I would view the idea of HOT as not just about guiding students to adapt themselves to solve HOT kind of problems in examinations but also to view HOT as tools to develop a culture of thinking in schools and society. For this reason, our Center For Teaching Thinking And Innovation will embark on several projects to achieve the goal of developing a culture of thinking among all levels of society (students, teachers, parents and the laymen). Several schools were selected to participate in the project. We hope to have more schools to participate in the project and hopefully will recieve strong support not only from parents but also from GLCs and individuals who would like to see paradigm shift in our education system, that is, from traditional way of looking at education - to pass the school tests into a broader view about education, that is, to train our students and society to go through the tests of life with wisdom.
Basically the project involves parental involvement in the process of learning among children at home, the exposure of students to a series of HOT programs (initially starting with mathematics before going into more subjects) and the training of teachers in pedagogy related to HOT. Schools interested in this project are welcome to contact us at our contact number: 0132418262 or through our emails : zahari.hot@cent-ti.org.my or admin@cent-ti.org.my.
The unique thing about our Center (CenT-TI) is that we have a srong team of researchers and academicians both locally and internationally who are involved in designing, planning and reseaching in order that the project works successfully. In fact this is the first project of its kind in Malaysia where such education projects are handled by various fields of experts in HOT such as pedagogy, assessment, curicullum, neuroscience, pholosophy and IT. Our team also have various subject matter experts in engineering mathematics, engineering, science, social studies, religious studies, languages and other disciplines. As an expert myself in the field of pedagogy related to HOT, I am confident this project will be implemented successfully.
