As one who has students’ interest at heart, Associate Professor Alfred Tan employs a wide range of teaching strategies to engage diverse cohorts of undergraduates in both small and large classes in imparting his knowledge and skills to the students. His approach has significantly improved the overall student learning experience and led to quality learning outcomes. Through his facilitation, he has helped students develop critical thinking and communication skills. His advice encourages students they encounter challenges in their learning.
Alfred regularly attends and participates in seminars and events related to teaching to constantly update and improve his teaching so as to ensure excellent student learning outcomes. He is strongly committed to creating an engaging, interactive and supportive classroom learning environment and encourages student participation in group discussions.
(Abstract from citation by Eng evaluation committee member)
Dr An Hui
How do you attract students' attention and interest in learning? Instead of directly introducing the new concepts, Assistant Professor An Hui often makes his teaching interactive and engaging by asking students with questions, training them on their critical thinking skills and gradually guiding them on the development and application of the theories. His teaching style is very down-to-earth, and with the aim of equipping students with up-to-date knowledge, thus ensuring that they are industry ready.
(Abstract from citation by Eng evaluation committee member)
Dr Cheong Kang Hao
Assistant Professor Cheong Kang Hao consistently received positive feedback from students on he conducts lessons and engages the class. By injecting humour in his lessons, using real life examples and analogies, he is able to make dry and difficult mathematics topics alive and interesting for students.
"Everyone is unique, all can succeed." With that in mind, Kang Hao makes significant efforts in tailoring his lessons and assessments for the slower learners, ensuring appropriate scaffolding and guidance are given. It is his student-centric teaching approach that won him the hearts of students as well as the teaching excellence award.
(Abstract from citation by Eng evaluation committee member)
Ms Jade Soh
As a committed educator, Ms. Jade Soh believes in developing students into thinking healthcare leaders of the future with the emphasis on decision marking in various clinical aspects. Her personal observation of students who often found it difficult to translate research knowledge into our local clinical environment has probed her to engage them with a range of “hypothetical examples”, thereby encouraging her students to discuss the importance of evidence-based approach versus theoretical framework. In her own words, “it is clear that nursing students at SIT are able to relearn and apply theory into their future clinical practice”.
(Abstract from citation by HSS evaluation committee member)
Dr Lee Kwee Hiong
With students coming from varied backgrounds and the wide spectrum of topics taught, Associate Professor Lee Kwee Hiong felt the need to tailor the approach to suit the individual modules for a more effective student learning experience. Other than textbook materials, he also uses real-life examples to explain key concepts. Kwee Hiong’s approach involves motivating and getting students to work on real-life problems together in class and ensure interact as they work on the problems provided with guidance. His building-block approach by letting the students work on the basics first before tackling the more challenging aspects of the work has helped to instill confidence in the students’ ability and skill sets.
Kwee Hiong understands the importance of timely feedback to students especially when they have queries and responds to their queries promptly. He strives to ensure immersive experiential learning for students and empowering them to understand concepts and principles so that they can apply them correctly and contribute to industry in future.
(Abstract from citation by Eng evaluation committee member)
Dr Lim Chu Yeong
Associate Professor Lim Chu Yeong is dedicated to students’ learning by offering extra guidance to them. He relates real-life examples to difficult accounting concepts to help students understand them better. Chu Yeong is also proliferate in publishing in terms of article of teaching pedagogy (grading method) and textbook.
(Abstract from citation by DSB evaluation committee member)
Dr Mustafa Shabbir Kurbanhusen
‘Imbue knowledge with a Purpose’ was the focus when Associate Professor Mustafa Shabbir Kurbanhusen began his academic career with SIT. With this in mind, he ensured that all his teaching materials were developed to have the ‘purpose’ element holistically and prominently embedded. At the start of his first lectures, students are informed of the motivation of learning the subject and he also listens and addresses to students’ feedbacks.
Mustafa actively involves students in industry projects in his modules and, thereby, providing the opportunity for students to assist in addressing industry challenges and providing feasible solutions which in turn provide them with the opportunity to be the ‘catalyst for transformation’. This leaning experience helps partly to prepare the students to be industry-ready upon graduation.
(Abstract from citation by Eng evaluation committee member)
Dr Ng Lee Keng
Associate Professor Ng Lee Keng spent a great deal of time designing props, using e-learning tools, and inviting guest speakers to engage the students. Overall, from students’ consistent feedback, Lee Keng is excellent in teaching effectiveness, shows strong commitment to student learning, and is superb in innovation in terms of stimulating students’ learning interest.
(Abstract from citation by DSB evaluation committee member)
Dr Victor Wang
Assistant Professor Victor Wang actively employs technology to aid his teaching and put great emphasis on the application of knowledge in real-life engineering. With the diverse backgroundS of SIT students, Victor has been a key advocate of adaptive learning, designing math and physics bridging courses to prepare students for the rigor of undergraduate studies even before they enter SIT. Evidently, his approach and efforts have significantly improved the overall student learning experience at SIT.
(Abstract from citation by Eng evaluation committee member)
