Many of you first heard about the Singapore methodology at our Pedagogical Summit, then we talked about it at #Yauchusfest2019.

Many of you first heard about the Singapore methodology at our Pedagogical Summit, then we talked about it at #Yauchusfest2019. And for good reason. After all, this teaching method has won the trust of many teachers around the world!

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In the information age, where any facts are available to the child after a couple of keystrokes, the teacher has ceased to be the main carrier of knowledge for the student. Accordingly, the format of the lesson has changed, and the role of the teacher has also changed. The teacher is no longer a lecturer, but rather a mentor who teaches children to find important information, navigate a huge stream of data, be active, take an interest in something, speak, maintain a dialogue with peers and adults.

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The development of these skills is facilitated by the methodology that came to us from Singapore.

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According to her, the lesson is based on the principle of teamwork, when students work on an assignment together, two or four people at a time (even the seating of children in the class changes!), And the teacher directs the work of these teams in the right direction, using special gestures and signs.

For example, the teacher's raised palm at the beginning of the lesson means that it is time to focus on the teacher and start working.

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Lessons are made up of several modules or structures (about 250 in total), which the teacher must masterfully mix, depending on the goals that he sets for himself and the class.

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One of the main tasks of the teacher is to interrogate all the children for the lesson. To do this, he must teach children to formulate answers succinctly and quickly, so that the time for each of them takes no more than 30 seconds.

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- The class is divided into several groups of 4 people. Each is chosen a role, the order of performance is determined. This is done so that everyone can express their point of view. This technology makes it possible to get away from the traditional scheme of teamwork, when there are leaders in groups, and some are silent and do not show themselves in any way, ”says Ksenia Shlyamova, deputy headmaster of Moscow school No. 2117 and a teacher of Russian language and literature.

Then the teacher gives assignments, during which the children perform, communicate, discuss, create schemes, distribute functions among themselves: who speaks, who writes, who is looking for information, and who is drawing up.