HCI Visit

The visit to HCI was enriching indeed. I managed to see the IRE strategy in action. I think we teachers are prone to practice the IRE strategy without realizing due to the lack of time and the large amount of content to cover. Also, I am particularly disturbed by how we teachers often use the mark system to allure students to do work. It is no longer about learning to educate oneself instead...it is learning for the sake of scoring... it is really sad... I mean yes this thing has been happening forever. However, sitting in a classroom where the teacher evaluate group presentations and telling the students about how many marks they got instead of asking them about their experience on working as a team is sad. I mean yes, giving marks is fine but that should not be the main focus.

That being said, I like the fact that there are so many opportunities for collaborative learning in HCI. All 3 classes that I sat in show students doing group work. Also pupils in the class are allowed to feedback to their peers on the project which enhance learning. Also I am wondering how different will a co- ed school be from HCI. Will collaborative learning be similar? I foresee more conflict due to the different gender make up in co-ed school.