WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Music 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:16.000 This event today is to address one question. 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:18.420 What does research suggest 00:00:18.423 --> 00:00:22.423 are the most powerful influences on student learning, 00:00:22.423 --> 00:00:26.183 and what does that mean for education in Asia? 00:00:27.283 --> 00:00:29.203 I want to welcome you to this event. 00:00:29.203 --> 00:00:31.343 I'm very happy that you're here. 00:00:31.343 --> 00:00:33.663 And it is a very relevant question. 00:00:33.663 --> 00:00:36.843 It is an event jointly organized by Cambridge International 00:00:36.845 --> 00:00:39.845 and Cambridge Assessment Singapore. 00:00:39.845 --> 00:00:44.845 We work with schools and ministries of education worldwide. 00:00:44.845 --> 00:00:49.845 As such, the question of the evidence base, 00:00:49.845 --> 00:00:53.845 the evidence base for practice in the classroom 00:00:53.845 --> 00:00:55.265 and the evidence base for the education 00:00:55.268 --> 00:01:04.268 for decision making on educational matters on a policy level is at the core of what we do. 00:01:04.268 --> 00:01:09.268 I know that it is also at the core of what you do. 00:01:09.268 --> 00:01:13.688 And I'm therefore particularly grateful to our two presenters, 00:01:13.691 --> 00:01:20.691 for coming and joining us today and sharing with us their research and their thoughts on this matter. 00:01:20.691 --> 00:01:25.691 I'm welcoming Deborah Masters, the director of Visible Learning Plus, 00:01:25.691 --> 00:01:32.111 and I'm also welcoming Dr. Lian Huang of the Guangdong Academy of 00:01:32.114 --> 00:01:33.114 of education. 00:01:33.114 --> 00:01:42.494 Most of all, I'm grateful to all of you for taking the trouble to come here, to listen, 00:01:42.494 --> 00:01:47.394 and also, I hope, to be active contributors with your questions and your observations 00:01:47.394 --> 00:01:50.534 later on in the debate. 00:01:50.536 --> 00:01:54.076 Today is about educational debate. 00:01:54.076 --> 00:01:55.836 And we have two audiences. 00:01:55.836 --> 00:01:58.136 We have all of you here in the room, 00:01:58.136 --> 00:02:01.616 about 120 people from schools, 00:02:01.616 --> 00:02:03.176 from ministries of education, 00:02:03.176 --> 00:02:05.516 from other educational organizations, 00:02:05.516 --> 00:02:08.956 both here in China and from other countries. 00:02:08.959 --> 00:02:12.559 In particular, I want to mention our delegation from Thailand, 00:02:12.559 --> 00:02:15.079 from the Office of Basic Education Commission. 00:02:15.079 --> 00:02:17.639 Thank you very much for coming here. 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:26.079 But we also have another audience, which is online, 00:02:26.079 --> 00:02:27.379 about as many people as we have. 00:02:27.382 --> 00:02:30.662 out here in the room are joining us online 00:02:30.662 --> 00:02:33.702 from different countries such as Singapore, Indonesia, 00:02:33.702 --> 00:02:37.722 Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, India, and Pakistan. 00:02:37.722 --> 00:02:40.262 It's a truly pan-Asian audience. 00:02:41.522 --> 00:02:45.802 And I have one favorite to ask all of you here present today. 00:02:45.804 --> 00:02:49.704 on behalf of our colleagues who are joining us online, 00:02:49.704 --> 00:02:54.104 which is that if you can, refrain from using 00:02:54.104 --> 00:02:56.484 the wireless network here. 00:02:56.484 --> 00:02:59.704 The reason for this is that if many of us 00:02:59.704 --> 00:03:02.664 start browsing, for example, on our smartphones, 00:03:02.664 --> 00:03:04.224 then it will reduce the bandwidth 00:03:04.227 --> 00:03:08.227 and that may result in some freezing or delays for our colleagues online. 00:03:08.227 --> 00:03:13.227 So in their interest and on their behalf, I ask you to refrain if you can. 00:03:13.227 --> 00:03:14.227 Thank you. 00:03:17.227 --> 00:03:22.647 This event today is one of the first in a series of thought leadership events. 00:03:22.650 --> 00:03:26.150 that we host as Cambridge Assessment Singapore. 00:03:26.150 --> 00:03:30.150 Cambridge Assessment Singapore was launched last year 00:03:30.150 --> 00:03:35.150 primarily with the task of establishing a regional headquarter 00:03:35.150 --> 00:03:38.150 for Cambridge International Examinations in Singapore, 00:03:38.150 --> 00:03:41.070 a regional headquarter for Asia Pacific. 