Seminar “4.0 – Classroom without Borders” – Reorienting educational goals and thinking for many parents

Online seminar 4.0 – Classroom without borders was held on May 30, 2021 on the Fanpage of Sunshine Maple Bear Primary School, which successfully took place marking the pioneering of Sunshine Maple Bear Education System in working with Maple Bear Global Schools implements progressive education model into teaching in the new school year. The seminar attracted more than 5,000 parents and educators interested, thousands of parents left questions around the discussion, proving the urgency of reorienting educational goals for students. child.

Are online classes really effective in the new context?

In the 2020-2021 school year alone, schools had to switch from face-to-face to online three times. Many parents from skepticism and wariness now have an objective view of the digital classroom model.

Ms. Duong Hong Loan – Strategic External Relations Manager of RMIT University, PHHS Sunshine Maple Bear Primary School (first from right to left) highly appreciated the quality of online learning at Sunshine Maple Bear education system.

To come to the final assessment of the effectiveness of online learning, at the talk show, Ms. Duong Hong Loan – Director of Strategic External Relations at RMIT University, who has extensive experience in education, pointed out the limitations. of this model. She noticed: Primary school students have a hard time concentrating, they can’t sit still for a long time while listening to lectures, and their self-control is limited. Teachers also have difficulty conveying complex lesson structures, making online learning ineffective.

Therefore, “In the past, we always thought that online learning was something very cheap, low quality, but looking at what Sunshine Maple Bear is doing, it is a very high quality, very laborious, expensive thing. the efforts of educators to have a set of teaching and learning programs as well as a quality platform to transfer to children”. Sunshine Maple Bear has made efforts to build a good curriculum to help children get excited, increase interaction and interweave many activities to keep them interested.

To that end, Michelle Tice – Global Vice President of Maple Bear said: “The experience we have from all over the world helps us understand how people adapt. and learning to operate in a new world. We have a rapid focus on online teaching and continue to support our teachers globally with online training sessions. Our online teaching program is based on output, interaction, and teacher assessment. These are things that you cannot find on the internet.”

Digital transformation not only affects the educational thinking of parents but also affects the strategic policy of educators. Education development expert Nguyen Thu Ha – Master of Education from KU Leuven University – Belgium also commented: The goal of implementing integrated learning using technology has been accelerated under the impact. of the epidemic as well as the emerging technology trend. Not to mention the new trends in the world that are affecting Vietnamese education such as interdisciplinary education projects, STEAM activities, the development of teamwork skills, communication skills, etc., for students. It also causes parents to change their educational orientation, instead of just focusing on grades and achievements as before.

Master in educational development Nguyen Thi Ha expressed the need to reorient her children’s educational goals and thinking

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From concerns about education orientation in the 4.0 era, potential risks that can be encountered in cyberspace, Sunshine Maple Bear has pioneered the implementation of “digital transformation”, not only in technology infrastructure but also in content, methods and curricula. With the implementation of a hybrid learning model between digital and traditional technologies, parents and students can initially access a completely new curriculum such as the “Classroom without Borders” model. , the subject of Digital Citizenship… with consistent quality throughout the global Maple Bear network.

In Digital Citizenship, students have the opportunity to learn technology skills and knowledge along with better computer thinking skills. These skills will help them prepare to adapt to current and future learning conditions and be ready for upcoming challenges.

Michelle Tice – Global Vice President of Maple Bear, the borderless classroom model was piloted last year at Maple Bear Canada with a program in line with 17 UNESCO sustainable development goals. . This platform unites teachers and students from all over the world with the aim of working together towards goals. It helps students understand not only what the sustainability goals for the future are, but also how sustainability goals can vary across regions of the world. Therefore, we have the right to expect that with the support from Maple Bear Canada, in the future Sunshine Maple Bear can completely connect educational packages globally to exchange and share educational methods, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hai – School teacher of Sunshine Maple Bear Primary School shared.

Michelle Tice – Global Vice President of Maple Bear shared about the borderless classroom model

The Covid-19 epidemic has created a huge void, upended the routine, and affected the daily study of students. However, this will also be an opportunity for parents to re-evaluate their role in educating their children instead of always defaulting to 8:00 a.m. to send their children to school, 5:00 p.m. to pick their children up and return home. the necessity of setting new goals that are realistic, flexible, and relevant in a world with a lot of potential future changes.