ASSOCIATE EDUCATION SPECIALIST

How can one become a better learner?

Many people think that learning is dependent upon the external environment, such as the settings we are in or the people teaching us. Although this is true to a certain extent, I personally believe that we have to be self-dependent. Passion and motivation give us the extra boost when it comes to learning. In fact, learning takes place most effectively when we consciously relate what we have learned to our lives. This is when we practice better learning: unlearning, modifying, adapting and then relearning. In essence, learning starts from you.

Grace’s Bio

Ms Grace Leong started her career with the Ministry of Defence (Singapore). She was the Manpower Officer of the Depot Road Camp, focusing mainly in the start-up of the Estates Management Office. Her passion for self-advancement led her to the private education industry where she took on multiple lecturing positions with both private and public education institutions, including Temasek Polytechnic, Stamford Institute of Commerce and Thames Business School. In addition to lecture delivery, Grace took on other roles with multiple local and overseas education institutions such as management, marketing and course management. She was the Product Manager with Informatics Group whereby she managed and developed all the business programmes for their local and foreign centres, including franchisees. She was also a consultant to locally owned education institutions, which were starting up in China.

Inspired by her own children’s learning needs, Grace ventured into the arena of young children education. She is trained in teaching phonics, speech and drama. At Theory G Education Centre, she developed and delivered a language, speech and drama course for young learners between 18 months to 8 years old.

Since 2006, Grace joined Republic Polytechnic as an Academic Associate and facilitates business modules using Problem-Based Learning with the Centre of Innovation and Enterprise.