Edgemont Union Free School District

Superintendent’s Professional

Development Day

November 2013

Part 1 | 0900 – 0930

Overview of the Philosophy of

Education in Singapore

Part 2 | 0930 – 1030 | 1045 –

1200 | 1300 – 1500 |

Features of Math in Focus Lessons

incorporating assessment and

differentiated instruction

Presentation slides are available at

www.banhar.blogspot.com

Greenville Elementary School, New York

Overview of the Philosophy of Education in Singapore

E d g e m o n t U n i o n F r e e S c h o o l D i s t r i c t

Yeap Ban Har

Marshall Cavendish Institute Singapore

yeapbanhar@gmail.com

Slides are available at

www.banhar.blogspot.com

student-centred

values-driven

Assumption English School, Singapore

student-centred using student-generated responses

0 0 = 5

The Blake School, Minneapolis

student-centred using student-generated responses

0 0 = 5

The Blake School, Minneapolis

100 20 = 5 250 50 = 5 150 30 = 5 200 40 = 5 350 70 = 5

values-driven paying attention to affective factors

= 5

The Blake School, Minneapolis

All the digits are different.

values-driven paying attention to affective factors

The Blake School, Minneapolis

values-driven paying attention

to affective factors

The Blake School, Minneapolis

108 54 = 2 106 53 = 2 5,200 90 = 520 9 = 57 remainder 7

57 r 7 9|520 450 70 63 7

90|5200 4500 700 450 250 180 70

--50 --5 --2

thinking schools

learning nation

Tampines Secondary School, Singapore

thinking schools

learning nation

A Typical Assessment Task in Primary Science

thinking schools

learning nation

green pink

teach less

learn more

Mayflower Primary School, Singapore

Mathematics is “an excellent

vehicle for the development

and improvement of a

person’s intellectual

competence”. | Ministry of Education Singapore 2006