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| Keys
to Effective Large-group Teaching |
| Associate
Professor Tan Cheng Han |
| Dean, Faculty of Law |
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| This is an edited transcript
of A/Prof Tan’s lecture/discussion with participants
of the Professional Development Programme session that CDTL
conducted on 21 February 2001. Through this session, A/Prof
Tan talked about some of his personal experiences of conducting
large-group teaching as well as invited participants to share
their own experiences and raise any questions that they may
have. Continue reading |
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| Maximising
the Effectiveness of Large-group Teaching: A Few Practical Suggestions |
| Associate
Professor Malcolm H. Murfett
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Mrs Ulrike M. Murfett |
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| Department of History |
Tutor, Centre for English Language Communication, NUS
& Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University |
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| For the purposes of this article, large-group teaching is
defined as giving tutorials to classes of more than 20 students.
The main risk of teaching such large groups is that individual
student-teacher interaction, a hallmark of good tutorials,
is reduced to such a level that the tutorial begins to look
like a mini-lecture. Continue reading |
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| Enhancing
Learning in a Large-class Session: Some Issues |
| Ms
Chandrama Acharya |
| Research Assistant, CDTL |
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| The typical large-class setting is generally lecture-centred
and minimises student participation, leaving little opportunity
for effective learning, as students tend to learn by memorising
terms and concepts to pass final exams. Continue reading |
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| Large-group
Teaching: Adding Value and Optimising Educational Outcomes |
| Professor
Matthew C.E. Gwee
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Associate Professor Tan Chay Hoon |
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| Associate Director, CDTL/Department of Pharmacology |
Department of Pharmacology |
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| Our primary role as teachers is to facilitate, motivate and
enhance student learning. We are accountable to our students
in ensuring that the quality of education we provide will
enable them, not only to achieve the more immediate goals
of a course curriculum, but also to become the useful citizens
of tomorrow who can make significant contributions to the
nation. Continue reading |
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