\u2019 time; and pervasive blame and cynicism among education stakeholders, heightened by policy flip-flops.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith these factors distorting education policy implementation, \u2018more of the same\u2019 is not enough,\u201d says study author and Penang Institute Fellow Hwa Yue-Yi. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cInstead, we need policy solutions that can cultivate students\u2019 skills despite these adverse conditions, while simultaneously working to replace these adverse patterns with productive interactions among Ministry officials, teachers, students, and other stakeholders.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The study also outlines 14 policy proposals spanning student assessment, instructional tools, school organisation, and the teaching profession in order to foster the necessary skills. -The Rocket<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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