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Current
Teaching Portfolio
General Education Module: Heavenly Mathematics: Cultural Astronomy
General Education Module: Mathematics in Art and Architecture
Teaching Achievements
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enjoys
high visibility as a maths educator both locally
and internationally
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Teaching Strengths
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makes students
look at their surroundings differently and question
things they take for granted
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helps students
see applications of mathematics to science and
its relationship with history, culture, art and
architecture
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focuses
on the visualisation of concepts to balance the
purely formal approach
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shows
students that mathematics is not just about taking
exams, but about appreciating the beauty of patterns
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Publication Credits
37 papers published in top
journals such as The Mathematical Intelligencer
and Journal of Algebra. Subjects covered are mathematics,
astronomy, maths education and computer science
International Standing
| Member,
Organising Committee of Topic Study Group, |
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International
Congress on Mathematical Education,
Denmark, 2004 |
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lecturer of the American Mathematical Society and
the |
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Mathematical
Association of America on topics related to his
General Education Modules
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| Book
reviewer for Oxford University Press (2003), Springer
Verlag |
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(2002),
Cambridge University Press (1998) |
Service
to Community
Chairman, Organising
Committee, Singapore Mathematical
Olympiad, 2003-2004
Member of Programme Committee, The Great Science Challenge,
Channel 5, 2004
Academic Consultant, Ancient Chinese Inventions, Discovery
Channel
Academic Consultant, Art Figures: Mathematics in Arts,
Singapore Art Museum, 2002
Academic Consultant, The Dating Game - Calendars and Time in
Asia, The
Asian Civilisations Museum, 2000
Awards
and Accolades
Teaching Excellence
Award, NUS Faculty of Science, 2002/2003
Teaching Excellence Award, NUS
Faculty of Science, 2001/2002
Prize winner, Boeing Science Writing Contest, 2001
Teaching
Aspiration
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to
develop a teaching programme for maths teachers
on how to help students overcome “maths phobia”
and see the beauty and centrality of mathematics.
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