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POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA OF 
TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
(PGDipTHE 99/00) 

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Modules DT701 Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
DT702 Learning and Motivation
Day and Time Mondays (5-8 p.m.) and Wednesdays & Thursdays (3.30 - 5.30 p.m.)
Duration 17 July 2000 - 2 Oct. 2000
Venue T-3, Tower Block and other specified locations, NIE Bukit Timah Campus
Facilitators A/P Chen Ai Yen
Room 208 Oei Tiong Ham Building Tel: 4605060 Email:aychen@nie.edu.sg
Prof Elwyn Thomas
Room 226 Oei Tiong Ham Hall, Tel. 4605048, FAX 4699007, Email: ethomas@nie.edu.sg

  
 

Sessions/
Date

Title

Lecturers

Course
Materials

Session 1
17/07/00 Mon
4.30-7.30pm
Introduction : Understanding self (teacher characteristics) and the contexts of teaching and learning in Singapore's tertiary institutions (T3) - Chen Ai Yen
- Elwyn Thomas
DT701 First Class
DT701/2 Outline
Personality Test
The Fifth Discipline
Session 2
21/07/00 Fri
5-7 pm
Issues and challenges of teaching in higher education in Singapore (OTH215) - S.Gopinathan
Video Tape (ECL)
Session 3
24/07/00 Mon
5-8 pm
The socio-cultural context of learning and teaching in higher education in Singapore (T3) - Elwyn Thomas

Session 4
31/07/00 Mon
5-8pm
Teaching styles and teaching approaches for active learning in relations to constructivist and socio-constructivist learning principles (T3)
- Chen Ai Yen 1. Teaching Approaches
2. Learning Approaches
3. Reflective Thinking & Teaching Framework

4. The Teacher
5. The Learner
6. Learning theories
Session 5
07/08/00 Mon
5-8 pm
Learning Processes I (T3) - Elwyn Thomas
Session 6
14/08/00 Mon
5-8 pm
Learning Processes II (T3) - Elwyn Thomas
Session 7
21/08/00 Mon
5-8 pm
Motivation Processes (T3) - Elwyn Thomas
Session 8
28/08/00 Mon
5-8 pm
Teaching strategies related to authentic problem - based learning (T3) - Chen Ai Yen 1. The Basadur Simplex® - Creative Problem Solving Profile
2. Skillful Problem Solving
3. Teacher Behaviour in problem-solving lessons
Session 9
11/09/00 Mon
5-8 PM
Integrating information technology in the curriculum: Issues & Challenges (T3) - Chen Ai Yen
Session 10
18/09/00 Mon
5-8 pm
E-learning:   IT tools and the Internet (T3 & F7) - Daniel Tan
Session 11
2/10/00 Mon
5-8 pm
a) Teaching and Learning Interface (T3)


b) Round-up : Feedback and Evaluattion (T3)
- ET, LSK, AC, CAY

- ET,  NS, CAY
Workshop 1
17/08/00 Thur
5-7 pm
16/08/00 Wed
3.30-5 pm
Effective Teaching (MTR 5 & 6) / Speech Training (Group 1 - R12) - Chen Ai Yen
- Nora Samosir
Workshop 2
24/08/00 Thur

5-7 pm
23/08/00 Wed
3.30-5 pm
Effective Teaching (MTR 5 & 6) / Speech Training (Group 1 - R12) - Chen Ai Yen
- Nora
Samosir
Workshop 3
31/08/00 Thur
5-7 pm
30/08/00 Wed
3.30-5 pm
Effective Teaching (MTR 5 & 6) / Speech Training (Group 1 - R12) - Chen Ai Yen
- Nora Samosir
Workshop 1.1
14/09/00 Thur
5-7/3.30-5 pm
Learning Circle (MM103.2) / Speech Training (Group 2 - R17) - Elwyn Thomas
- Nora Samosir
Workshop 1.2
21/09/00 Thur
5-7/3.30-5 pm
Learning Circle (MM103.2) / Speech Training (Group 2 - R17) - Elwyn Thomas
- Nora Samosir
Workshop 1.3
25/09/00 Mon
5-7/3.30-5 pm
Learning Circle (MM103.2) / Speech Training (Group 2 - R6) - Elwyn Thomas
- Nora Samosir