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SST-26-03
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Are We Preparing Students for Exams, or for the World Beyond School?
About this Session
- Examine the balance between examination performance and long-term capability.
- Embed future-ready competencies within subject teaching.
- Connect academic learning with authentic contexts.
Key Learning Areas
- Academic rigour and future skills
- Communication and collaboration
- Problem solving and decision making
- Real-world application
- Learner agency and career awareness
Professional Outcomes
- Integrate competencies without diluting subject rigour
- Design authentic applications
- Connect classroom learning to future contexts
- Balance exam readiness with broader capability
Take-back to Practice
Beyond-the-Exam Lesson Upgrade: add one authentic competency task to an examination-focused unit.
Programme Schedule
Saturday, 31 Oct 20269:15 AM
Invocation & Welcome
Opening, orientation and programme briefing
9:30 AM
Session 1
Understand: Academic rigour and future skills
11:00 AM
Morning Break
Refreshment break
11:15 AM
Session 2
Practise: Communication and collaboration & Problem solving and decision making
12:45 PM
Lunch
Lunch break
1:30 PM
Session 3
Apply: Real-world application
3:00 PM
Afternoon Break
Refreshment break
3:15 PM
Session 4
Create & Implement: Learner agency and career awareness
4:45 PM
Reflection & Closure
Reflection, key takeaways and commitment to application