00:03:41.073 --> 00:03:52.073 So one of our main tasks for me and my colleagues in Singapore, along with our satellite offices in Beijing, Kuala Lumpur and in Auckland, 00:03:52.073 --> 00:03:59.493 is to manage the relationships with the more than 900 schools that take Cambridge programs and qualifications in the Asia Pacific. 00:03:59.495 --> 00:04:06.495 region. We also increasingly work with ministries of education and other educational organizations. 00:04:06.495 --> 00:04:17.915 But the other important task for all of us is to host an educational organization. 00:04:17.918 --> 00:04:26.698 debate, something which we have not done in the past for Asia Pacific, but something that our colleagues back in the UK have done for many years and quite successfully. 00:04:27.478 --> 00:04:36.338 We want to bring that to Asia Pacific as well, with the educational expertise that we have in the organization, and particularly with the links to 00:04:36.341 --> 00:04:40.001 of other education experts worldwide. 00:04:40.001 --> 00:04:44.841 So it is our idea to host a series of events such as today, 00:04:44.841 --> 00:04:47.521 in which we address topics of particular relevance 00:04:47.521 --> 00:04:50.281 to education in Asia Pacific, 00:04:50.281 --> 00:04:54.761 and importantly, in which we not only present, 00:04:54.763 --> 00:04:58.003 but more importantly, when we host a debate 00:04:58.003 --> 00:05:01.043 about those educational topics that are important 00:05:01.043 --> 00:05:04.043 and that are relevant to all of us today. 00:05:09.443 --> 00:05:13.183 The debate takes place not only in 00:05:13.186 --> 00:05:18.186 in events such as the one today, but it will continue beyond those events. 00:05:18.186 --> 00:05:22.186 And in particular, I would invite you to have a look at the website, 00:05:22.186 --> 00:05:25.186 which you will find under Cambridge Assessment Singapore, 00:05:25.186 --> 00:05:30.186 which hosts the material that has come out of all our events, 00:05:30.186 --> 00:05:31.606 such as the speaker manuscript, 00:05:31.609 --> 00:05:34.989 the slides, but you will also find the videos 00:05:34.989 --> 00:05:37.489 and audio recordings of previous events 00:05:37.489 --> 00:05:39.409 and also of course of today. 00:05:40.409 --> 00:05:42.549 In addition, I would invite you 00:05:42.549 --> 00:05:45.589 to join our discussion group on LinkedIn. 00:05:45.589 --> 00:05:48.429 On LinkedIn, if you search for Cambridge Assessment Singapore, 00:05:48.429 --> 00:05:50.029 you will find our group 00:05:50.032 --> 00:05:56.032 and I would really welcome it if you could join and participate in that debate as well. 00:05:59.532 --> 00:06:02.532 In China, we've been present for more than 10 years, 00:06:02.532 --> 00:06:08.452 and we have a team of two in Beijing, our colleagues Stella Jiang and Ivan Ma, 00:06:08.454 --> 00:06:14.694 support more than 140 schools that take mostly the IGCC and A-level qualifications 00:06:14.694 --> 00:06:19.954 and thus implement the Cambridge curriculum as an international program in their schools, 00:06:20.334 --> 00:06:24.194 both state schools as well as private and international schools. 00:06:26.877 --> 00:06:32.877 Finally, I would like to mention our sister organization, Cambridge University Press. 00:06:32.877 --> 00:06:45.297 Many of you will have seen the book table out there in reception, and if you haven't, I would encourage you to do so and have a word with Mr. Ken of Cambridge University Press, who will be more than happy to talk with you. 00:06:45.300 --> 00:06:47.800 about the range of resources that are available 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:50.800 to support the teaching of Cambridge qualifications. 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:56.100 With that, I want to hand over to Isabel Nisbet, 00:06:56.100 --> 00:07:00.100 who is our senior education advisor based with us in Singapore. 00:07:00.100 --> 00:07:03.720 Isabel is the former chief executive 00:07:03.722 --> 00:07:08.682 of OFGWA, the regulatory body for examinations in the UK, 00:07:08.682 --> 00:07:12.382 and as such, a real expert on questions of assessment 00:07:12.382 --> 00:07:14.522 and on education in general. 00:07:16.022 --> 00:07:19.482 Isabelle will be chairing our event today, 00:07:19.482 --> 00:07:22.142 and with that, I want to hand over to her, and once again, 00:07:22.145 --> 00:07:24.145 welcome you all to this morning. Thank you.