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TAY, LIM, & LIM<br />

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Tools:<br />

� National curriculum documents<br />

� Curriculum updates and briefing by the Ministry of Education<br />

� Updates by Educational Technology Division<br />

� Curriculum developments and research by National Institute of Education<br />

(curriculum & teaching academic group)<br />

Subject:<br />

� Principal<br />

� Vice Principals<br />

� Heads of Departments<br />

� Subject Heads<br />

� Teachers<br />

Rules:<br />

� National curriculum and<br />

assessment structures<br />

Community:<br />

Curriculum<br />

� School Administrator – Principal &<br />

Vice Principals<br />

� Heads of Departments<br />

� Subject Heads<br />

� Teachers<br />

� Students<br />

Figure 4. Curriculum activity system<br />

Object:<br />

� Development of<br />

curriculum<br />

document to<br />

guide teaching<br />

and <strong>learning</strong><br />

Division of Labour:<br />

Outcome:<br />

� School-based<br />

curriculum to guide<br />

teaching and<br />

<strong>learning</strong> processes<br />

� School administrators<br />

(e.g., Principal and Vice-Principals)<br />

� Heads of Departments (e.g., English,<br />

Mathematics, Science, Mother<br />

Tongue Languages, ICT and etc.<br />

� Subject Heads<br />

� Ministry of Education – Curriculum � Teachers<br />

Specialists<br />

� Allied educators (teacher aides)<br />

School leadership Since its inception, school leaders have been actively<br />

promoting the use of ICT to all its stakeholders – parents, students, teachers, nonteaching<br />

staff, and officials from the local education ministry. Co-ordinators of the<br />

various departments (e.g., the English, mathematics, science, and ICT) have also<br />

been actively promoting the use and integration of ICT into the curriculum. The<br />

procurement and maintenance of the infrastructure hardware and computer<br />

networks have been on-going. The principal has strongly supported the allocation<br />

of necessary technological and manpower resources for the ICT department of the<br />

school. In addition, she has also led several local and overseas study trips to learn

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