TEACHER'S DAY CONFERENCE 2019 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 29TH TEACHER'S DAY CELEBRATION Date: Thursday, 17th October 2019
Theme: Empowering Education Through Innovation / Memperkasa Kecemerlangan Pendidikan Melalui Inovasi
The Teacher’s Day Conference is held in conjunction with the 2019 Teacher’s Day Celebration and is co-chaired by the Acting Head of Science, Technology and Environment Partnership Centre (Pusat STEP) and Dean of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education (SHBIE).
This year’s Teacher’s Day Conference will be focusing on innovation;
EMPOWERING EDUCATION EXCELLENCE THROUGH INNOVATION / MEMPERKASA KECEMERLANGAN PENDIDIKAN MELALUI INOVASI
Innovation in education is defined as a procedure or methods of educational activity that may differ significantly from the established practice. The methods of education activity include innovative pedagogy, scientific and methodological innovation, and technological innovation. By exploring and implementing different and better ways to educate students, it may increase their academic achievement, and improve the quality of education. Innovation does not always involve digital technologies but any deviation from the standard practice that achieves greater learning outcomes for students.
Innovation in education encourages teachers and students to explore, research and use all the tools or resources to uncover something new. It should also be both research- and educator-informed. Research-informed means that the new or modified strategy is based on existing theories and research, whereas educator-informed means that the strategy is also based on the adequate account of the practical realities of the classroom. An educator is ought to be creative in finding strategies to provide significant learning outcomes and positive impacts towards education. As educators, it is also our responsibility to innovate our pedagogy to teach the skills students need to become innovators themselves. This will have big impact on the future of our world.
This conference will convene educators, researchers, professionals, policy makers and school leaders from various educational fields to share, discuss and acquire deeper insights on practical and theoretical knowledge on innovation programmes and strategies to enhance the quality of our education. It will feature a keynote speech by an internationally recognised speaker, a forum session which the 3 speakers will share, and present their innovative practices in the education settings. This conference will also feature of lively poster presentations, high quality parallel paper presentations and stimulating workshops. The workshops will provide participants with a hands-on experience on innovation strategies that they could apply in their education settings.
Programme Book Teacher's Day Conference 2019 click here Teacher's Day Conference 2019 Parallel Sessions click here
Floor Plan For Parallel Sessions And Workshop click here
KEYNOTE
SPEAKER, FORUM PANEL SPEAKERS AND MODERATOR
| DR TEO CHEW LEE Senior Research Scientist;
Programme Director (Learning Sciences and Innovation)
Office of Education Research
National Institute of Education, Singapore
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr Teo Chew Lee is a Senior Research Scientist in NIE. She began exploring Knowledge Building (KB) technologies in her classroom at the beginning of her career as a science educator about two decades ago. She completed her Ph.D. at OISE/UT, Canada and joined the ministry in 2009 to lead a research group on translating KB theories technologies into Singapore classrooms.
Chew Lee uses a design-based research approach to study ways to facilitate Singapore teachers in designing knowledge building environments. She has worked at various level and subjects from primary school to junior colleges. She focuses her work on understanding teachers' problem spaces in their discourse and their work to design idea-centered learning environments. From 2013, she extended the impact of the work to create a KB network learning community in Singapore that builds new understanding of the practice. She currently leads the Learning Sciences and Innovation research programme in OER, working closely with a group of research scientists in advancing the understanding of innovative practice in Singapore.
Keynote Speaker Paper Abstract
Title: Communities of Innovators through Evidence-based and Theory-driven practice
What does it mean for teachers to be innovators? Why does it matter? What do teachers need to do? This talk puts forth perspectives to address these three questions about innovation in the backdrop of the waves of educational innovation that has swept across the globe while we continue to observe that classroom practice on a day-to-day basis remained predominantly teacher-centred and didactic. Extensive research has shown that developing thinking dispositions such as curiosity, critical thinking and persistence in our students is just as necessary, if not more, than developing their content knowledge. We know that classroom practices need to change to prepare our students for the knowledge economy. This talk draws from a decade of research on Knowledge Building Classrooms in Singapore to present vignettes of teaching and learning in an attempt to explain three concepts that are fundamental considerations to seeding and sustaining innovation for the 21st-century classroom and beyond. The three concepts are “community”, “evidence-based”, and “theory-driven”. The talk suggests definitions to these concepts and provides a model of authentic community approach for teachers professional development with practical strategies for innovative practice. |
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CIKGU HAJI MAT DANI BIN HAJI ABU BAKAR 27th Teacher's Day Celebration Excellent Teacher's Award Recipient Guru Besar, Sekolah Rendah Dato Mohd Yassin, Kluster 4
