Parent Information Meeting September 24 th 6 – 8 pm Room 95, Mr. Wai-Pan Chan Purpose: Share what the Real World demands on our Youth and How parents.

Parent Information Meeting

• September 24th 6 – 8 pm• Room 95, Mr. Wai-Pan Chan• Purpose: Share what the Real World demands

on our Youth and How parents & Teacher can meet them

• First: how we see our Youth• Second: 21st Century Skills demanded by the

Industries

Motivation 5H’s

• Heart• Head• Hand• Health• Humility

Motivation 4D’s

• Desire• Dream• Discipline• Determination

Motivation 5C’s

• Character• Competent• Compassion• Commitment• Connections

Learning is affected by the students’

• Personality and Temperament (4 categories)• Learning style (4 Categories)• Inherit Multiple intelligence (11 Categories)

Personalities

Animal Temperament Models

Learning Styles

What should we know about youth?

• Their potential (11 intelligences)• Their needs: 8 keys to healthy youth• Their responses• Parental Types

Howard Gardner 11 Intelligences

• Linguistic intelligence involves sensitivity to spoken and written language, the ability to learn languages, and the capacity to use language to accomplish certain goals.

• Logical-mathematical intelligence consists of the capacity to analyze problems

• Musical intelligence involves skill in the performance, composition, and appreciation

• Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence entails the potential of using one's whole body

• Spatial intelligence involves the potential to recognize and use the patterns of wide space

Howard Gardner 11 Intelligences

• Interpersonal intelligence is concerned with the capacity to understand the intentions, motivations and desires of other people. It allows people to work effectively

• Intrapersonal intelligence entails the capacity to understand oneself, to appreciate one's feelings, fears and motivations.

• Naturalist intelligence enables human beings to recognize, categorize and draw upon certain features of the environment.

• Existential intelligence, a concern with 'ultimate issues’

Howard Gardner 11 Intelligences

• moral intelligence. In his exploration, he begins by asking whether it is possible to delineate the 'moral domain'.

• spiritual intelligence is far more complex. According to Howard Gardner (1999: 59) there are problems, for example, around the 'content' of spiritual intelligence, its privileged but unsubstantiated claims with regard to truth.

Dispatch responsibilities and monitoring accountability

• Take away the negative, • don’t’s are not enough; • Do’s need instruction, guidance and direction. Reason to

Praise and encourage to do better, • Failure is only temporary, • To be perfect is a journey and make sure that journey is

exciting, fun and educational.• Provide

– Realistic pathway to realize their dreams– Hope with expected results– Incremental success to build self esteem, knowledge and character

The Eight Keys to Healthy Youth

Gisela Konopka (1973) and Karen Pittman (1991) identified critical elements essential to the healthy development of young people. Youth and adults will benefit from experiences providing some or all of these elements.

1.Youth Feel Physically and Emotionally Safe2.Youth Experience Belonging and Ownership3.Youth Develop Self-Worth4.Youth Discover Self5.Youth Develop Quality Relationships with Peers and Adults6.Youth Discuss Conflicting Values and Form Their Own7.Youth Feel the Pride and Accountability that Comes with Mastery8.

Youth Expand Their Capacity to Enjoy Life and Know that Success Is Possible

How do the Youth respond to:

Parental types

• Caring– Provide, observe, connect, cheerleading– Part time, provide “baby-sitter”, indirect connect– Provide, control, demand, overpower

• Non-caring excuses– No time– No money– No knowledge– No relationship or complicated family relationship

Focuses on 21st century skills, content knowledge and expertise.

• Builds understanding across and among core subjects as well as 21st century

• interdisciplinary themes• Emphasizes deep understanding rather than shallow

knowledge• Engages students with the real world data, tools, and

experts they will encounter in college,• on the job, and in life--students learn best when

actively engaged in solving meaningful• Problem solving• Allows for multiple measures of mastery

21st Century Skills

• Core Subjects: 3R’s and 21st Century themes• Learning & Innovations Skills: 4C’s– Critical thinking– Communication– Collaboration– Creativity

• Life & Career skills • Information, Media, Technology skills

Core Subjects

• English, reading or language arts• World languages• Arts• Mathematics• Economics• Science• Geography• History• Government and Civics

Purpose of Core Subjects

• Global awareness• Environmental Literacy• Financial & Economic literacy• Healthy Literacy• Civic Literacy

Learning & Innovation skills

Learning and innovation skills increasingly are being recognized as the skills that separate students who are prepared for increasingly complex life and work environments in the 21st century, and those who are not. A focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration is essential to prepare students for the future.

