Week nine 9/6/20

9/6/20

It was an activity based lesson on the 2nd June. But the lesson was mainly about incorporating CCAs with curriculum. The purpose is to ensure that the students understand the purpose of learning these subjects taught in school. This is to also to make them value and to be able to link their knowledge to the real world.

Issues related to CCAs

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Time

There are occasions where certain activities of the CCAs couldn’t be executed due to time constraints  for example, martial arts or skill-based CCAs require extra time for the students to master and completing such skills within an hour or two may not be easily achieved.

Logistics

Due to the different natures of the CCAs, it can be challenging when executing certain activities due to the lack of resources or the suitability of the environment which may affect student morale.

Student safety

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There are activities that require risk-taking and sometimes, students may get overexcited by them leading them to be slightly difficult to manage, there are also cases where the parents over-sheltering their children and they don’t agree with the type of activities planned by the CCAs even though some are essential or the backbone of the CCAs.  

Resources

There may be lack of funds or qualified professionals to manage the CCAs and this may lose the quality of the CCAs and student morale.

Policies 

The school has to find CCAs that have to be aligned to their policies and aims. There are times where they may affect the interests of the students, the flow of the CCAs and even consistency of the school aims and CCAs.

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Opinions

Different schools have different aims, parents also have diverging perspectives towards CCAs, academics are usually prioritised by most Asian families leading them to be ignorant, indifferent or even dismissive of their children’s CCA achievements.

Community

There may be some friction or lack of communication between aphte school and the parents which may interfere with the execution and quality of the CCAs.

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Culture

When planning CCAs, the school also has to take their student and teacher demographics in consideration as different there may be certain activities that are not suitable for them due to culture or religious reasons.

Continuity

While budget is one of the major factors that can affect the quality of the CCAs, continuity can affect the CCAs when qualified resources, school management and student interest may affect them.

16/6/20

Assignment 1 presentation

There were 4 schools involved in this presentation:

1. Pine Hills International School
2. Taylor's International School Puchong
3. Taylor's International School Kuala Lumpur
4. Fairview International School 

Each international school has its unique way of organising its CCAs. Some schools do prioritise their image and others prioritise their students' wellbeing.

What I found out from this session was that there are some similarities and differences between the aims and visions of the schools but in the end their goal is to cultivate their students to become successful individuals for the future. One of the most prominent feature that almost all schools have is to become a holistic individual which is based on the philosophy of essentialism, just like the purpose of CCAs, they are to ensure that each student has some form of balanced skills and knowledge in order for them to survive and adapt to the ever changing world.