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SINGAPORE - Teaching today must go beyond imparting knowledge to helping students make sense of a world overloaded with information, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Monday (May 30).
It should also be about finding solutions to future challenges and preparing for tomorrow's needs, he said, addressing about 700 researchers and educators attending a hybrid conference held by the National Institute of Education (NIE).
These and other shifts in educational practice need to take place in the coming years, he said, to broaden the impact teachers have and prepare Singaporeans for a world that is increasingly connected, yet fragmented.
"If we do this well, we will take another major step towards the next stage of learning and teaching in our schools so we can best optimise the human potential that we have within our country," he added.
Speaking at the Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference, which focused on outlining new ways of teaching and learning, Mr Chan said: "We need to help our learners make sense and make choices anchored by our values. From information overload, we must learn to distil and discern, in order for real knowledge and wisdom to emerge.
"We must help our students acquire the skills of critical thinking, verification of sources of information and appreciate diverse perspectives, so that they come to their own, deeper conclusions and understanding of an issue."
He added: "Beyond focusing on developing the optimal syllabus, curriculum or system, teaching must increasingly provide a diversity of models and methods to meet the diverse learning needs of our students."
While training people as efficiently as possible was Singapore's priority in the 1950s and 1960s, the country now has a range of models from specialised schools to independent schools, he said, adding that full subject-based banding and a variety of post-secondary pathways provide greater flexibility.
The focus must also increasingly be on learning anywhere and not just in the classroom, said Mr Chan. This could be through home-based learning or using learning tools powered by artificial intelligence that personalise learning for students and provide immediate feedback.
"As we develop our students' abilities, we are also developing teachers' proficiency in e-pedagogy via professional development resources and online learning modules," he said.
"We are also growing our expertise in adult learning and developing resources for learning at the workplace."
Another way to adapt and implement best teaching practices faster is to share resources among educators and institutions, said Mr Chan.
To this end, the Singapore Learning Designers Community, which was set up by the Education Ministry's Educational Technology Division in 2017, consists of more than 20,000 educators who share lesson ideas and help one another troubleshoot technical challenges.
The polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education have also set up an online platform for students to access content across disciplines.
Beyond pursuing academics, more attention must be paid to building up socio-emotional and mental resilience in students, said the minister.
The refreshed character and citizenship education, which emphasises mental health and cyber wellness, will contribute to this side of students' development, as well as a curriculum on life skills in the institutes of higher learning.
And lastly, teachers must partner with parents and industry, said Mr Chan, as it takes a "village" to bring up a child.
Teachers must also understand what is happening in the world beyond schools, he added, and the Education Ministry has started providing them with short-term attachments in the public and private sectors.
"We want our teachers to go out to learn, to grow and to bring back new perspectives that can enrich our own fraternity, in order to improve the way we teach and learn in our schools," he said.
Monday's conference was organised by NIE's Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice (CRPP), which marks its 20th anniversary this year.
In a speech at the event, NIE director Christine Goh said the centre was set up in 2002 with the aim of improving classroom practices in Singapore schools.
"CRPP has also successfully developed a generation of local research talent, with many choosing to remain in NIE to increase our research capabilities," she said.
"With fast-evolving trends in education due to new and rapid local and global developments, combined with the transformations seen in education as a result of Covid-19, the need for a re-envisioning of education and schools for the future has never been more urgent and critical," Professor Goh added.
The three-day conference brings together local and overseas representatives to discuss educational research and broaden networks. It will feature more than 400 presentations, 27 symposiums and five masterclasses.
Some of the topics covered are curriculum development, early childhood education and educational policy research.
Teaching should help students be more discerning in age of information overload: Chan Chun Sing
SINGAPORE - Teaching today must go beyond imparting knowledge to helping students make sense of a world overloaded with information, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Monday (May 30).
It should also be about finding solutions to future challenges and preparing for tomorrow's needs, he said, addressing about 700 researchers and educators attending a hybrid conference held by the National Institute of Education (NIE).
These and other shifts in educational practice need to take place in the coming years, he said, to broaden the impact teachers have and prepare Singaporeans for a world that is increasingly connected, yet fragmented.
"If we do this well, we will take another major step towards the next stage of learning and teaching in our schools so we can best optimise the human potential that we have within our country," he added.
Speaking at the Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference, which focused on outlining new ways of teaching and learning, Mr Chan said: "We need to help our learners make sense and make choices anchored by our values. From information overload, we must learn to distil and discern, in order for real knowledge and wisdom to emerge.
"We must help our students acquire the skills of critical thinking, verification of sources of information and appreciate diverse perspectives, so that they come to their own, deeper conclusions and understanding of an issue."
