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photo. Nurturing students’ creativity and critical thinking through a theme-based co-curricular activity – “Mini-Oscar”. Presented by Mr. Phillip Weber and Mr. Li Hei Sing of Catholic Ming Yuen Secondary School. Ming Yuen MINI OSCAR. 21-5-2004. Mr. Webber. Mr. Li.

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  2. Nurturing students’ creativity and critical thinking through a theme-based co-curricular activity – “Mini-Oscar” Presented by Mr. Phillip Weber and Mr. Li Hei Sing of Catholic Ming Yuen Secondary School

  3. Ming Yuen MINI OSCAR 21-5-2004 Mr. Webber Mr. Li

  4. Teachers’ Beliefs • Creativity and critical thinking are for everyone • -Depicting imaginary events / characters through a camera angle can stimulate students’ creativity and critical thinking

  5. Students’ interest in movies Informal curriculum: Inter-Class Role Play Competition (before 2003) Mini-Oscar Competition (2003-2004) Formal curriculum: task-based modules

  6. School theme for 2003-2004: A Touching Moment • Students from each class (including split classes) were asked to produce a movie for the Mini-Oscar Competition in line • with the school theme

  7. To Prepare for Mini-Oscar Competition for S4-S7 (Nov 03) Integration of movies into modules in class Brainstorming activities Forming of a movie committee for doing coordination work

  8. To prepare for Mini-Oscar Competition for S1-S3 (May04) Making use of movies produced by S4-S7 for stimulation and discussion Brainstorming activities Forming of a movie committee for doing coordination work

  9. Divergent Thinking Development of Creativity

  10. Student autonomy • Type of movies • -Script Writing • Production Teachers as facilitators

  11. Script Writing – A Touching Moment Students had to: • discuss different possibilities for depicting characters • include original and different ideas

  12. A variety of movies have been produced which differ in: -content & theme -how students portray different issues /characters concerned -linguistic demands on students

  13. Students produced different types of movies dealing with a variety of issues / themes Racial discrimination Violence & bullying at schools Examples of social issues explored by students Poverty SARS Friendship Love Examples of themes developed by students Growing up Honesty Vs Dishonesty

  14. Production of the movie & I.T. Support Students had to: - make use of multiple intelligences -find ways to solve all kinds of practical problems

  15. Convergent Thinking Making Decisions & Judgement

  16. The final product - movies Students had to: • -write the script after much discussion • pretend to be in different human plights • -depict the characters / events through a camera angle showing ethical judgement/views

  17. In the movies, students: explore personal dilemmas and choices in life portray social issues and express personal views on them

  18. In the process, teachers encouraged students to use…. Divergent Thinking – to explore different possibilities & alternatives Convergent Thinking – to make decisions / judgement based on discussions and constraints

  19. School theme for 2004-2005: Caring Informal curriculum Movies produced by students in 2003-2004 will be used as resources for discussion Movies produced for Mini-Oscar Competition in 2004-2005 Formal curriculum Class discussion Pre-writing task Film review

  20. Class discussion – Dilemmas / Choices depicted in the movies produced by students If you were ………in the movies, how would you choose/what decision would you make/how would you react?

  21. Impact on Learning 1. Raised awareness of social issues / viewing issues from a new angle 2. Expressing creative thoughts and inner feelings through movies

  22. 3. More whole-person development through the learning experience 4. Weaker students having a sense of achievement

  23. Even weaker students enjoy producing their own movies because…. - there is more than one take -they can contribute in different ways -they have a sense of success and ownership

  24. Other reflections -Technical problems -Student autonomy -An atmosphere that fosters creativity & critical thinking

  25. Thank You!

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