[Archive] The 3 types of the Enrichment Triad Curriculum

The 3 types of the Enrichment Triad Curriculum are outlined as follows: -

1. Type I - General Exploratory Activities
   (e.g. To arrange museum-visits, seminars and interviews for students. )

    

   • This type of programme is suitable for the whole class with an objective to arouse students' interests through extensive exploration on various topic areas so as to lay a foundation for future in-depth studies (i.e. to conduct Type III learning activities).

    

2. Type II – Group Training Activities
   (e.g. Trainings on creative thinking, personal-development and emotional intelligence)T

    

   • The objective of Type II programme is to develop students' cognitive ability and affective skills such as creativity, critical thinking, personal-social competence and problem solving.

    

3. Type III – Investigation of Real Problems
   (e.g. Topics such as studies on the Black Hole, extinction of dinosaurs and current trends etc.)

    

   • The objective of this type of programme is to enable students to further explore the areas of their interest and concern.  It can be conducted in the form of on-to-one or group activities.
     

      

     (For other information related to Enrichment Triad Curriculum, please refer to the following websites:
     http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/sem/semart.html
     http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/sem/pdf/cubetrid.pdf)

Autonomous Learner Model

1. The Autonomous Learner Model designed by Betts is an approach to cater for the needs of gifted students.  It aims at developing students' self-learning attitude and skills by focusing on their needs of self-recognition, social and affective skills.

    

2. The 5 sections of the Autonomous Learner Model are:

    

   • Orientation – This section is an introduction to the model and the definition of "gifted". It assists students in self-recognition, team building and autonomous learning, and provides an overview of the programme and the students' responsibilities.   
   • Personal development – This section covers learning skills, self-recognition (advanced level), interpersonal skills and career development.
   • Enrichment activities – This section covers explorative activities, "mini" research, cultural activities, social services and adventures.
   • Seminars – The themes of the seminars are in 5 categories, namely, controversial issues, topics related to the future and new trends, difficult questions, state-of-the-art knowledge and common interests.  
   • In-depth study – This is the most challenging section. Students have to apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired and consolidate their learning experience from the programme. A topic of their interests should be chosen for in-depth and individual study.

    

3. Through the above-mentioned systematic development programme, a gifted student will be more sophisticated in self-recognition, collaborative ability and learning skills, and eventually become an independent and self-disciplined learner.