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Issue 12 - June 2005

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Innovation & Enterprise (I&E)
I&E is a core set of life skills and attitudes that we want to develop in our students:

•	A spirit of inquiry and thinking originally;
•	A willingness to do something differently, even if there is a risk of failure;
•	A ruggedness of character, the ability to bounce back and try again;
•	A willingness to stand in a team, lead a team and fight as a team; and
•	A sense of "giving back to the community".

For more information on I&E, go to: http://www.moe.gov.sg/pld/ine/faq.htm.
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Teach Less, Learn More
“We've got to teach less to our students so that they will learn more.” With these words, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong affirmed the direction that the education system is taking. In moving towards greater flexibility, the education system aims to nurture students with the capacity for independent thinking.

Teach Less, Learn More goes to the core of Innovation and Enterprise. It is a call to re-examine the fundamentals of teaching and learning – why we teach, what we teach and how we teach. It addresses closely intertwined issues of curriculum, pedagogies as well as assessment.
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Teacher Work Attachment (TWA)
At the 2003 Workplan Seminar, then Acting Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam announced that MOE would be giving teachers more avenues to gain experiences outside school.

The Teacher Work Attachment pilot started in November – December 2003, with 28 organisations offering attachment opportunities for 72 teachers.
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