"THE QUALITY OF OUR THINKING WILL
DETERMINE THE QUALITY OF OUR FUTURE"
- EDWARD DE BONO
Developing Thinking Skills at SM Sains Kuching
School Concept
Sainsku Transformation
Programme 2011 - 2015
LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE
TYPE
NAME
CLUSTER
SCHOOL
SMART SCHOOL
FULLY RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL
SM SAINS KUCHING
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METHOD OF EDUCATION
HPS
SainsKu Vision (1994-2015)
High
Performing
Trust School
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2008
2011
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Cluster
School
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Smart
School
SainsKu
About
Agentha
A World Class Leader
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In Education
SainsKu Vision
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SainsKu Mission
Providing The Best Education To
Nurture World Class Leaders
Readiness
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Tomorrow’s thinkers are sitting in our classroom today.
Today's students must expect to face serious competition in a
global marketplace.
"Readiness" in the 21st century is about helping students be
able to take what they know and apply it to new situations
and problems.
Preparing students to succeed in this competitive environment
is the challenge before us.
Working together to bridge the gap between what
businesses need, and how schools prepare students to meet
and exceed those needs and become productive leaders is
what 21st century learning and thinking is all about.
SainsKu’s Learning Vision
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Innovative
Effective
Communicator
Effective
Collaborator
Effective
Pupil/Learner
Effective
Problem
Solver
International Mindedness
SainsKu Pupil
Aspirasi pembangunan murid SainsKu
SainsKu Student attributes
Pengetahuan
/Knowledge
Identiti
nasional /
National
Identity
Etika &
Kerohanian
/ ethics
Aspirasi Utama
Pembangunan
Pelajar SainsKu
/ SainsKu’s
Student
attributes
Kemahiran
pelbagai
bahasa/ multi
languages
proficiency
Kemahiran
berfikir/
thinking
Skill
Kemahiran
memimpin/
Leadership
Skill
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Effective thinking is not
inborn –
it has to be learned and
practiced to be effective
Edward de Bono
CoRT Thinking
Adding value by developing student thinking skills to achieve
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the school vision
Problem
Solving &
Decision
making
Innovation
Creativity
Higher
Order
Thinking
Skills
Self
Confidence
Students
of SM
Sains
Kuching
SainsKu –
A World
Class
Leader In
Education
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Our Objectives
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Develop creative skills
Increase problem solving/decision making
abilities
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Encourage risk taking opportunities
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Develop self confidence amongst students
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Increase the use of a range of graphic
organisers to frame thinking
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Our Success Criteria
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Higher order thinking skills embedded into
the teaching and learning
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High level of student engagement and activity
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Regular use of a variety of thinking tools
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Students being self-directed, and working
independently as well as interdependently
Curriculum connections - disciplines
connected, real-world, rigorous and relevant
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High Order Thinking Skills
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Analyzing/menganalisis
Synthesizing
Evaluating
Relating
Developing concepts
Categorizing
Sequencing
Comparing and contrasting
SainsKu Thinking Skills Timeline
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Year
2015
2014
2013
Collaborative &
Coperative
Learning
Questioning
Graphic
Organisers
F1 – F4
F1 – F5
Trust School
Teach - Smart
Modules
F1 – F5
Extending
Questioning
Skills
Using
Bloom’s
Taxonomy
MindMapping
GraphicTools
2012
2011
F.1 – F.5
Teach Smart
CoRT
Thinking
F1 – F3
Edward
De Bono
CoRT
Thinking
PMI,OPV,
CAF
etc
Thinking
Perpectives
F4 – F5
D Bono
6’s
Thinking
Hats
&
Concepts
Extending Questioning Skills
Using Bloom’s Taxonomy
SM Sain12
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SainsKu’s Thinking Mats
CoRT Thinking Programme
Apply CoRT Thinking (PMI) Tools to get more information
Edward De Bono - CoRT Thinking
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The essence of the CoRT Thinking Method is to focus attention
directly on different aspects of thinking and to crystallize the
aspects into definite concepts and tools that can be used
deliberately. The three basic principles underlying CoRT
Thinking are as follows:
Thinking is a skill that can be developed,
Most practical thinking takes place in the perception stage.
The tools method is used to teach thinking.
The CoRT Thinking material has been introduced to Form 1 and
2 students at SainsKu, and is proving effective in getting them to
think critically about a range of issues. Some of the most widely
used tools are PMI (Plus, Minus, Interesting) CAF (Consider All
Factors) and OPV (Other People’s Views).
Perpectives Thinking
- Edward de Bono, Six Hats:
"The quality of our thinking will determine with quality
of our future" - Edward de Bono
 Early in the 1980's de Bono developed the 6 Hats
framework for thinking. There are six imaginary
thinking hats, each having a different colour. Each of
the 6 hats represents a different type of thinking.
When you "put on" one of the hats, you exclusively
operate in that mode of thinking.
SainsKu Thinking Skills Curriculum
Things that make Sainsku as Thinking
Skills School
1. The use of ‘Graphic Organisers’ such as:
 Mind Maps
 Fishbone
 Graphic
 Etc
2. Questioning Techniques based on ‘Bloom’s
Taxsonomy’
 6 levels of thinking / questioning
 High Order Thinking
3. Edward De Bono ‘CoRT Thinking’ –
 PMI
 CAF
 OPV
 etc
4. ‘Perpectives Thinking’ such as:
 De Bono – Six Hats
 Concept
5. Cooperative and Collaborative Learning
through Teach Smart Program
Method of Implementation
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Through teaching and
learning in every subject
As a subject
Across the curriculum
Through Civic Education
Lesson in class
Co-curricular Activities
Teachers Training
Ongoing assessment
Evaluation & Tracking
process
Evidence
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Daily Lesson Plan
Class Observation
‘Learning walk’
Students’ work
Subject-based classroom
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Collaborative and Coperative Learning
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Teachers using quite signal to get students attention
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Mind mapping is a creative and logical means of note
taking and note making that literally "maps out" ideas.
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Samples of student’s work on Graphic organisers
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Edward De Bono - Six Thinking Hats
THANK YOU
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