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Overview - Teaching And Learning

SP's approach to teaching and learning is not confined to any one particular approach or set of methods. It is committed to an eclectic research-based orientation for the design of learning (whether for classroom teaching or online learning).

At present, this comprises two interrelated frameworks - 'The Learning Framework' and 'The Creative Teaching Framework' - that teaching staff can use as they seek to design effective and creative learning experiences for our students.

What's exciting about SP's approach to teaching and learning is the commitment to incorporating established best research on human learning and validated effective practices. Furthermore, it seeks to be proactive in the sense of creatively extending knowledge and producing innovative practices.

Such work is not just confined to the department - all are invited to contribute to practical action research and be at the forefront of what it means to be a highly competent and creative teaching professional.

The ongoing efforts to mentor, guide, encourage and nurture students have seen our lecturers being accorded the President's Award for Teachers (PAT) in 2017, 2018 and 2020 - making SP the institution with the  highest number of award recipients since 2017 when educators from polytechnics and ITEs were included in the PAT. The PAT recognises excellent educators for their role in moulding the future of our nation.

Click on the arrow next to the Innovative Teaching Methods menu on the left and select the profiles of our PAT recipients and finalists to find out more about their unique achievements.

Enhanced Opportunities and Pathways

From Academic Year 2022 onwards, the polytechnics in Singapore will progressively implement a set of recommendations from MOE’s review on opportunities and pathways in applied education. The recommendations will better support the diverse needs and aspirations of our students, provide them with a more flexible and diverse curriculum to pursue their passions, and further strengthen their career readiness and competencies to thrive in the future economy. 

In SP, we care about your well-being. As you journey through the ups and downs in SP, the SP Counselling Team is here to lend a listening ear when you need one.

What is counselling like?

Counselling in SP:

• Gives you a safe time and place to talk to someone who won't judge you

• Helps you make sense of things and understand yourself better

• Helps you resolve complicated feelings, or find ways to live with them

• Helps you recognise unhelpful patterns in the way you think or act, and find ways to change them (if you want to)

• Aims to help you improve your well-being