Teaching and Learning Model

Knowledge & Skills

ASIS KK conducts a series of periodic workshops for our students designed to impart useful tips for the development of healthy habits and skills for studying and learning. Students can gain practical insights into different learning styles and effective learning modes which they can adapt for themselves in varied learning situations. Students can acquire practical suggestions to the development of varied types of learning purposes, directions, goals and plans, and explore better ways to serve their learning needs in both present and future times. Some of our workshops’ themes include:

• Using different learning styles to achieve different types of learning outcomes with optimal impact on performance or results.
• Match the most productive learning styles and modes with different discipline-based studying approaches and learning processes according to the expectation or requirement of the specific field of study, subject area or subject topic.
• Match different modes of studying and learning with appropriate methods for time management, developing learning purposes, plans and goals, and monitoring learning progress.
• Differences between studying and learning, and their associated skillsets and techniques, including their pros and cons, and practical strategies for changing habits of studying and learning.
• Effective studying and learning processes, techniques, tools and technologies according to both general learning needs and the expectation or requirement of the specific field of study, subject area or subject topic.
• Different aspects of a person’s perspective of learning, and what constitutes effective and ineffective approaches to achieving optimal performance, outcomes or results.
• Different types of learning anxieties and their interpretations, and effective ways of recognizing signs and symptoms, and monitoring and managing them to achieve optimal performance, outcomes or results.
• Different definitions and interpretations of success and excellence, and differences in learning practices that bring about different interpretable outcomes of success and excellence for study, work and life in general.

Competencies & Capabilities

Healthy study habits and effective learning skills can be learnt and acquired through varied learning experiences from a young age. During our lessons, different types of experiential opportunities are given to students to help them learn to adjust themselves to the changing expectations of studying and learning towards any form of learning goals and outcomes. With acquired learning competencies and skills, students can continue to expand their learning capabilities as they adapt themselves to changing learning needs in affairs of the home, school, community, work, and life in general.

• The ability to understand and reflect upon how past learning events and experiences have influenced or shaped our current perceptions of learning.
• The ability to successfully draw teachable lessons and meanings out of past learning events and experiences for a greater or positive transfer to new learning contexts.
• The ability to plan for different types of studying and learning processes, monitor effectiveness of these studying and learning processes to achieve optimal performance, outcomes or results.
• The ability to adjust or adapt to different learning styles and their learning approaches and studying techniques to meet specific learning goals, expectations and needs.
• The ability to balance priorities for study and other aspects of life and make adjustment to personal plans and goals to meet some form of immediate or future learning needs.
• The ability to recognize teachable opportunities out of any type of positive or negative outcome circumstances, and through experiences of mistakes and successes, derive usability from them to seek improvement.
• The ability to identify and select suitable learning processes, techniques, tools and technologies for the right learning applications.
• The ability to understand and assess current level of efforts and actions invested into personal learning on consequential results and the likelihood of how an outcome is expected to turn out.
• The ability to provide useful feedback and information to others and make good use of feedback and information from others in different types of collaborative and cooperative learning situations.
• The ability to collaboratively and cooperatively participate with others in different processes of learning towards meeting some form of specific team-based learning goals, expectations and needs.

Approach of the Heart & Mind

At ASIS KK, we believe the early nurture of positive and productive attitudes and values for learning will impact students’ intrinsic motivation to enjoy learning for a lifetime. SIS KK’s approach to nurture the love for lifelong learning in our students emphasizes the importance of keeping up-to-date with growth opportunities in all learning circumstances, and enjoying learning benefits out of co-creating a joyful climate for learning with others wherever life may take them beyond their school years.

• Undertake all learning endeavour throughout life with passion for learning, energy and perseverance.
• Be steadfast in the willingness to continuously learn and grow in all types of learning circumstances and at all life stages, and be willing to adapt oneself to the ever-changing stages of life circumstance and learning landscape with optimism.
• Appreciate and value teachable opportunities from both mistakes and successes and realize the potential of using learning cues derived from such experiences to reach some form of higher outcomes.
• Accept the fact that all known and current knowledge is tentative and will progress through further forms of discovery and illumination work, and be willing to acquire new knowledge and skills and apply them in new situations.
• Stand firm in knowing that uncertainty and imperfection in any learning endeavour cannot hinder continuous growth and success, and be willing to upkeep determination and positivism when confronting and overcoming learning challenges and difficulties.
• Be honest and clear with one’s own learning goals and purposes, and remain disciplined to stay on course when undergoing pursuits of learning, equipping and preparation for study, work and service.
• Appreciate learning practices that model ethical considerations for others by citing the professional work of others and acknowledging the contribution of the work of others.