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Amdon’s unique value proposition includes an inquiry-based pedagogy that has been shared with more than 3000 teachers worldwide. Our pedagogical practice features the following elements: ·

Inquiry-based pedagogy with deliberate features in curriculum design and implementation to promote up to levels 3 / 4 inquiry in students (NRC 2000)
Curriculum design and implementation framework that focuses on developing critical thinking, enduring understanding and activating the 16 habits of mind during the learning process

INQUIRY BASED LEARNING (IBL) WORKSHOP

This workshop aims to introduce the participants to the framework of IBL. Participants are given the opportunities to design a curriculum and development of a lesson plan that integrates the principles of IBL. Our partner includes Dr Mark Salata, from Mining Gems™, who has extensive experience in training professionals worldwide in the area of IBL.

Amdon has been invited to conduct IBL workshops / seminars for teachers in the following schools worldwide:

Al Wakra Independent Preparatory School for Girls (Qatar)
Omar Bin Al Khattab School for Boys (Qatar)
Singapore International School (Hong Kong SAR)
Siglap Secondary School (Singapore)
Pei Tong Primary School (Singapore)
Beatty Secondary School (Singapore)
Temasek Secondary School (Singapore)
Consortium of Private Schools in Manila (Philippines)
SK Kipovo & SK Tampasek (Malaysia)

IBL Consultancy

Our pedagogical framework includes a follow-up consultancy / action research project that are structured to help teachers to understand and apply Inquiry-based learning pedagogical framework to design and deliver the curriculum. It provides a clear and concrete approach towards curriculum planning and delivery that stems from the current best practices in pedagogy.

The post-workshop consultancy is designed as a train-the-trainer initiative and will consist of two phases:

Phase 1: Development of lesson plans and preparation of teaching resources, based on an inquiry-based framework

Phase 2: Piloting of lessons in the classroom

Our track record in Inquiry-based pedagogical practices include:

In April 2004, Amdon was invited by the Ministry of Education (Singapore) to present strategies on Inquiry-based learning to more than 200 teachers.
In June 2005, Amdon presented a paper on Inquiry-based learning as the means to help the educator Teach Less; and the learner Learn More (TLLM) at the ‘Rethinking Pedagogy and Practice’ Conference organized by the Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice (NIE). In that conference, we shared how the vision of TLLM can be achieved through the integration of the 16 Habits of Mind (Costa & Kallick, 2000) and the 6 Facets of Understanding (Wiggins & Mctighe, 1999) into a curriculum that TEACHES THE CHILD AND NOT THE SUBJECT.
In July 2006, Amdon was appointed by the Ministry of Education (Malaysia) to head a team to pilot the effectiveness of an interactive whiteboard learning system in two schools in a regional country. In this project, he designed the parameters of the assessment and implemented it in the schools as part of a 3-month study.

In September 2006, Amdon was invited to pilot its interactive courseware in Science, Mathematics and English in a middle school in Qatar. As part of this project, Amdon supplied the relevant courseware for 200 students and teachers to use with the tablet PC. Amdon was also tasked to undertake a detailed pilot study of the effectiveness of the tablet PC with its courseware in improving the teacher and learning experience in the classroom.

In November 2006, Amdon and its partner schools in Singapore presented 3 papers in the APERA International Conference (Hong Kong SAR) featuring the application of our Inquiry-based pedagogical framework and interactive courseware (CoolScience!®) in the teaching of Science and technology in Primary and Secondary Schools using the i-Board® Learning System.

In 2008, as a follow-up consultancy after the completion of the IBL workshop, Amdon co-developed IBL teaching resources (using ICT tools) with teachers from Siglap Secondary school.