Promoting HOTS via ICT in ESL Classrooms
The introduction of the Malaysia Higher Education Blueprint (2015-2025) reinforced the Ministry’s central aspiration to redesign a higher education system which rivals the world’s leading education systems and which empowers Malaysia to compete in the global economy by specifically promoting Info...
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| author | Liew, Wai Kit Ganapathy, Malini |
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| description | The introduction of the Malaysia Higher Education Blueprint (2015-2025) reinforced the Ministry’s
central aspiration to redesign a higher education system which rivals the world’s leading education
systems and which empowers Malaysia to compete in the global economy by specifically promoting
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and innovations that address students’ needs and
allows greater personalisation of the learning experience (Ganapathy et al. 2016). “Teachers lack
pedagogical knowledge in having the expertise to innovate their practices by integrating higher order
thinking skills (HOTS) in their lessons which does not concur with the HOT questions posed in their
examinations and assessments”, (Ganapathy & Kaur, 2014). ESL teachers are facing challenges in
teaching HOTS as they prefer the simpler old school teaching method and they are only exposed to
HOT pedagogies at a surface level. This paper highlights the impact of ICT on promoting HOTS among
secondary school teachers in ESL classrooms. It is vital to acquire deeper insights into the current
pedagogical practices used by ESL teachers, the types of ICT that they use in their classes, their views
on the integration of these skills into the curriculum and the application methods of teaching and
learning using ICT to promote Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). In short, ICT has shaped the
education setting and it does have the potential to promote HOTS in ESL classroom settings. |
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| spelling | usm-455322019-09-24T08:25:58Z http://eprints.usm.my/45532/ Promoting HOTS via ICT in ESL Classrooms Liew, Wai Kit Ganapathy, Malini PE English The introduction of the Malaysia Higher Education Blueprint (2015-2025) reinforced the Ministry’s central aspiration to redesign a higher education system which rivals the world’s leading education systems and which empowers Malaysia to compete in the global economy by specifically promoting Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and innovations that address students’ needs and allows greater personalisation of the learning experience (Ganapathy et al. 2016). “Teachers lack pedagogical knowledge in having the expertise to innovate their practices by integrating higher order thinking skills (HOTS) in their lessons which does not concur with the HOT questions posed in their examinations and assessments”, (Ganapathy & Kaur, 2014). ESL teachers are facing challenges in teaching HOTS as they prefer the simpler old school teaching method and they are only exposed to HOT pedagogies at a surface level. This paper highlights the impact of ICT on promoting HOTS among secondary school teachers in ESL classrooms. It is vital to acquire deeper insights into the current pedagogical practices used by ESL teachers, the types of ICT that they use in their classes, their views on the integration of these skills into the curriculum and the application methods of teaching and learning using ICT to promote Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). In short, ICT has shaped the education setting and it does have the potential to promote HOTS in ESL classroom settings. 2017-08 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/45532/1/ILLCFullPaper_malini.pdf Liew, Wai Kit and Ganapathy, Malini (2017) Promoting HOTS via ICT in ESL Classrooms. In: 7th International Language Learning Conference 2017, 21-22 August 2017, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. |
| spellingShingle | PE English Liew, Wai Kit Ganapathy, Malini Promoting HOTS via ICT in ESL Classrooms |
| title | Promoting HOTS via ICT in ESL Classrooms |
| title_full | Promoting HOTS via ICT in ESL Classrooms |
| title_fullStr | Promoting HOTS via ICT in ESL Classrooms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Promoting HOTS via ICT in ESL Classrooms |
| title_short | Promoting HOTS via ICT in ESL Classrooms |
| title_sort | promoting hots via ict in esl classrooms |
| topic | PE English |
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