ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

Ann Yin En Yeong is a doctoral candidate in Philosophy of Education at the Ontario

Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT). Her research
interests include epistemology and ethics in education, student engagement, as well as the
application of philosophical inquiry and analysis on educational administration and policy
studies.

Arzami Bin Salim was awarded a Ministry of Education (Singapore) teaching award in 1999
to pursue his B.A. with Diploma in Education (Merit) in English Language and English
Literature at National Institute of Education. He taught for four and half years in Yishun
Secondary School. He was conferred his M.A. degree in 2005 and moved on to teach at
Innova Junior College. His masters thesis on oral language testing has inspired him to be
further involved in research, particularly in language testing and assessment. He also pursued
a 2 weeks course on ‘Language Testing and Assessment’ at RELC, Singapore on a SEAMEO
Scholarship in 2006. He taught and supervised Project Work and is currently teaching
General Paper. His research interests include language testing and assessment, particularly in
oral examination and discourse analysis.

Chue Kah Loong is currently heading the Project Work department in Pioneer Junior
College. He has been teaching Mathematics in a junior college for 5 years. He also has been
a supervising tutor for Project Work for 4 years, of which he taught solely Project Work for 2
years. He has been involved in various stages of Project Work, as a moderator, supervisor,
mentor, assessor and has conducted workshops for other supervising tutors. His interests
include the different aspects of Project Work as well as Knowledge and Inquiry.

Dharmine Dharchana Moorthy was awarded a Ministry of Education (Singapore)

scholarship and has taught English language, Project Work and critical thinking skills
modules in the secondary school, junior college and National Institute of Education. She is
currently based in Australia where she is developing materials for teaching English language
and thinking skills for grades 11 and 12. Her research interests are teaching of English
language and the infusion of critical thinking skills for ESL classrooms.

Jarina Peer is a teacher with many years of classroom experience. During her secondment to
NIE as a teaching fellow, she trained teacher trainees in educational modules and was
involved in various research projects. One particular project of interest was entitled, Student-
centered learning in the context of Project Work, which also resulted in a publication of a
book, Engaging in Project Work, with her colleagues. Her research interests include science
education, scientific epistemology, information technology in education and classroom
management and discipline.

Jasvinder K Dhillon is a Project Work tutor in Raffles Junior College. She has been teaching
General Paper in a JC for 8 years. For 6 of these 8 years she was in a neighborhood college.
She has been involved in various stages of Project Work, as a moderator, supervisor, mentor,
and assessor.

Dr. Maha Sripathy is an education consultant, who conducts professional development

courses for language teachers. She has taught in Singapore and Australia, working with
students and teachers across grade levels. Her areas of specialization are critical literacy,
teaching of writing and alternative assessment. Her research focus is in language and literacy
pedagogies and culture.

Monica Sharma Menon has been in the education service for more than 17 years. She has
presented at various workshops and conferences, the most recent being the Ministry of
Education (Singapore) Excel Festival 2006 and the SPHF Conference in 2007. Monica is
currently pursuing her masters by research full time on National Institute of Education
scholarship. Her focus has always been lesson integration and innovation. She has been
involved in many projects and initiated several programs in her school including training her
staff in Project Work. In June 2006, she was sent to Melbourne on a Curriculum
Customization Programme. Her interest areas include enhancing teacher capacity and
curriculum design.

Osric Mooi was awarded the Singapore Government Scholarship in 1989. He graduated from
Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), with a Bachelor of Science (Honors) in
Mathematics with Physics and from National Institute of Education (Singapore), with a Post-
Graduate Diploma in Education. He taught for 4.5 years in Jurongville Secondary before
moving over to Pioneer Junior College in Dec 1999. He was involved in Project Work trials
in 2000 and 2002. Currently, he is teaching Project Work. As majority of the junior college
students major in science subjects, his approach is logical and analytical to suit their learning
styles.

Patrice Palmer has been teaching ESL/EFL, Business English and Vocational English for
more than 12 years in Canada and Hong Kong. She spends most of her time outside of the
classroom writing teaching materials and developing vocational English courses. Patrice has
also worked as a teacher trainer and has presented at international conferences. She has a
M.A. from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto and a
B.A. from York University, and certificates in TESL and Business Management.

Praba Naidu Veragoo Tolosi teaches Project Work at Raffles Junior College. Prior to this
she worked as Research Associate at the Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice. Her
interest includes researching on critical thinking skills and therefore she spends her time
experimenting on issues pertaining to critical thinking particularly in Project Work. She feels
that Project Work is an integral part of the junior college syllabus as it provides students with
an opportunity to demonstrate their creativity and analytical thinking skills. She obtained her
Masters from the University of Warwick in Postcolonial Literature after completing her
undergraduate studies at Nanyang Technological University.

Teo Aik Cher has been a supervising tutor at Victoria Junior College since 2003 when
Project Work was first introduced as an A-level subject. He has also been an assessor for
written reports and oral presentations in the years when he was not a supervising tutor.
Currently, he is a member of the Project Work committee that oversees the implementation of
Project Work in the college, ensuring that all processes are in place.

YJC PW Committee 2006, led by VP Wong MW (Sim Hock Seng Steven, Jennifer Liou-
Lim Choon Yeoh, Samsiah Sanip, Eliza Gunasagaran, Patrick Timothy David )

Integrating the teaching of General Paper and Project Work was the brainchild of Wong MW
and work on this started in June 2004 and was implemented in YJC in 2005. In the 2006
cycle, Wong MW charted the new direction for the integration, aimed at producing thinking,
articulate students who have well thought-out opinions and are open to new perspectives and
ideas. Jennifer Liou and Samsiah Sanip mapped out the scheme of work aimed at achieving
these desired outcomes and guided the teachers in the implementation and assessment of the
integrated teaching of General Paper and Project Work. Eliza Gunasagaran and Patrick
Timothy David guided teachers in the instruction and assessment of the Project Work
processes. Steven Sim was overall in charge of General Paper and Project Work as the
department’s General Paper teachers taught both subjects as one.