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Haji Mat Dani has been in service with the government of His Majesty, The Sultan of Brunei Darussalam for more than 23 years. He has attended various leadership programs locally and overseas which included Workshop on International Conference on Science and Mathematics Education for South-East Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1999), South-East-Asia School Principal Best Practices Forum, Jakarta, Indonesia (2007), Competition and Innovation for Children, Varanasi, India (2012), School Leadership Program (2010), SEAMEO INNOTECH Regional Scholarship for Leaders and Managers (Regional SELM), Excellence in Strategic Thinking and Innovation for South-East-Asia school leaders, Quezon City, Philippines (2015), School leadership for Senior School Leaders, University Brunei Darussalam (2016) and School Leaders Conference (2017). He has also presenting papers locally and overseas such as An Inspirational School at South-East-Asia School Principal Best Practices Forum, Jakarta, Indonesia (2007), Developing Dynamic Supervisory Skills through Action Reflection Learning at SEAMEO INNOTECH Regional Scholarship for Leaders and Managers (Regional SELM), Excellence in Strategic Thinking and Innovation for South-East-Asia school leaders, Quezon City, Philippines (2015), Strategic Planning on Quality Instructional Leadership in Teaching and learning at School Leaders Conference (2017), Strategies to help pupils with learning difficulties (2014), School Expectation Towards Excellent School, Workshop for Newly Appointed Local Contract Teachers (2017, 2018), Clinical Outreach Program at Dato Mohd Yassin Primary School (2019). He was awarded with the Master of Education in Leadership and School Improvement, UBD (2013), Bachelor of Education in Primary Education, UBD (2007) and Certificate of Education, UBD (1996). He is a committed school leader which he has initiated some school programmes such as Ad-Doha, HOPE, home-link project, Clinical Outreach Programme, Learning Outreach Programme in order to improve the education quality of the school. Because of his commitment, he was awarded with the Pingat Indah Kerja Baik (PIKB) 2015 and Anugerah Guru Cemerlang dalam Bidang Kepimpinan Sekolah in 2017. |
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MS. NADIA KADIR
Public Sector, Brunei And Education Lead For Brunei, Nepal & Bhutan Microsoft Brunei Sdn Bhd
| FORUM PANEL SPEAKER 2
Nadia Kadir graduated with BA in Sociology & Anthropology from University of Brunei Darussalam. She is an innovative Microsoft Certified Educator with a strong passion in enhancing the learning experience for all students with Microsoft learning tools. Her extensive experience in developing education intervention programmes for intelligent underprivileged students has shown determination and commitment towards contributing to Brunei's education system. As a public sector and an education lead in Microsoft, she is an enabler in integrating modern technology in traditional classrooms moving towards a transformative education. Nadia has mentored institutional leaders to shift the school's vision into becoming a Microsoft Showcase School in the country. She has proven track record of supporting schools and empowering teachers to become Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE), Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (MIEE) & Microsoft Innovative Educator Fellow. Among her great initiatives, she organizes "Coffee with MIEE Sessions" which is a monthly event whereby pro-active teachers are able to share their best teaching practices, exchange knowledge, collaborate and create projects together with teachers not just locally but also internationally.
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MRS. EMILY THAM Chung Hwa Middle School Brunei
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FORUM PANEL SPEAKER 3 Mrs Emily Tham is a passionate and qualified secondary school Mathematics teacher at Chung Hwa Middle School, BSB with 10 years' of teaching experience. After obtaining her Bachelor degree in Mathematics from the University of Malaysia, Sabah, Mrs Tham began her teaching career, and has since then been spreading her love for Mathematics to the students under her care. Mrs Tham has been certified as a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert since 2016, a Microsoft Innovative Educator Fellow for 2018-2019, a Microsoft Master Trainer for 2018-2019 and a Global Minecraft Mentor recognised by Microsoft in Education. As a Microsoft Certified Educator, Mrs Emily Tham is well versed in technology literacy competencies, which have enabled her to provide rich, customised learning experiences for her students, as well as the ability to empower other educators to do what she does locally and globally. Her focus is on innovation and value creation in the classrooms, while using useful teaching and learning tools that equip educators and learners with 21st century skills. In April 2019, Mrs Tham was selected to attend the Global Educators Exchange in Paris, representing Brunei as a Microsoft Innovative Educator Fellow. This honour and privilege have inspired her to venture further in exploring other ways of using games and technology in teaching and learning. She has also presented in various workshops, forums, and professional development training within the school and country in the use of technology in classroom and gamification in education. Besides using Microsoft tools in teaching, her favourite gamification tools that she uses in her mathematics lessons are Minecraft Education Edition, Mangahigh, Classcraft and Prodigy. She believes that gamified classrooms are very effective as they engage students by tapping into their interests while developing their curriculum-based skills at the same time.
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| CIKGU EDDY FAZLIN Assistant Director/Head of Services Section/Head of Digital Media and Electronic Unit, Department of School, Ministry of Education
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MODERATOR
Cikgu Eddy Fazlin started working with the Ministry of
Education in 1998. He is currently holding a position as Assistant
Director/Head of Services Section/Head of Digital Media and Electronic Unit,
under the Department of Schools. He earned a Bachelor of Science Education from
Universiti Brunei Darussalam and a Master of Education in Educational
Technology. He is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Educational Technology at
SHBIE, UBD. His educational background includes services such as Head of
Business Analyst for iNIES projects, workshop coordinator for technology
integration in the classroom, and facilitator for technology enhanced learning
environment (TELE) workshops.
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