{"id":32992,"date":"2024-02-07T18:52:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T10:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/?p=32992"},"modified":"2024-02-24T15:53:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T07:53:55","slug":"commentary-how-can-singapore-keep-up-with-the-unique-needs-of-prodigies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2024\/02\/07\/commentary-how-can-singapore-keep-up-with-the-unique-needs-of-prodigies\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentary: How can Singapore keep up with the unique needs of prodigies?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore\u2019s education system is notorious for its rigour and quality, with Singaporean students consistently performing well in international assessments, such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Yet, there are some who surpass the demanding requirements of the education system \u2013 most recently, a 13-year-old prodigy who has already graduated from a university in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>This incident has sparked a discussion about how these \u2018prodigies\u2019 ought to be taught in schools. In \u201cCommentary: How can Singapore keep up with the unique needs of prodigies?\u201d (<em>Channel NewsAsia<\/em>, January 2024), Mr Jonathan Sim (NUS Teaching Academy and NUS Philosophy) discusses the shortcomings of the Singapore education system in engaging these exceptional students, arguing that more can be done to nurture their full potential.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sim acknowledges the difficulties of simultaneously managing students of differing abilities and learning needs, having experienced this challenge himself. In response, he suggests several engagement strategies, for educators to use this diversity to enhance learning instead. He advocates for the benefits of peer-to-peer teaching, allowing for slower learners to review concepts, for faster learners to learn to explain them simply, and for all students to form friendships as a result. He also suggests that educators become more open to co-creation opportunities with fast-paced students, allowing them to partake in the lesson planning process.<\/p>\n<p>Read the article here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/commentary\/prodigies-gifted-children-university-school-system-challenges-balance-4064776\">https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/commentary\/prodigies-gifted-children-university-school-system-challenges-balance-4064776<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32993\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32993\" style=\"width: 2435px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32993 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/ccp-12-e1707303101216.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2435\" height=\"1369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/ccp-12-e1707303101216.jpeg 2435w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/ccp-12-e1707303101216-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/ccp-12-e1707303101216-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/ccp-12-e1707303101216-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/ccp-12-e1707303101216-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/ccp-12-e1707303101216-2048x1151.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2435px) 100vw, 2435px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u2018A child\u2019s spotlight\u2019 by Filbert Koung from SRN\u2019s SG Photobank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore\u2019s education system is notorious for its rigour and quality, with Singaporean students consistently performing well in international assessments, such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Yet, there are some who surpass the demanding requirements of the education system \u2013 most recently, a …<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2024\/02\/07\/commentary-how-can-singapore-keep-up-with-the-unique-needs-of-prodigies\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Commentary: How can Singapore keep up with the unique needs of prodigies?<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":32993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4529,4548,4606,4609,4604],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-philosophy","category-research","category-singapore-research-nexus","category-visible"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32992"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33029,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32992\/revisions\/33029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}