Masterclass with Susan by Yuen Kah Mun

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yuen_kah_mun — 2024-02-07 02:21:24 UTC

Activities

ng_chenyee1 — 2024-02-07 02:38:52 UTC

Please upload your work in this order:

Act 1: Annotate and upload photo, with a possible question you want to investigate
Act 2: Plan with an inquiry question or a hypothesis
Act 3: Collect data
Act 4: Analyse data
Act 5: Presentation and sharing of data
Act 6: Consolidate and evaluate your learning

Activities

yuen_kah_mun — 2024-02-07 02:42:23 UTC

Please upload your work in this order:

Act 1: Annotate and upload photo, with a possible question you want to investigate
Act 2: Plan with an inquiry question or a hypothesis
Act 3: Collect data
Act 4: Analyse data
Act 5: Presentation and sharing of data
Act 6: Consolidate and evaluate your learning

Activities

yuen_kah_mun — 2024-02-07 02:42:32 UTC

Please upload your work in this order:

Act 1: Annotate and upload photo, with a possible question you want to investigate
Act 2: Plan with an inquiry question or a hypothesis
Act 3: Collect data
Act 4: Analyse data
Act 5: Presentation and sharing of data
Act 6: Consolidate and evaluate your learning

Activities

yuen_kah_mun — 2024-02-07 02:42:44 UTC

Please upload your work in this order:

Act 1: Annotate and upload photo, with a possible question you want to investigate
Act 2: Plan with an inquiry question or a hypothesis
Act 3: Collect data
Act 4: Analyse data
Act 5: Presentation and sharing of data
Act 6: Consolidate and evaluate your learning

Activities

yuen_kah_mun — 2024-02-07 02:42:55 UTC

Please upload your work in this order:

Act 1: Annotate and upload photo, with a possible question you want to investigate
Act 2: Plan with an inquiry question or a hypothesis (for one agreed upon photo)
Act 3,4,5: Plan for collection, analysis and representation of data
Act 6: Possible fieldwork ideas

Activities

yuen_kah_mun — 2024-02-07 02:49:02 UTC

Please upload your work in this order:

Act 1: Annotate and upload photo, with a possible question you want to investigate
Act 2: Plan with an inquiry question or a hypothesis (for one agreed upon photo)
Act 3,4,5: Plan for collection, analysis and representation of data
Act 6: Possible fieldwork ideas

Activities

yuen_kah_mun — 2024-02-07 02:49:15 UTC

Please upload your work in this order:

Act 1: Annotate and upload photo, with a possible question you want to investigate
Act 2: Plan with an inquiry question or a hypothesis (for one agreed upon photo)
Act 3,4,5: Plan for collection, analysis and representation of data
Act 6: Possible fieldwork ideas

Activities

yuen_kah_mun — 2024-02-07 02:49:23 UTC

Please upload your work in this order:

Act 1: Annotate and upload photo, with a possible question you want to investigate
Act 2: Plan with an inquiry question or a hypothesis (for one agreed upon photo)
Act 3,4,5: Plan for collection, analysis and representation of data
Act 6: Possible fieldwork ideas

Activities

yuen_kah_mun — 2024-02-07 02:49:33 UTC

Please upload your work in this order:

Act 1: Annotate and upload photo, with a possible question you want to investigate
Act 2: Plan with an inquiry question or a hypothesis (for one agreed upon photo)
Act 3,4,5: Plan for collection, analysis and representation of data
Act 6: Possible fieldwork ideas

Activities

yuen_kah_mun — 2024-02-07 02:49:47 UTC

Please upload your work in this order:

Act 1: Annotate and upload photo, with a possible question you want to investigate
Act 2: Plan with an inquiry question or a hypothesis (for one agreed upon photo)
Act 3,4,5: Plan for collection, analysis and representation of data
Act 6: Possible fieldwork ideas

Activity 1 : Annotate and Upload a Photo with a possible question to investigate.

2024-02-07 05:35:07 UTC

How do residents staying here get their shopping and groceries?

yuen_kah_mun — 2024-02-07 06:21:30 UTC

Lay Kheng

2024-02-07 07:13:25 UTC

How do students acquire a sense of place in school?

Why has the road crossing been modified?

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What are some possible human-nature interactions happening here?

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Do green spaces in the school enhance mental health of students?

tan_boon_yen2_1 — 2024-02-07 07:20:10 UTC

How might we reduce the possible road safety hazards as the students move from building to building?

2024-02-07 07:20:56 UTC

How do neighborhoods use greens in their shared spaces? (Wendy Lim)

lim_li_ching_wendy1 — 2024-02-07 07:21:42 UTC

•Fence using high trees as a barrier

•Heap of leaves

•Plants along the roads and on roofs

2024-02-07 07:21:50 UTC

How does slope gradient affect soil erosion rate?

To what extent does the neighbourhood benefit from this nature area in the school?

luo_yanjie — 2024-02-07 07:21:54 UTC

sunil_nair — 2024-02-07 07:22:08 UTC

Why are there railings dividing the seats in the meeting area?

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Liu zhen

2024-02-07 07:22:49 UTC

How do students acquire their sense of place in school?

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What are the factors affecting the ambient temperature of an area?

xiaohuihong — 2024-02-07 07:24:20 UTC

Victoria

Activity 1

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How significant is this place to Zhonghuarians? Why?

kah_chin_adam_ang1 — 2024-02-07 07:24:58 UTC

What is the purpose of the seating area near the school pond/garden?

