Letter to Editor (Propose on the issue)

Dear editor,

          I’m a teacher from a national school in Johor Bahru. I really like the article that is written by you on the issue ‘Active Learning promotes better learning quality than Transmission Model’. I totally agree on what have been written in the article. In my opinion, active learning promotes better learning quality than transmission model. There are many reasons why I agree on the issue. The first one is that active learning helps the students to involve actively during the lesson. The teacher who used the active learning approach in their teaching actually helps the students to give their own opinions through discussion with their peers. This is different compared to the transmission model which is more on chalk and talk. The teacher is the one who do the talking and the students just listen to the teacher.

            Besides that, the active learning approach used during the lesson helps the students to construct their own understanding on what they learn. This support the Constructivism Theory in which the students construct their own understanding and the teacher just play the role as a facilitator. This is different compared to the transmission model which is more on spoon feeding. The teacher is the one who give the inputs and the students just need to memorize them. This creates a learning environment in which the students depend on the teacher and cannot survive without the teacher’s guidance. From my opinions above, I think that active learning promotes better learning quality than transmission model.

From,

Huzeir Izwan

Report

(28th Sept, Johor Bahru) Along the  Carnival Education 2009, Tan Sri Muyiddin had visit ST. Joseph primary school to stay together with the children.

Tan Sri Muyiddin stated that: “Our education system is looking forward to those advance country such as United Kingdom and some foreign country. The education approach such as active learning will be emphasis on next education plan. We hope that looking to the west will shorten our gap with other countries.”

“Active learning actually emphasis on motivate children to learn on their own. Educator tries to deliver the lesson in a creative and fun way to stimulate the children to learn. Children learn through investigation, game and etc. We believe that active learning will take over the transmission model in the future,” said Datin Halimah, headmistress of ST Joseph primary school.

Children doing hand-on activity.

ST Joseph primary school had demonstrated an English Lesson for the visitor. Children actively participate in the activities such as group discussion, game and singing. “This is what we want for our young generation! To create creative and energetic new generation, we will try our best!” said Tan Sri Muyiddin.

After spending a day in ST Joseph primary school, Tan Sri Muyiddin will attend the World Education Seminar 2009 in Singapore tomorrow.

Children are working in group.

Letter to Editor (Oppose on the issue)

Dear Editor,

        I am a primary school teacher. I am totally disagreeing with Mr. Sze who wrote the report of “Active Learning promotes better learning quality than Transmission Model”. In my view, I think that Transmission Model is more effective in teaching. For that reason, I think that students learn better through this model as all of them are able to gain the same knowledge because the teacher give the input in the same time. Besides, active learning is not suitable for the lesson especially for the level 1 student because I think that basic skills and knowledge are very important, pupils are not encourage to waste time in forming groups.

From,

Chai Ji King

EDITORIAL

Hi everyone,

      Welcome to our newspaper Sunshine News. As the editor, I with full passion hope that you will enjoy reading what we have prepared for you here. You will surely gain something from what has been reported on the issue of “Active Learning promotes better learning quality than Transmission Model”.

      Inside his blog, I have included a news article about our issue, a school-based story, two letters to the editor on proposition and opposition regarding the issue. I wish you could gain deeper insights on the issue from varying standings and hence clearer picture of the proposed concept can be obtained. Your perspective and suggestion are very much appreciated. Feel free to voice out your opinions and let us know what you think about the issue. Thanks.

From,

Tan Too Tiam

The Editor

Active Learning promotes better learning quality then Transmission Model

My name is Adam. I’m 10years old. I love mathematics and I love my mathematics teacher. My teacher always asks us to solve the problem in group. She will give us the problem question and we will sit in group to discuss how to solve that question. Through this, I can share my idea with others friends.

There are varieties of activities in mathematics lesson and that make mathematics lesson become very interesting. Usually my teacher will do games, quiz or something else. These are very fun and interesting. All students want to takes part in the lesson.

I realize that I start to like mathematics after learnt from that teacher. I also realize that mathematics is very fun and interesting. I can understand well through the activities that have been done during the lesson.