Glean pointers on teaching and learning as winners of the NUS Outstanding Educator Award share their teaching experiences and views in this issue of CDTL Brief.
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| My Secret of Winning Students to My Side |
| Professor Y.K. Ip |
| Department of Biological Sciences/ Associate Director, CDTL |
| As a teacher, I spend much effort finding out what my students have learnt in the past, how they had learnt these things, and how to facilitate their learning now. This is because I consider that knowledge is not simply statements or facts that students acquire. The word ‘knowledge’ actually means ‘to sport with ideas’. Continue reading |
| Learning Communities |
| Associate Professor Philip Holden |
| Department of English Language & Literature |
| When you read this article, we will be starting a new semester in a variety of teaching situations. Personally, I will be grappling with new challenges in three new modules. Continue reading |
| Teaching Insights |
| Associate Professor Robert Beckman |
| Vice-Dean (Academic Affairs), Faculty of Law |
| My teaching philosophy is the result of more than 20 years of teaching experience in the Faculty of Law at NUS. I have taught both substantive law and ‘skills’ courses, and I have constantly experimented with various teaching techniques and methods. Continue reading |
| Teaching Tips: Developing the Curriculum for a Professional Clinical Course |
| Associate Professor Lim Lum Peng |
| Department of Preventive Dentistry |
| The explosion of knowledge arising from the recent proliferation of information technology has led educators in tertiary institutions to ask questions such as: How do we design a curriculum that will develop self-directed independent life-long learners? How successful have we been thus far in so doing? Continue reading |
| Teaching
Freshman Chemistry |
| Professor Andy Hor Tzi Sum |
| Department of Chemistry |
| There are many ways to teach and achieve teaching objectives. I favour a multitude of approaches, strategies and methodologies that eventually converge. This convergent process serves as a mechanism to shape a scholar in a way that I believe scholars should be. Continue reading |
| Feeding
Them for Life |
| Assistant Professor Sunita Abraham |
| Department of English Language & Literature |
| We have all heard the adage, “Give someone a fish, you feed them for a day. Teach them how to fish, and you feed them for life.” The knowledge-transmission model of education gives students fish. The knowledge-construction model teaches them how to fish, feeding them for life. Continue reading |