Train-the-Trainer Course is a training program conducted by our teachers at Realfun Learning Centre to equip and train educators with coding and computational skills via learning using smart devices, and preparing them to teach the students. In May this year, we successfully carried out this course at Brunei Darussalam Leadership and Teacher Academy to train educators from Brunei primary and secondary schools.
Training Structure
It was a 4-day training. The training structure for this program:
- 22 May 2023: Smart device introduction, curriculum, and resource overview
- 23 May 2023: 2 to 3 actual lessons for the educators
- 28 May 2023: Teach-back lesson, a hands-on practice for educators to teach students.
- 29 May 2023: Teaching educators the common issues and ways to resolve them on smart devices and coding platforms.
Team structure during training
45 educators participated (15 educators in each team) in this program. They were distributed into three teams according to the level of education that the educators teach and the delivery of smart devices that they learn.
- For educators who teach Primary Level Year 1 & 2: The delivery smart device is ‘Bee-Bot’,
- For educators who teach Primary Level Year 4 & 5: The delivery smart device is ‘6-in-1 Ring:bit Bricks pack’
- For educators who teach Secondary Level Year 4 & 5: The delivery smart device is ‘micro:Maqueen micro:bit Robot Plus’.
Most of the educators were new to STEM and had no coding background. Despite that, they showed interest and wanted to learn more during the training. Particularly, the educators who teach Primary Level Years 1 & 2 shared with us that they find it enjoyable and exciting to use Bee-Bot to teach coding. Additionally, they can quickly master the teaching aspect as it is very practical and does not require extensive technical knowledge. Hence, it can seamlessly integrate with their existing teaching methods.
Based on this experience, we believe that teamwork was the most crucial part of our STEM project. In Realfun, we worked together effectively, combining our strengths and skills to achieve our goals. By collaborating, sharing ideas, and supporting each other, we progressed and overcame challenges as a unified team.
Nevertheless, we learned valuable lessons from our mistakes during the project. Whenever we encountered any obstacles, we viewed them as opportunities to grow. By embracing these challenges, we transformed our mistakes into valuable lessons that propelled us forward in this STEM journey.
Regardless, we hope to conduct more training programs in the future to share our knowledge in STEM with passionate educators to teach more students and help them be future-ready. Therefore, look forward to our future projects, and do not forget to follow us on social media!