"My approach to teaching is holistic; the student's emotional and psychological needs are as important as his or her intellectual and academic aspirations."

Assoc Prof Bruce LOCKHART

PhD (Cornell University); MA (Yale University); BA (Cornell University)
Department of History

CURRENT TEACHING PORTFOLIO

• History of mainland Southeast Asia, with particular focus on cultural and
  ethnic issues
• History of Christianity

TEACHING ACHIEVEMENTS

• Played a leading role in re-making a foundation module in History, and created or re-introduced six modules on Southeast Asia, as well as developed a module on the history of Christianity as a contribution to the Religious Studies minor programme
• Regularly invited by schools and the Ministry of Education to share with students and teachers his insights and expertise on Southeast Asian history and teaching it
• Plans and delivers training lectures for docents at the Asian Civilisations Museum
• Served on the Faculty Teaching Excellence Committee

TEACHING STRENGTHS

• Presents meticulously crafted and thought-provoking assignments and questions to compel students to reflect, analyse and critique
• Exposes students to a diverse mix of reading materials, enabling them to appreciate and discern different writing genres, presentation styles as well as historically- and culturally-specific works
• Strong ability to teach a variety of modules within and beyond his areas of expertise, whether in seminars for 40 Honours year students or lectures for 400 freshmen

PUBLICATION CREDITS

• Published a monograph entitled The End of the Vietnamese Monarchy, co-edited a volume on The Cham of Vietnam, and is part of a team from the Department of History authoring New History of Southeast Asia
• Authored several journal articles and book chapters focusing on issues in the historiography of Vietnam and Laos

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

• Honour Roll, Annual Teaching Excellence Award, NUS (2007); Annual Teaching Excellence Award, NUS (2005/2006, 2004/2005, 2003/2004)

TEACHING ASPIRATION
"To develop students' understanding of, and interest in, Southeast Asia as a region, particularly the mainland countries which are my specialty. Achieving this objective involves a combination of lecture material, tutorial readings (including my own translations of primary sources), thought-provoking discussion questions, and anecdotes from my own experiences in the region."