07 November 2019
Hwa Chong Institution economics teacher Gilbert Ng collaborated with the National Institute of Education to create an app where students can access material like quizzes and tutorial videos on their mobile phones. The app has been in use since 2017.
The idea for this app came when Mr Ng noticed that second-year students in the junior college sometimes had to miss class if they were competing in inter-school tournaments during the sports season.
Mr Ng was one of two teachers who received the Outstanding Economics Teacher Award at the 12th Singapore Economic Policy Forum held at the Regent Singapore hotel recently.
The other recipient was Mr Koh Weining of Temasek Junior College, who was involved in piloting and refining the MineGap app, which helps teachers mark scripts and give feedback more efficiently. The app allows teachers to use a hashtag function from which they can retrieve saved comments to customise them to students’ needs.
The award, given by the Economic Society of Singapore, recognises teachers from secondary schools, junior colleges or centralised institutes who have contributed significantly towards the teaching and learning of economics in schools.