STREAM – SRL Literature Maker (2024-2027)

SRL Literature Maker brings emergent technologies into learning and teaching in STREAM education and Literature in English, serving as a hub to explore STREAM-related Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), Virtual Reality (VR), hands-on STREAM-related projects and English reading activities. SRL Literature Maker provides a “platform” for students to work together to study, design and develop e-learning and STREAM resources.

 

The aims of the SRL Literature Maker curriculum are to enable learners to:

 

1. be supported by the effective strategies for motivating students towards self-regulated learning (SRL);
2. enjoy eLearning courses offered by learning resources and technologies in eLearning platforms;
3. provide choices for students to explore the fields of STREAM and Literature in English;
4. apply inquiry-based learning (IBL) strategies and learn how ideas can be transformed into formalized understanding and further questioning;
5. be adequately prepared for areas for further study or work, where qualities promoted in the hand-on learning of STREAM, such as creativity, critical thinking, and 21st-century skills, are highly valued.

 

The junior secondary SRL Literature Maker curriculum exposes students to a wide range of resources from different sources such as online learning platforms, Virtual Reality (VR) programmes, reading laboratory programmes, and hands-on STREAM-related programmes.

 

There are two major components, namely, Literature Maker programmes and STREAM-related MOOCs.

 

Inquiry-based learning has been adopted to facilitate students in learning how ideas can be transformed into formalized understanding and further questioning. Most importantly is students’ curiosity towards open-ended investigations into a question or a problem which require them to engage in evidence-based reasoning and creative problem-solving, as well as problem finding.

 

Underlying this approach, both teachers and students share the collective cognitive responsibility for the advancement of knowledge. In this regard, the direction of development of inquiry-based learning in our department that is supported by the effective strategies for motivating students towards self-regulated learning (SRL). This collective cognitive responsibility for the advancement of knowledge has cultivated a passion for deeper learning inside and beyond the classroom by means of curiosity and passion, facilitating them to express their creativity through the cultivation of positive relationships among the students and the teachers.