The document discusses the transformation of Malaysia's primary school curriculum. It aims to develop students' knowledge, skills, competencies and moral values to prepare them to be balanced individuals, global players, responsible citizens, and knowledge workers. The curriculum transformation involves changes to the curriculum's shape, organization, content, pedagogy, time allocation, and assessment methods. It focuses on critical thinking and creative innovation, and includes elements like creativity, entrepreneurship, and ICT skills. The transformation developed content standards and learning standards to ensure all students meet clear expectations and improve learning.
Transforming Malaysia's Primary School Curriculum for 21st Century Skills
1. Background
The idea of the three Keynote Y.A.B. prime minister the General Assembly 2006
Demanded that the country's education system to emphasis on:
• Human capital development
• Production students insight
• Governing the formation of citizen knowledge, skills and information
• Program to develop intelligence people in producing Ulul al-bab people.
The second thrust of the PIPP
BASIS
Develop human capital with knowledge and skills and to appreciate the values
THE GOAL
To ensure the Malaysian children spirit to acquire knowledge, skills, competencies and moral
values.
The national curriculum should be reviewed to ensure that the curriculum holistic and be
relevant for a balanced human capital that can handle current and future challenges.
Primary School Curriculum
1983 – Kurikulum Baru Sekolah Rendah (KBSR)
1993 – Kurikulum Bersepadu Sekolah Rendah (KBSR)
2003 – KBSR (Semakan)
2011 – Kurikulum Standard Sekolah Rendah (KSSR)
2. CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION
The process of doing a form of holistic change existing school curriculum that
involves change in shape, organization, content, pedagogy, time allocation, assessment
methods, materials and management of the school curriculum.
CORE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
• National Philosophy of Education
• National Education Policy
• Vision 2020
• Outline Perspective Plan
• Challenges of the 21st Century
• New Economic Model (NEM)
• Learning Theory
• 4 Pillars of Education (UNESCO)
Balanced In Terms Of Student Intellectual, Spiritual, Physical And Emotional
• The knowledge learned
• Competent
• Believe In God
• Moral honor
• confidence
• Independent people
Global Player
• Competitiveness
3. • Resistance
• Communication skills
• Identity
Responsible Citizen
• Being
• United cubic
• Patriotic
• Fair
• Caring
• Doing good
Knowledge Workers
• Innovative
• Creative
• Thirst for Knowledge
• Mastering Skills Information Technology communication
• Creator of Technology
• Lifelong Learning
CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION
KSSR
• Shape
• Organization
• contents
• allocation of time
4. • pedagogy
• assessment
• curriculum management
• material
THE CONCEPT OF TRANSFORMATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM
• Based on Philosophy of Education national
• Based on the principle of KBSR:
- Integrated approach
- Overview of Individual Development
- Opportunity and Equal Educational Quality for All Students
- Lifetime Education
KBSR EXISTING FORM
5. COMMUNICATION
Basic Skills
(Reading, Writing & Counting)
mathematical language
HUMAN
AND ENVIRONMENTAL
AROUND
INDIVIDUAL
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Spirituality, Values
and Attitudes STUDENTS
Arts and Entertainment
Islamic education, music
Moral education, Visual Arts
Civics & citizenship Physical Education &
Health Education
Humanity and the
Environment Life Skills
6.
7.
8. TRANSFORMATION OF CURRICULUM
CRITICAL THINKING AND CREATIVE INNOVATIVE
• Communication
Oral language skills of integration and non-verbal when
interacting
• Spirituality, Attitude & Values
Appreciation of the religious practices, beliefs, attitudes and
values
• Humanism
Mastery of knowledge and practice of community and local
environment, national and global.
Appreciation of patriotism and unity.
• Personal skills
Fostering leadership and personal
development through curricular and extra-curricular activities
• Physical Development & Aesthetics
Physical development and health for the well-being.
Nurturing the imagination, creativity, talent and appreciation.
• Science & Technology
Mastery of scientific knowledge, skills and scientific attitudes.
Mastery of mathematical knowledge and skills.
Mastery of technology-based knowledge and skills
ELEMENT OF ADDED VALUE
9. • Creativity and Innovation
• Entrepreneurship
• Information and Communication Technology
FOCUS ON CURRICULUM
Preschool
sosioemotional development, spiritual, physical,
cognitive, personality, school preparation and disclosure
of 3M and reasoning skills.
Level 1 of Primary School (Years 1-3)
3M and reasoning skills mastery, basic skills ICT, sosioemotional
development, spiritual, physical, cognitive, attitudes, and values.
Level II Primary School (Years 4-6)
consolidation and application of 3M and reasoning, basic ICT skills,
sosioemotional development, spiritual, physical, attitudes and values.
CURRICULUM BASED STANDARDS
Transformation of Primary School Curriculum developed content standards and
standards-based learning.
Content standard standards of Learning
Specific statements about what st A determination of the criteria
udents should know and can or indicators of the quality of
do in a school term that learning and achievement that can
encompasses knowledge, skills be measured for
each content standard.
10. and values.
WHY STANDARD?
• Ensure that ALL students pass the standards set
• Establishment of knowledge, skills and values to
be measured clearly
• Identification of improvement
strategies (assessment for learning)
• Addressing the problem of dropout students in learning
• Implementation of school based assessment
EXAMPLES OF CONTENT
STANDARDS AND LEARNING STANDARDS
11. CONTENT STANDARD
Bahasa Malaysia
Listen, understand and respond to any commands, questions and messages heard
correctly
English
Able to express personal responses to literary texts
Mathematics
Rename and determine the number
LEARNING STANDARDS
Bahasa Malaysia
Listen, understand and correctly respond to various questions verbally.
Bahasa Inggeris
Able to respond to:
a. Book covers
b. Pictures in books
c. Characters with guidance
Mathematics
Designate the number to 100:
a. Count the objects in the group.
b. Named for the number of objects to represent the quantity
CURRICULUM DOCUMENT
12. Curriculum materials
Curriculum Standards document
Bahan Sokongan Kurikulum
• Buku teks
• Modul pengajaran
• Buku panduan kreativiti
Pedagogy
• thinking skills in teaching and learning
• application of multiple intelligences in teaching and learning
• usage of ICT
• future research-based teaching
• constructivism learning
• contextual learning
• self access learning
• mastery learning
• learn how to learn
ASSESSMENT
Assessment of teaching and learning
• Carried out continuously to track the progress and achievement of students in
learning Using a variety of assessment methods
13. • Is authentic and holistic
CONCLUSION
• Improve the quality of primary education to be more relevant to
the challenges the present and the 21st century;
• Teachers play an important role for enabling teaching and learning
effective and the success of the curriculum transformation.
• Requires a total commitment from all parties, including policy
makers, curriculum managers, parents and stakeholders.