TYH

Author's details

Name: Y H Tan
Date registered: July 4, 2009

Biography

A Singaporean Chinese Language Teacher

Latest posts

  1. an extract from Walden Two — May 2, 2012
  2. classroom, the return — March 30, 2012
  3. when behaviours and values are rewarded in monetary terms — March 9, 2012
  4. no more bad wines — February 22, 2012
  5. cnki 中国知网 searchable — January 10, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. 13th Edublog Workshop @Springfield Sec School — 23 comments
  2. 10th Edublog Workshop @Qifa Primary Sch — 15 comments
  3. 6th Edublog Workshop – in the midst — 12 comments
  4. In the midst – 7th Edublog Workshop – ????????? — 9 comments
  5. Teaching of Listening and Speaking Skills (2011 Syllabus) course 听说教学 — 5 comments

Author's posts listings

May
02

an extract from Walden Two

saw the following quote from the book Walden Two while reading an article:

Since our children remain happy, energetic, and curious, we don’t need to teach “subjects” at all. We teach only the techniques of learning and thinking. As for

Mar
30

classroom, the return

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it’s been 7 yrs since i was away from the classrooms, away from teaching, away from marking, away from graduating students, away from the whole list of roles and responsibilites. today, marks a day in history where i returned …

Mar
09

when behaviours and values are rewarded in monetary terms

the following series of dialogues is motivated by the announcement yesterday that MOE is going to start rewarding students with money for their good behaviours and values (or characters, whatever you call it). this is just going to be another long tail

Feb
22

no more bad wines

last week, boss sc shared with us the following TED video while mentioning the idea of work-life balance:

i neither drink nor collect wine, but this video truly serves as a good reminder on how we want to live our …

Jan
10

cnki 中国知网 searchable

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was trying out NIE’s trial subscription to CNKI, and was plesantly surprised that my Fudan ma thesis 新加坡中学生的认识论信念华文学习信念探究 (An exploratory study of the epistemological beliefs and language learning beliefs of Singapore school Chinese Language students) is listed (: must thank …

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