Teaching Strategies to Meet Diverse Needs
(for Primary School Teachers)

Workshop Description

To help students in a mixed-ability class to succeed, a teacher needs to integrate different teaching strategies to enable students to understand the content to be learned. The learning environment needs also to be enhanced to address the diversity of the class. There should also be opportunities for formative assessment and extended learning to allow students to excel accordingly.

Learning Outcomes

• Through sharing, discussion and hands-on activities participants will get a better understanding of the following:
• Impact of different approaches on the various learning styles and multiple intelligence.
• Planning an integrated lesson to enable students of diverse needs to learn, progress and master in the same class.
• Using formative assessment and project- / problem-based learning approaches to extend students' learning.
• The importance of valuing students to bring out the best in each one of them.

About Ms Brenda Yeow

Ms Brenda Yeow has contributed 43 years to education service before retiring in Jan 2006. She has served in various positions starting from a classroom teacher, to science textbook/curriculum developer in the Curriculum Development Institution of Singapore, to vice principal, principal and school inspector. During the last 20 years of her service she has served in various committees in the MOE and conducted various workshops for school leaders and teachers. After retirement, she still renders part-time service to MOE in various projects. Brenda also has a 3-year experience as a Quality Advocate in the pre-school fraternity. She is currently a Resource Development Specialist in Science Centre Singapore developing science resource kits and conducting Inquiry-based Learning workshops for primary and preschool educators. Besides being a leader within the schools and Ministry of Education, Brenda has contributed to the development of science education at national and international levels – organized science festivals/fairs/activities for students from primary school to junior college levels. She also conducts workshops for teachers and presented papers at conferences.

Registration Details

Date: 25 to 26 November 2019 (2 day workshop)
Time: 9am to 4.30pm
Venue: Republic Polytechnic
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Closing date: 18 October 2019 Friday

Workshop Fee:
S$300.00 per participant. If 2 or more participants from the same school/organization attend the same workshop, the discounted fee will be S$250.00 per participant for that particular workshop. Fees are subject to GST and include all training materials, 1 tea break and a lunch.

Other Information:
Registration is on a first-come-first serve basis. No refunds will be made for cancellations or in the case of absentees. The Academy accepts replacements for registered participants who are unable to attend for whatever reasons.

Enquiry on School/Cluster Based Workshop
Please contact Joseph Loy by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or tel: 6363 0330 on the cost of conducting the workshop.