1st Edition

Student Growth and Development in New Higher Education Learning Spaces Student-centred Learning in Singapore

Edited By Siok Kuan Tambyah Copyright 2023
132 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

132 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

132 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Learning spaces are an increasing area of debate in higher education studies, as universities attempt to develop holistic forms of education that connect epistemological areas. Focusing on faculty-student collaborative learning in residential colleges in Singapore, this book carefully examines how we can enable students to grow and develop, not just as workers for the global marketplace but also... Read more
1. The Impact and Potential of Residential Colleges: An Overview
Siok Kuan Tambyah
2. Knowing and Doing: Making Learning Spaces in a Residential College
Eric Kerr
3. Opportunities and Challenges in Developing Interdisciplinary Thinking in Undergraduate Education
Tai Chong Toh and Siok Kuan Tambyah
4. A Hybrid Model of Students-as-Partners: A Systematic Exploration of Co-created Experiential Learning in Higher Education
Kankana Mukhopadhyay and Wong Soon Fen
5. Facilitating Student Learning in the Informal Curriculum: Community Engagement Festival as a Case Study
Lavanya Balachandran, Sue Chang-Koh, and Shanthni Selvarajan
6. Practising Individual and Relational Authenticity: Insights from Self-Reflection Workshops for Senior Students
Catelijne Coopmans
7. Reflections and Aspirations
Siok Kuan Tambyah

Biography

Siok Kuan Tambyah is an Associate Professor at the NUS Business School, National University of Singapore and a Fellow at the College of Alice & Peter Tan. Her research and teaching interests include consumption and identity, consumer culture, happiness and cross-cultural consumer behaviour. She has published numerous articles, books and monographs in these areas. In addition to disciplinary research, she is involved in pedagogical research on the learning processes and outcomes in residential colleges. Related publications have appeared in The Asian Journal of Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Journal of Higher Education Research and Development and Transform Engagement Australia.