A few students have asked for the tutorial 4 slides to be made downloadable.
You can now download it from here.
Showing posts with label tutorial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tutorial. Show all posts
Monday, April 7, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Exam Tips
The 2nd objective of Tutorial 4 states "to provide a platform to discuss how to answer essay questions and refine techniques in answering them" and this powerpoint is a very clear and comprehensive guide in helping you answer essay questions. I've also included the exam format. Will be going through this in Tutorial 4.
I am still thinking if I want to do a powerpoint for the concepts of Landscape of Globalisation. Leave me a comment if you want me to compile it into a powerpoint.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Tutorial 4 is now on IVLE
If you haven't downloaded already, Tutorial 4 worksheet is now available on IVLE! Students from the Odd Week classes, remember to come for tutorial next week (31 March)!
Readings for the week:
Lectures 7, 8, 9 and 10
Textbook Chapters 8, 9 & 10
We will also be discussing exam tips so do look through some of the past year questions and familiarize yourself with the format.
Readings for the week:
Lectures 7, 8, 9 and 10
Textbook Chapters 8, 9 & 10
We will also be discussing exam tips so do look through some of the past year questions and familiarize yourself with the format.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Tutorial 3
Tutorial 3 starts this Monday for the Odd week classes. Remember to download the tutorial worksheet from IVLE! Read your textbook for more clues and prepare your answers before the class.
See you all in tutorial!
Suggested Readings
For more information on Singapore's Conservation of Built Heritage, visit the Urban Redevelopment Authority's conservation division website.
See you all in tutorial!
Suggested Readings
For more information on Singapore's Conservation of Built Heritage, visit the Urban Redevelopment Authority's conservation division website.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Suggested list of new national monuments
I've compiled a list of new national monuments from the 5 tutorial groups. It would appear that the most popular proposed national monument would be:
Changi Airport control tower!
Every tutorial class suggested the Changi Airport control tower! Most feel that it is the first thing people see when they arrive in Singapore. However, according it national monument status means that we would never be able to tear it down. Also, are most of you proud of the control tower as being able to instill national pride in Singaporeans? But the control tower is usually depicted in the children's drawings during art competitions. Is it a symbol that has been inculcated in us? Is national pride today more related to our economic success rather than the achievements and contributions of our forefathers?
Some of the other interesting suggestions include:
1) Haw Par Villa
2) Esplanade
3) Merlion (the Eiffel tower of Singapore? Chapter 7 in Textbook)
4) Clifford Pier
5) Singapore Flyer
6) Fullerton Hotel
7) SAFTI Military Institute
8) one room HDB flats or old HDB estates - can these be monuments?
9) Kallang Stadium
10) Pasir Panjang port - similar as airport?
11) Monetary Authority of Singapore
12) Civilian War Memorial - controversial?
13) Tanjong Pagar KTM Train Station - Malaysia or Singapore's?
What kind of national pride are we instilling through monuments whose significance focuses on economic success and development?
How about choosing a monument that only has significance to any one particular group? Would choosing monuments that has equal significance and national pride to all of us being more fair? Is economic development the only collective source of national pride that we all share? Is multiculturalism not a source of national pride? Are there national monuments that represents multiculturalism in one site rather than having 4 different monuments representing 4 different ethnic groups?
What are your thoughts?
Changi Airport control tower!
Every tutorial class suggested the Changi Airport control tower! Most feel that it is the first thing people see when they arrive in Singapore. However, according it national monument status means that we would never be able to tear it down. Also, are most of you proud of the control tower as being able to instill national pride in Singaporeans? But the control tower is usually depicted in the children's drawings during art competitions. Is it a symbol that has been inculcated in us? Is national pride today more related to our economic success rather than the achievements and contributions of our forefathers?
Some of the other interesting suggestions include:
1) Haw Par Villa
2) Esplanade
3) Merlion (the Eiffel tower of Singapore? Chapter 7 in Textbook)
4) Clifford Pier
5) Singapore Flyer
6) Fullerton Hotel
7) SAFTI Military Institute
8) one room HDB flats or old HDB estates - can these be monuments?
9) Kallang Stadium
10) Pasir Panjang port - similar as airport?
11) Monetary Authority of Singapore
12) Civilian War Memorial - controversial?
13) Tanjong Pagar KTM Train Station - Malaysia or Singapore's?
What kind of national pride are we instilling through monuments whose significance focuses on economic success and development?
How about choosing a monument that only has significance to any one particular group? Would choosing monuments that has equal significance and national pride to all of us being more fair? Is economic development the only collective source of national pride that we all share? Is multiculturalism not a source of national pride? Are there national monuments that represents multiculturalism in one site rather than having 4 different monuments representing 4 different ethnic groups?
What are your thoughts?
Friday, February 29, 2008
Tutorial 2 Reminder
Guess which national monument this is?
Just a reminder that beginning next Monday, there will be tutorial 2, beginning with the Odd week tutorial groups. The tutorial worksheet can already be downloaded from IVLE.
For Section 3 of the worksheet, do not forget to download the list of national monuments [pdf] gazetted by the Presevation of Monuments Board.
Some books that you may find useful include:
G. Uma Devi et al. (2002) "Singapore's 100 Historic Places" Singapore: Archipelago Press in association with National Heritage Board
Gretchen Liu (1996) "In granite and chunam : the national monuments of Singapore" Singapore : Landmark Books and Preservation of Monuments Board
NAS (2003) "Singapore's monuments & historic sites." National Archives of Singapore : Preservation of Monuments Board
Regarding the section on Toponymics, you may find these books interesting.
Victor R Savage and Brenda SA Yeoh (2004) "Toponymics : a study of Singapore street names" Singapore : Eastern University Press
Peter Dunlop (2000) "Street names of Singapore" Singapore : Who's Who Publishing
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Tutorial 1 slides
Here are the slides for the first tutorial class. Hope it helps. Feel free to contribute more examples for these different landscapes that we didn't manage to mention in class!
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