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Feb 3-4: In February, I visit Bina Bangsa Schools in Indonesia in my capacity as their maths consultant. This school runs the Singapore curriculum. This is a school event. I visit the school again in September. Feb 7: Alkem Professional Development is hosting a public seminar in Cebu. This seminar series has travelled to manila last November and Davao in January. Contact Dorothy Ngo of Alkem Professional Development  dot@alkemlearning.com for registration details.  On 24 February, I am teaching an open lesson for teachers in several schools in Penang. The session is facilitated by University Science Malaysia (USM) Abg hosted by Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Dato  Keramat. Master Teacherscfrom the state also attended the session. The lesson is a concept development lesson for Year 5 students using the problem-solving approach.  I will also give an invited lecture to preservice teachers at Teachers Training College Penang (IPG Kampus Pulau Pinang). The topic ...

10 January | Davao, The Philippines Alkem Professional Development APROD will bring what we had in Manila in November 2014 on Core Ideas in Early Mathematics for Kindergarten teachers and Problem Solving and Critical Thinking in Elementary Mathematics educators in Davao. Contact: Alkem Professional Development 21.22.23 January | London, United Kingdom Maths No Problem will be hosting a three-day workshop on teaching mathematics at primary level in an effort to support UK teachers in implementing the new curriculum. Teachers from schools in the pilot textbook project will attend this session in London. Participants are from several primary schools connected to a Maths Hub. 26.27.28 January | Manchester, United Kingdom I have been teaching a five-day course on teaching primary school mathematics. In Manchester, we will be doing a three-day version of this course. More than forty teachers from 17 schools in a Maths Hub attended the course. This Maths Hub plans to have repeats of...

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This conference is hosted by National Institute of Science and Mathematics Education at University of the Philippines. Yeap, B. H. (2014). Teaching mathematics through problem solving. Plenary Lecture presented at International Conference on Science and Mathematics Education. University of the Philippines. 28 October 2014.  Slides |

The conference is scheduled for 25.26.27.28 November with the Expert Seminar on 24 November 2014. 

November and December Singapore | 4 November 2014 Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) in Singapore is running six classes for kindergarten teachers - Development of Numeracy in Early Childhood, a basic two-day course for teaching kindergarten numeracy. I am teaching Day 1 of the final class for the year. It will be held at Singapore Management University and the course is run by Marshall Cavendish Institute. It is open to all Singapore kindergarten teachers. Look out for this in 2015 if registration is already closed. Also new courses on specific areas of numeracy in 2015. Look out for them in your prospectus. Registration details, please contact geraldynsng@mcinstitute.com.sg Honolulu, HI | 7 November 2014 A one-day institute for a collection of schools on Oahu. This is organized by SDE. This event is not a public one. Venue: McKinley Community Schools for Adults Honolulu Singapore | 11 November 2014 A short seminar on alternative assessment in mathematics at ...

October 2014 The Netherlands | 30 September and 1.2 October | I will spend a day in a school, Snijdersschool in Rijswijk, to observe mathematic lessons across grade levels. At the end of the day, I will get to share with the teachers the fundamentals of mathematics teaching. I will also be present at several events organized by Bazaalt who published a Dutch version based on My Pals Are Here! Among others, I will be speaking with a group of trainers that provide professional development for Dutch teachers as well as teachers who have been using Rekenwonders, the Dutch version of a Singapore textbook. On one of the afternoons, I will conduct a masterclass on teaching basic skills as well as problem solving using bar models. Contact Bazalt for details. Jakarta, Indonesia | 11 October 2014 I will be doing a one-day workshop in my capacity as a consultant to New Syllabus Mathematics, a popular secondary textbook series in Singapore school, for secondary mathematics teache...

September 3 September 2014 | Early Childhood Development Agency in Singapore I am teaching part of MCI's 14-hour course Teaching Kindergarten Mathematics. Registration information is available in the Prospectus for Professional development. This course is run six times this year. 3.24 September 2014 | Autism Resource Center in Singapore This two-part six hour course is on Teaching Numeracy Skills to children with special needs. Registration information at ARC's website. 5.6.7 September 2014 | Manila in The Philippines 5 September at Keys School Manila 6 September at Ateneo Grade School 7 September at one of the private schools in Manila   Ateneo Grade School | Implementing a World-Class Math Program at AGS This seminar-workshop is designed for schools that have been trying to reform their mathematics program for several year. The elective topics allow teachers to revisit fundamentals and to rethink current practices. It includes a discussion on asses...

The slides for the Keynote Lecture are here .

Keynote Lecture for Parachutes and Ladders XIII is available for  download.

April 2014 7.8/April/2014 Oakwood School, Hollywood, CA, USA This is a one-day professional development event plus one day open lessons with different grade levels. 14.15/April/2014 Archway Classical Academy, Peoria, AZ, USA This is a two-day event with small-group meetings and open lessons and a plenary at the end of each day. 16/April/2014 Gill St Bernard's School, NJ, USA This is professional development through open lessons. 17.18/April/2014 Mt San Antonio College, Walnut, CA, USA I delivered a keynote lecture at the Developmental Education Conference | Parachutes and Ladders XIII. I also spoke to the student body the day before. Keynote Lecture  is available here. Contact Martha Hall mhall@mtsac.edu  for details of the conference. May 2014 30/April/2014 Brussels, Belgium Teaching Maths Using the Singapore Method Details are available at Maths No Problem website .   1/May/2014 London, UK One-Day Conference on Teaching Mathema...

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March 2014 3/3/14 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei A presentation to Ministry of Education with the Minister of Education as the Guest-of-Honour as part of the signing of the agreement between Singapore's Marshall Cavendish Education and Brunei's Ministry of Education on a major collaboration in mathematics education. The presentation is titled Success Factors in Improving Achievement and Attitude in Mathematics. 6/3/14 and 27/3/14 Singapore I will be doing a workshop for teachers at East Coast Primary School. 7/3/14 and 14/3/14  Singapore I will be teaching a course for Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) under Marshall Cavendish Institute (MCI). Teaching Kindergarten Mathematics will be held several times this year. Peggy Foo is my co-lecturer in this course. 8/3/14 Singapore I will be having a dialogue with tutors working in SINDA's tuition programmes. SINDA is one of Singapore's self-help group. 10/3/14-11/3/14 Danbury, Connecticut, USA I wil...