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<Bliss Meeting Notice> “Do schools kill creativity?-Vision ＆ Goals of 12-year curriculum.” By BK on June 1, 2019

My Dear Blissers,

Do you care for our kids’ education under 12-year curriculum in Taiwan?

Do you know how and why “imperial Examination “has evolved for ages?

Why does “Cooperative Learning” become the core of today’s curriculum?

Which educational format is better, "Competitive" or "Cooperative"?

This coming Saturday, BK will guide us to discuss and thus reveal the myth!

**Please read the attached 2 articles prior to the meeting for discussion!**

Introduction-

WHAT IS SCHOOL FOR?

WHAT IS A GOOD SCHOOL TEACHER LIKE?

ARE YOU SO CALLED “A GOOD STUDENT “?

Guided Questions

1. The 12-year curriculum of Taiwan(12年國教課程) is just around the corner this year, do you agree the shift from 9-year to 12-year? What impacts do you think it would bring?
2. What is the core learning should an ideal educational system consist of?
3. How imperial examinations (科舉考試) has evolved?
4. What the cooperative learning of education is about? And why it becomes the core of the global education?
5. How to differentiate between “competitive” vs. “cooperative” learning formats?
6. What other educational concepts you think should be put into our educational system?

Agenda:

1. Team building

2. Imperial examinations  (科舉考試) reading and discussion

3.Cooperative learning (合作學習)  reading and discussion

4. Concluding remarks