EDUCATIONAL

EMPHASES
IN
KBSR

1. Thinking
skills

2. Learning how
To
learn

5. Values &
citizenship

6. Multiple
intelligences

7. Preparation for the real

world

3. Information
& information
Technology
skills
7. Knowledge
acquisition

4. Musical intelligences
- ability to enjoy, discriminate and express
themselves thru music;
- good at musical presentation and songs.
5. Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence
- ability to use fine motor skills in sports,
performing arts and craft production;
- good at physical movements, dances,
sports.
6. Interpersonal intelligence
- ability to understand and emphathise with
others;
- have good communication skills.

4. Musical intelligences
- ability to enjoy, discriminate and express
themselves thru music;
- good at musical presentation and songs.
5. Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence
- ability to use fine motor skills in sports,
performing arts and craft production;
- good at physical movements, dances,
sports.
6. Interpersonal intelligence
- ability to understand and emphathise with
others;
- have good communication skills.

1.1 critical thinking skills:

-able to evaluate something an situation
and make an informed judgement;
1.2 creative thinking skills:
-Able to explore al possibilities and come out
with ideas that are original and of
value;

Identify characteristics
Compare and contrast
Group and categorise
Sequence
Arrange in order of priority
Analyse
Identify cause-effect
Identify facts, opinions and bias
Evaluate
Draw conclusion

Generate ideas
Make associations
Make inferences
predict
Make hypotheses
synthesize
Create mental pictures
Draw analogies
Create metaphors

1.Encourage CCTS questions

2.Encourage CCTS activities ( problemsolving, arrange in order of priority)

-Help to develop independent life-long

learners;
-Trains learners to be responsible for their own
learning;
-Enable learners to reflect and evaluate their
own learning;

Effective learning and speaking

Effective reading
Effective writing
Memory skills

1.Promote dictionary skills

2.Promote memory skills
3.Encourage self-access learning
4.Extensive reading program

-Use of multimedia resources, internet resources

and computer-related activities such as
e-mails, networking and interacting with
electronic courseware in the teaching and
learning process;
-ICT skills for teachers in the classroom are
applied:
a. for presentation
b. for demonstration

-ICT skills used in the classroom are the

purpose of:
a. tutorial
b. exploratory- accessing CD ROM or
internet
c. application use of software
d. communication use of graphic, textual,
audio or audio-visual

-2 main approaches to the use of computers

and language software in language learning:
a. instructivist approach learners use of
drills and practice software to improve
their language competency;
b. constructivist approach learners use of
what they have learned and complete
project-based tasks and do their own
exploration;

-aims at producing a moral society;

-E.g. of values
-politeness
-respect
-friendliness
-cleanliness
-moderation
-loyalty
-diligence
-love
-responsibility

a. Planned/ direct choice of topics are

based on predetermined moral values;
b. Incidental/ indirect using unplanned
opportunity to stress the importance of
the value taught

-Gardner believes that in every human, there

exist 8 levels of intelligences:
1. verbal-linguistics
2. intrapersonal
3. interpersonal
4. logical-mathematical
5. visual-spatial
6. musical
7. bodily-kinesthetic
8. naturalist

1. Verbal- linguistics intelligence

- ability to use language effectively orally
and written;
- good at reading, writing and puzzles.
2. Logical-mathematical intelligence
- ability to use numbers and symbols, to
reason logically, to recognise patterns
and relationship (cause & effect);
- good at calculating, problem-solving.
3. Visual-spatial intelligence
- ability to visualise, create mental pictures
and manipulate spatial relationship;

4. Musical intelligences
- ability to enjoy, discriminate and express
themselves thru music;
-5. Bodily-kinesthetic
good at musical presentation
intelligenceand songs.
- ability to use fine motor skills in sports,
performing arts and craft production;
- good at physical movements, dances,
sports.
6. Interpersonal intelligence
- ability to understand and emphathise
with others;
- have good communication skills.

7. Intrapersonal intelligences
- ability to understand and self-evaluate
their feelings, strengths and
weaknesses;
- good at journal writing.
8. Naturalist intelligence
- ability to bond with and care for the
environment;
- good at field trips, keeping a nature
scrap book.

- have a variety of teaching and learning

activities;
- use different strategy for each lesson;
- vary the activities for each group of
learners;
- allow freedom to choose for learner in
completing their tasks;

- English across the curriculum drawing

content for teaching English from other
subjects or disciplines;
-contextual learning is stresses upon whereby
pupils are exposed to things that they are
most familiar with at each stage;

-also known as future studies to equip pupils

with the language skills to be used in future
or at the workplace;
-future studies also aims to develop basic
skills in learners to:
a. predict
b. manage and control change
c. anticipate consequences

- have future-oriented task;

- learner-centredness;
- issues/theme related to the topic and
learner ability;
- activities that extend outside the
classroom;
- teacher acts as facilitator