Thursday, August 30, 2012
The Class Clown
It's always easy to follow the tide and be like everyone else. This video sets me thinking on how difficult it must be to think differently and translating your beliefs into real tangible actions. This teacher, also known as the "Class Clown", totally lived out his beliefs on what an effective teacher should be. He understood the needs of his students and was not afraid to be a different teacher.
An inspiring video indeed.
Spreading Young Talent Amongst Schools
I read this article "Spread Young Talent Among Schools" today and I truly identify with this statement quoted by Ngiam Tong Dow, "Concentrating the best students in top schools is not ideal".
Personally, it is not going to be possible providing a holistic education to every student in Singapore if the cream of the crop teachers are always being sent to the elite schools. If the better and more competent teachers were to be sent to the less performing schools, I cannot fathom how big a difference they would make to the school.
But that said, good teachers are hard to come by and how many would really "sacrifice" their sweat and blood and teach in the more challenging schools where they not only have to address the students' poor academics, but also on the students' behavioral issues? But if these teachers were to view it as an honour rather than a sacrifice, where being sent to non-elite schools would serve as a platform for them to impart their effective pedagogical skills to these students, what a beautiful picture that would paint! Then perhaps, Singapore's schools will be more balanced across the country and ellitism would not be such a prominent issue anymore.
The article can be found by clicking on the link below:
Spread young talent among schools
Personally, it is not going to be possible providing a holistic education to every student in Singapore if the cream of the crop teachers are always being sent to the elite schools. If the better and more competent teachers were to be sent to the less performing schools, I cannot fathom how big a difference they would make to the school.
But that said, good teachers are hard to come by and how many would really "sacrifice" their sweat and blood and teach in the more challenging schools where they not only have to address the students' poor academics, but also on the students' behavioral issues? But if these teachers were to view it as an honour rather than a sacrifice, where being sent to non-elite schools would serve as a platform for them to impart their effective pedagogical skills to these students, what a beautiful picture that would paint! Then perhaps, Singapore's schools will be more balanced across the country and ellitism would not be such a prominent issue anymore.
The article can be found by clicking on the link below:
Spread young talent among schools
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