He added: "Beyond focusing on developing the optimal syllabus, curriculum or system, teaching must increasingly provide a diversity of models and methods to meet the diverse learning needs of our students."
While training people as efficiently as possible was Singapore's priority in the 1950s and 1960s, the country now has a range of models from specialised schools to independent schools, he said, adding that full subject-based banding and a variety of post-secondary pathways provide greater flexibility.
The focus must also increasingly be on learning anywhere and not just in the classroom, said Mr Chan. This could be through home-based learning or using learning tools powered by artificial intelligence that personalise learning for students and provide immediate feedback.
"As we develop our students' abilities, we are also developing teachers' proficiency in e-pedagogy via professional development resources and online learning modules," he said.
"We are also growing our expertise in adult learning and developing resources for learning at the workplace."
Another way to adapt and implement best teaching practices faster is to share resources among educators and institutions, said Mr Chan.
To this end, the Singapore Learning Designers Community, which was set up by the Education Ministry's Educational Technology Division in 2017, consists of more than 20,000 educators who share lesson ideas and help one another troubleshoot technical challenges.
The polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education have also set up an online platform for students to access content across disciplines.
Beyond pursuing academics, more attention must be paid to building up socio-emotional and mental resilience in students, said the minister.
The refreshed character and citizenship education, which emphasises mental health and cyber wellness, will contribute to this side of students' development, as well as a curriculum on life skills in the institutes of higher learning.
And lastly, teachers must partner with parents and industry, said Mr Chan, as it takes a "village" to bring up a child.
Teachers must also understand what is happening in the world beyond schools, he added, and the Education Ministry has started providing them with short-term attachments in the public and private sectors.
"We want our teachers to go out to learn, to grow and to bring back new perspectives that can enrich our own fraternity, in order to improve the way we teach and learn in our schools," he said.
Monday's conference was organised by NIE's Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice (CRPP), which marks its 20th anniversary this year.
In a speech at the event, NIE director Christine Goh said the centre was set up in 2002 with the aim of improving classroom practices in Singapore schools.
"CRPP has also successfully developed a generation of local research talent, with many choosing to remain in NIE to increase our research capabilities," she said.
"With fast-evolving trends in education due to new and rapid local and global developments, combined with the transformations seen in education as a result of Covid-19, the need for a re-envisioning of education and schools for the future has never been more urgent and critical," Professor Goh added.
The three-day conference brings together local and overseas representatives to discuss educational research and broaden networks. It will feature more than 400 presentations, 27 symposiums and five masterclasses.
Some of the topics covered are curriculum development, early childhood education and educational policy research.
Keechiu visited Kranji Primary School. 
French toast, cookies, cupcakes...
What a yummy lesson for Kranji Primary School students!
Through baking, Primary 1 to 4 students experience hands-on learning in numbers, geometry, measurement, multiplication & division, and more.
Mdm Lena Chua, Level Head for Math, shared that this is one of the school’s signature Math programmes, but it was disrupted for 2 years due to #COVID19. The relaxation of safe management measures allowed the school to re-implement it this year. The students were very excited!
While it’s primarily a Math lesson, the Math department collaborated with other departments too.
For example, for the Primary 1 students, English is worked in, as students learnt vocabulary words commonly used in baking instructions like “cut”, “scoop”, and “bake”. They also used past tense to describe the process they went through. As for the Primary 4 students, their lesson covered financial literacy. Students calculated the cost of making a cupcake, and discussed how rental, labour costs and profit margins contribute to why cupcakes cost so much more in bakeries.
The best part? Students get to pack up their treats and eat them after their lesson.
Parents, why not try this with your children during the holidays, and incorporate some “revision” too?
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: Kranji Primary School]
#ourschoolstories
Chan Chun Sing
12 hrs ·French toast, cookies, cupcakes...
What a yummy lesson for Kranji Primary School students!
Through baking, Primary 1 to 4 students experience hands-on learning in numbers, geometry, measurement, multiplication & division, and more.
Mdm Lena Chua, Level Head for Math, shared that this is one of the school’s signature Math programmes, but it was disrupted for 2 years due to #COVID19. The relaxation of safe management measures allowed the school to re-implement it this year. The students were very excited!
While it’s primarily a Math lesson, the Math department collaborated with other departments too.
For example, for the Primary 1 students, English is worked in, as students learnt vocabulary words commonly used in baking instructions like “cut”, “scoop”, and “bake”. They also used past tense to describe the process they went through. As for the Primary 4 students, their lesson covered financial literacy. Students calculated the cost of making a cupcake, and discussed how rental, labour costs and profit margins contribute to why cupcakes cost so much more in bakeries.
The best part? Students get to pack up their treats and eat them after their lesson.
