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an extract from Walden Two

TYH — Wed, 02 May 2012 02:18:48 +0000

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
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classroom, the return

TYH — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:45:49 +0000

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 …

when behaviours and values are rewarded in monetary terms

TYH — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:13:47 +0000

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 …

no more bad wines

TYH — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:08:51 +0000

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 …

cnki 中国知网 searchable

TYH — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:54:15 +0000

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 …

australia road trip 2011

TYH — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:00:06 +0000

close to 1 month ago, we went on our longest and most daring adventure ever, an 18-day road trip downunder, of which we settled ourselves in our mobile home, a 7.21m campervan, which we drove for around 2200km. thanks to …

indesign cs5 tips reminder

TYH — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:25:16 +0000

am attending a workshop on InDesign CS5 these two days at NTU ACL1. here’s some tips to remember for the future:

1. Fast changing of shapes (e.g.) while retaining all specs
- Use “Pathfinder” (via “Windows” –> “Object & Layout”)…

Reflection – Social Media and Participatory Learning

TYH — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:31:38 +0000

am cross-posting this from my ‘note’ from a doc i dropped in fb group: edsocialmedia.sg

If one were to do a Google/Bing search, you’ll notice that the most widely cited definition of Social Media is the following:

“a group of …

above-level testing

TYH — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:52:02 +0000

in the oct 11 issue of ideas published by AST, dr. soh kc 苏启祯博士 wrote on a phenomena commonly described by students by word-of-mouth. the following quotes from pg 4 would give you an idea what above-level testing is:

“Our
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the beauty of language — the Ostrich story

TYH — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:47:32 +0000

chanced upon this via @hiannie‘s tweet, it’s called The Ostrich Story — choose your words carefully or you may regret for life, enjoy

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