This issue of CDTL Brief is the first of a two-part Brief that features the teaching practices of the 2005/2006 Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA) winners.
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| Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk: Teaching History at NUS |
| Associate Professor Brian P. Farrell |
| Department of History |
| Sometimes talking the talk and walking the walk seem like two contradictory goals, particularly when it comes to teaching history. Ours is a content heavy subject. There is simply no substitute for reading. Continue reading |
| Teaching: Share Your Passion and Have Fun |
| Associate Professor Milagros Rivera |
| Head, Communications and New Media Programme |
| Most excellent teachers seek to stretch their students' minds, encourage them to be critical thinkers and attempt to develop students' communication skills. The question is how we accomplish these. Continue reading |
| Taking Charge of Learning- Ownership, Learning and a Conducive Environment |
| Dr Robin Loon |
| Department of English Language and Literature |
| Teaching in Theatre Studies presents very specific challenges not open to other disciplines in the faculty: namely, there is a crucial practical aspect in some of the modules. In theatre studies, the teaching covers the three main learning domains: cognitive, psychomotor and affective. Continue reading |
| Can Computer-aided Instruction Effectively Replace Cadaverbased Learning in the Study of Human Anatomy? |
| Associate Professor Bay Boon Huat |
| Department of Anatomy |
| The mere mention of the word 'cadaver' elicits vivid images of medical students meticulously and painstakingly dissecting a preserved human body under the tutelage of anatomy lecturers in a laboratory setting. Continue reading |
| A Perspective on Medical Education |
| Dr Loh Kwok Seng |
| Department of Otolaryngology |
| Traditionally the teaching of medicine has followed the principle of apprenticeship. Through a long and often arduous process, knowledge and skills are imparted to students by getting them to work under a more experienced doctor for a particular period of time. Continue reading |
| Excuse Me, Are You an Excellent Teacher? |
| Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser |
| Department of Sociology |
| When I was asked to share my teaching philosophy and what I think are the qualities of an excellent teacher, my first concern was that I would end up saying things that are rather cliché and have probably been rehashed countless times by many others. Continue reading |
| The Empirics of Teaching Quality |
| Associate Professor Willie Tan Vice Dean (Academic) |
| School of Design and Environment |
| In 2005, I was asked by a persuasive colleague at CDTL to do a 'simple' preliminary study on whether class size (n) affects teaching student feedback scores (F). Intuitively, the answer is yes. Continue reading |