Parents, why not try this with your children during the holidays, and incorporate some “revision” too?
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#ourschoolstories
Mark Andrew Yeo @BTSS why don’t spam his lies of me in this old thread? Is it because his face is here? View attachment 147651
Keechiu had an engaging panel discussion.
Families have always been the bedrock of our society.
To ensure that families of every generation have the resilience to face increasingly complex challenges, we need to mount a whole-of-society effort.
Our Singapore compact is about:
Enabling everyone to fulfil their potential
Ensuring that every generation can do better than the previous generation
Coming together to play our parts when we encounter challenges – at the individual, community and national levels; and from the people, private and public sectors.
At TOUCH Community Services' Family Conference held earlier today, I had an engaging panel discussion on co-creating solutions with communities. Was glad to meet our everyday heroes who work hard to bring about change, and transform the lives of families for the better.
Let us continue to help our nation to progress, and prevent intergenerational disadvantages from being passed on, so that we can truly realise the dream of being a Singaporean. And we will always distinguish ourselves as a community where everyone can develop to their fullest potential regardless of their starting points in life.
Chan Chun Sing
Yesterday at 17:28 ·Families have always been the bedrock of our society.
To ensure that families of every generation have the resilience to face increasingly complex challenges, we need to mount a whole-of-society effort.
Our Singapore compact is about:
At TOUCH Community Services' Family Conference held earlier today, I had an engaging panel discussion on co-creating solutions with communities. Was glad to meet our everyday heroes who work hard to bring about change, and transform the lives of families for the better.
Let us continue to help our nation to progress, and prevent intergenerational disadvantages from being passed on, so that we can truly realise the dream of being a Singaporean. And we will always distinguish ourselves as a community where everyone can develop to their fullest potential regardless of their starting points in life.
Keechiu visited Holy Innocents' Primary School. 
端午节快乐！Happy Dragon Boat Festival!
How are you celebrating the festival this year? At Holy Innocents' Primary School, parent volunteers joined students and teachers in the school to conduct level-wide 粽子 (rice dumpling) wrapping sessions for their Primary 4 students.
Students from other levels did craft work to learn about the festival, and all students got to bring a rice dumpling home. Happy to see parents contributing their talents and passing skills on to the next generation.
Ms Foong Wenfang, Head of Department (Special Assistance Plan), shared that the school identified the Dragon Boat Festival as one of the three major Chinese festivals to commemorate and celebrate as a school community, because our local community still enjoys the preparation and consumption of the festive goodies associated with it.
I definitely enjoy having rice dumplings every Dragon Boat Festival.
Which type of rice dumpling is your favourite?
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: Holy Innocents’ Primary School]
#ourschoolstories
Chan Chun Sing
14 hrs ·端午节快乐！Happy Dragon Boat Festival!
How are you celebrating the festival this year? At Holy Innocents' Primary School, parent volunteers joined students and teachers in the school to conduct level-wide 粽子 (rice dumpling) wrapping sessions for their Primary 4 students.
Students from other levels did craft work to learn about the festival, and all students got to bring a rice dumpling home. Happy to see parents contributing their talents and passing skills on to the next generation.
Ms Foong Wenfang, Head of Department (Special Assistance Plan), shared that the school identified the Dragon Boat Festival as one of the three major Chinese festivals to commemorate and celebrate as a school community, because our local community still enjoys the preparation and consumption of the festive goodies associated with it.
I definitely enjoy having rice dumplings every Dragon Boat Festival.
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#ourschoolstories
Keechiu happy to be invited to Girl Guides Singapore this morning for the Closing Ceremony of International Camp 2022.
Happy to be invited to Girl Guides Singapore this morning for the Closing Ceremony of International Camp 2022.
I am heartened to see that the camp participants were able to enjoy a blended camp experience – pioneering a new way of how we interact, forge links and draw strengths from various communities in Singapore and abroad.
I shared with them three things that I have learned in my years as a Boy Scout:
Take care of ourselves
Take care of our friends and others
Take care of our future
By internalising these in all that we do, we can be empowered to leave a stronger foundation for the next generation, overcome challenges and emerge even stronger.
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: Girl Guides Singapore]
Chan Chun Sing
5 hrs ·Happy to be invited to Girl Guides Singapore this morning for the Closing Ceremony of International Camp 2022.
I am heartened to see that the camp participants were able to enjoy a blended camp experience – pioneering a new way of how we interact, forge links and draw strengths from various communities in Singapore and abroad.
I shared with them three things that I have learned in my years as a Boy Scout:
By internalising these in all that we do, we can be empowered to leave a stronger foundation for the next generation, overcome challenges and emerge even stronger.
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