Temasek Centre for Problem-Based Learning
Temasek Centre for Problem-Based Learning was set up in 1999 as one of Temasek Polytechnic's Centres of Excellence.
Vision
To be a Centre of Excellence in the development and research of Problem-based Learning.
Mission
To provide PBL training and to develop strategic projects to enhance the knowledge and practice of PBL.
Who We Are
The Centre is managed by the Learning Academy department in Temasek Polytechnic, a team of academic staff developers with a diverse range of work experience in fields such as accountancy, business, design, education, law and linguistics. This combination of expertise and knowledge enables us to provide professional development to polytechnic lecturers and help them translate their own industry knowledge into quality learning-teaching. We conduct research to further the knowledge and practice of PBL.
To find out more about the Learning Academy, please click here.
Our Achievements
- Awarded the Enterprise Challenge (Innovation Award), Prime Minister's Office, in November 2000 for being the first educational institution to develop a Problem-based Learning Education Model for Singapore.
- Awarded the Enterprise Challenge Shield, Prime Minister's Office, in November 2003 for the project on PBL which has created the highest new value to the public service.
- Organised the Second Asia-Pacific Conference on PBL, 4-7 December 2000.
Theme: PBL: Educational Innovation Across Disciplines
Keynote speakers: Dr Michele Marincovich (Assistant Vice Provost and Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University, USA), Professor Donald R Woods (Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Canada) and Professor Anthony Dixon (Head, Family Medicine Unit, University of Hong Kong, HK)
- Organised the PBL Conference, 15-16 March 2005.
Theme: Adaptive Strategies for PBL in a Supercomplex World
Keynote speakers: Dr Maggi Savin-Baden (Coventry University, United Kingdom) and Dr Tan Oon Seng (National Institute of Education, Singapore)
- Organised TP's International Conference on Learning and Teaching, 9-11 June 2010 in conjunction with Temasek Polytechnic's 20th anniversary
Theme: Creative Pedagogies · Changing Perspectives · Crossing Boundaries
Keynote speakers: Professor David Boud (University of Technology, Sydney), Professor Stephen Brookfield (University of St.Thomas, Minneapolis), Professor Diana Laurillard (Institute of Education, London) and Associate Professor Gary Poole (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
- Published "Problem-based Learning: Educational innovation across disciplines" in 2000. A publication in conjunction with the Second Asia-Pacific Conference on PBL, 4-7 December 2000.
- Published "Problem-based learning: New directions and approaches" in 2005, in conjunction with the Problem-based Learning Conference on 15-16 March 2005.
Our Services
We provide customised PBL professional development for TP staff as well as selected external parties. Click here to view details of our PBL Foundation programme. Professional development programmes are provided to teaching and curriculum planning groups in teams to facilitate future implementation.
Our Clients
- Bowen Secondary School, Singapore (Jun 2008)
- Hua Yi Secondary School, Singapore (Jun 2010, Jul 2009)
- Institute of Maritime Operations & Systems, Singapore (Nov 2009)
- Institute of Technical Education (College West Clementi campus), Singapore (May 2006)
- Institute of Technical Education (Simei campus), Singapore (Apr 2007)
- Kazakhstan educators (Nov and Dec 2010)
- Ministry of Education, North 6 School Cluster (May 2008)
- Ministry of Education, Singapore Home Economics teachers (Nov 2010, Oct 2009, May 2009, Nov 2008, May 2008, Nov 2007, May 2007, Jun 2006)
- Nan Chiau Primary School, Singapore (Mar 2006)
- National Colleges of Technology of Kyushu/Okinawa, Japan (Aug 2006, Mar 2006)
- Temasek Junior College, Singapore (May 2006)
- University Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Faculty of Languages, Perak, Malaysia (Nov 2006)
- University Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Faculty of Science & Technology, Perak, Malaysia (Sep 2006)
Some feedback on the PBL Foundation Programme from Hua Yi Secondary School Teachers:
"The modelling of the PBL process during the course gave me a better idea of how the PBL process actually works."
"It was good that we had a chance to craft our own problem and our own FILA charts."
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