• Framework of 21st Century learning• Innovation skills

Framework for 21st Century Learning

Innovation Skills

• Critical thinking• Creativity• Communication• Collaboration

Communication• Communicate Clearly• Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and nonverbal

communication• skills in a variety of forms and contexts• Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes

and• intentions• Use communication for a range of purposes (e.g. to inform, instruct, motivate

and• persuade)• Utilize multiple media and technologies, and know how to judge their

effectiveness a priori• as well as assess their impact• Communicate effectively in diverse environments (including multi-lingual)

Collaboration

• Collaborate with Others• Demonstrate ability to work effectively and

respectfully with diverse teams• Exercise flexibility and willingness to be helpful

in making necessary compromises to• accomplish a common goal• Assume shared responsibility for collaborative

work, and value the individual contributions• made by each team member

Critical thinking & Creativity• Reason Effectively: Use various types of reasoning (inductive, deductive,

etc.) as appropriate to the situation• Use Systems Thinking: Analyze how parts of a whole interact with each

other to produce overall outcomes in complex systems• Make Judgments and Decisions

– Effectively analyze and evaluate evidence, arguments, claims and beliefs– Analyze and evaluate major alternative points of view– Synthesize and make connections between information and arguments– Interpret information and draw conclusions based on the best analysis– Reflect critically on learning experiences and processes

• Solve Problems– Solve different kinds of non-familiar problems in both conventional and innovative

ways– Identify and ask significant questions that clarify various points of view and lead to

better solutions

Life & Career Skills• FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY

• Adapt to Change– Adapt to varied roles, jobs responsibilities, schedules and context– Work effectively in a climate of ambiguity and changing priorities

• Be Flexible– Incorporate feedback effectively– Deal positively with praise, setbacks and criticism– Understand, negotiate and balance diverse views and beliefs to reach workable solutions,– particularly in multi-cultural environments

• INITIATIVE AND SELF-DIRECTION• Manage Goals and Time

– Set goals with tangible and intangible success criteria– Balance tactical (short-term) and strategic (long-term) goals– Utilize time and manage workload efficiently

• Work Independently• Monitor, define, prioritize and complete tasks without direct oversight• Be Self-directed Learners

Information, Media, Technology Skills

People in the 21st century live in a technology and media-suffused environment, marked by various characteristics, including:

1) access to an abundance of information, 2) rapid changes in technology tools, and 3) the ability to collaborate and make individual

contributions on an unprecedented scale. To be effective in the 21st century, citizens and workers must

be able to exhibit a range of functional and critical thinking skills related to information, media and technology.

Information, Media, Technology Skills

• Information Literacy• Media Literacy• ICT (Information communication Technology)

Information Literacy

• Access and Evaluate Information– Access information efficiently (time) and effectively

(sources)– Evaluate information critically and competently

• Use and Manage Information– Use information accurately and creatively for the issue or

problem at hand– Manage the flow of information from a wide variety of

sources– Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal

issues surrounding the access and use of information

Media Literacy

• Analyze Media– Understand both how and why media messages are constructed, and

for what purposes– Examine how individuals interpret messages differently, how values

and points of view are included or excluded, and how media can influence beliefs and behaviors

– Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of media

• Create Media Products– Understand and utilize the most appropriate media creation tools,

characteristics and conventions– Understand and effectively utilize the most appropriate expressions

and interpretations in diverse, multi-cultural environments

ICT

• Apply Technology Effectively• Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate and

communicate information• Use digital technologies (computers, PDAs, media players,

GPS, etc.),• communication/networking tools and social networks

appropriately to access, manage, integrate, evaluate and create information to successfully function in a knowledgeeconomy

• Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of information technologies

Five undeniable Facts of Life :

1. Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be Happy. So when they grow up they will know the value of things not the price

2. Best awarded words in London ..."Eat your food as your medicines. Otherwise you have to eat

medicines as your food"3. The One who loves you will never leave you because even if there are

100 reasons to give up he will find one reason to hold on4. There is a lot of difference between human being and being human. A

Few understand it.5. You are loved when you are born. You will be loved when you die. In

between You have to manage...!

Six Best Doctors in the World

1.Sunlight & Air 2.Rest & Reflect 3.Exercise 4.Diet & Water 5.Self Confidence & Good Attitude 6.Friends & Family

Take Home

It is not just how much you can learn and master. Getting an “A” is not enough.

It is how much you can use and apply properly to the real world. Getting an “A” does not matter. It matters that one can learn and apply.

AnnoucementThe Counseling Department will be offering College Information Seminars the 3rd Wednesday of each month in the Career Center from 8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. All parents must first check in the front office to get a visitor's badge. The dates of seminars are as follows:

September 17October 15November 19December 17January 21February 18March 18April 15May 20