TACTics Journal
A Publication for and by TOC for Education Practitioners
In this week’s issue:
Connections
(1) A Letter from
(2) A Letter of Appreciation,
Editors’ Notes
(3)
CONNECTIONS
(1) A Letter from
From Kathy Suerken <
A recent letter from the Director of the Curriculum Development
Centre, Ministry of Education,
Dear Mrs. Kathy Suerken,
Donation Of Knowledge (Theory of
Constraints for Education) to the
children of
On behalf of the Ministry of Education,
Development Centre would like to express our sincere appreciation
and
thanks for the donation of
knowledge from TOCFE , Inc. that started with a
briefing on
Communication Tools (TACT) from 26-30 June 2000 conducted here in
We are pleased to inform you that since 2001, TOC and its
applications have
been included in our on-going
Transition Programme for Year One students
throughout the country. This has
benefited administrators and teachers
from almost 8000 Malaysian
primary schools who have been introduced to
TOC as well as around 500,000 Year one children each year. The donated
knowledge has been included in the kit
for the Transition Programme as well
as the Teacher Training Module
for the programme and disseminated to all
our primary schools.
At present, on a pilot basis, teachers of subjects in Social
Sciences in
Malaysian secondary schools undergoing our curriculum review
orientation
courses are also being taught TOC
tools and skills so that they can use them
in teaching and learning of
content in the classroom with their own students
in secondary schools.
We believe the application of the TOC tools to the school
environment will
lead to significant improvements
in our children’s abilities to think, learn and
communicate meaningfully. It is our
sincere hope that other children in the
world will also benefit from this
donated knowledge from your organization.
We wish you all of the best in your future endeavours.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Dr. SHARIFAH MAIMUNAH BT. SYUED ZIN
Director, Curriculum Development Centre
Ministry of Education,
(2) A Letter of Appreciation
From
Dear Colleagues and Friends of the TOCFE Community,
our daughter. She deserves this
input but your generosity goes even
further than her performance. I like
to say that friendship is the best
value and you really demonstrate
that. Thanks a lot from the bottom of our
heart.
EDITORS’ NOTES
(3)
It’s always good to hear from you. Thanks to all for sharing.
Please send
your responses, applications of
the thinking processes, lessons,
announcements, and etc. by mail to: Cheryl
A. Edwards, 2253 S. Hill Island
Rd.,
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