2024-02-07 07:25:24 UTC

Huifen

chen_huifen1_1 — 2024-02-07 07:25:36 UTC

Activity 1

nicholas_seow_wei_ming — 2024-02-07 07:26:31 UTC

Which part of YI is the most comfortable to study at? (Thermal comfort)

2024-02-07 07:27:02 UTC

Yah Hui @ Cedar Girls

2024-02-07 07:27:44 UTC

Is the upkeeping/ maintenance/ trimming of nature (trees) desirable?

Hafizah: How do precincts cater to the needs of the residents?

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Hypothesis : Social sustainability is more important than environmental sustainability in Siglap.

Possible data collection methods : bipolar survey , annotated photographs , questionnaires

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nikhil_nath_chatterji1_1 — 2024-02-07 07:28:40 UTC

PUB is replacing pipes along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1. What is the impact of this project on nature and people living near the drilling site?

joseftan — 2024-02-07 07:28:41 UTC

How would the communities living in private and public estates impact sustainable urban development differently?

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How will this area benefit students in the school?

What is the inter-relationship between man and nature? (Ling Min)

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What is the relationship between nature and humans in this space?

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How do students acquire a sense of place in Bedok View Secondary School?

zhang_lingjia_mabel — 2024-02-07 07:31:45 UTC

Students can go around school and take photos of features that help them develop a sense of place and to explain through annotations/ presentation in class.

Kaleb: How does the natural environment create a sense of place in a neighbourhood ?

2024-02-07 07:32:05 UTC

Activity 1 & 2 - Exploring Social Sustainability

edward_nathan — 2024-02-07 07:37:06 UTC

Explore human interactions at such locations. 5W1H to use as a tool for question generation and focusing questions and/or annotations. e.g. how would such interactions promote social sustainability? How does it promote a sense of place?

Activity 3, 4 and 5

lim_puay_yin — 2024-02-07 07:37:30 UTC

Inquiry Question: Why is the school (AST) next to the army (Gillman) Barracks? [big idea: changing landscape)

nudgeeffect3 — 2024-02-07 07:39:15 UTC

Activity 2

ng_chenyee1 — 2024-02-07 07:41:27 UTC

1) How does the garden contribute to the AST community's sense of place?

2) The garden does contribute to the AST community's sense of place.

3) Interviews, perception survey, mental maps

nur_zahira_a1 — 2024-02-07 07:43:29 UTC

How does the green house lead to environmental sustainability in school

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Interviews

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Conduct interviews with business owners and school staff on the past users of the land

Data Presentation

lim_puay_yin — 2024-02-07 07:46:29 UTC

Activity 2

nicholas_seow_wei_ming — 2024-02-07 07:48:31 UTC

Hypothesis: "Vegetated areas are more conducive for meetups/events than non-vegetated areas"

nicholas_seow_wei_ming — 2024-02-07 07:48:46 UTC

Activity 3 - Collecting Data

edward_nathan — 2024-02-07 07:49:45 UTC

Conduct questionnaire to find out how often they visit and use the community garden? Who? When? Where? Considerations for designing questionnaire and choosing respondents.
Mental maps - to determine familiarity of the community garden? Analyse the maps to determine how many residents/students may have included the community garden in their maps; come to some form of conclusion on the issue IQ raises. LINK TOPIC 2 TO TOPIC 1.

(Fatin) How prepared is the school during a fire hazard?

fatin_afiqah_abdullah2_1 — 2024-02-07 07:50:45 UTC

Data collection:

Questionnaire to ask students and staff how prepared they are, what to do during a fire emergency
Mental maps of evacuation routes

Yang123 — 2024-02-07 07:53:09 UTC

Propose Inquiry Question:

To what extent is the residents' sense of place affected by the change in the natural environment?

Propose primary data:

Interview residents who have lived there and experience the change. (survey questions / mental map - memory of the previous landuse - provide choice to students)

secondary data:

comparison of past photos (archive online photos)

Hypothesis: Gillman Barracks changed its landuse to adapt to the changing needs of the region.

nudgeeffect3 — 2024-02-07 07:54:23 UTC

Activity 3

nicholas_seow_wei_ming — 2024-02-07 07:55:01 UTC

Collecting Temperature from the 3 locations (open area, under shade, and vegetated area)

Equipment: thermometer / anemometer / wind vane / weather tracker

Surveys [convenience sampling asking their classmates]:

1) In a month, how frequently do you meet up here? [quantitative]

2) Do you feel comfortable when you meet up in this area [Likert scale very comfy, comfy, not so comfy, uncomfortable] [quantitative]

3) Given these 3 areas (open area, shaded, vegetated but open area), which would you prefer to meet up at? [multiple choice] [quantitative]

4) What are the alternative venue you would rather meet up in? [open ended] [qualitative]

5) Give 2 reasons why. [qualitative]

Question

Yang123 — 2024-02-07 07:56:06 UTC

Must we complete the whole inquiry process for bitesize fieldwork?

Activity 3

ng_chenyee1 — 2024-02-07 08:02:38 UTC

Mental maps - pencil and paper, padlet with sketching app, about 5 to 10 minutes, depending on profile of students.

Q4: This activity can help students to see that everybody's sense of place is personal. Some considerations would be that going through activities 1 to 3 will require more time with the students. Just tailoring our activity 3 into a possible lesson involving sense of place is also a possible idea.

Act 4 and 5: Presentation and Analysis of data

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Weather information such as wind speed and temperature can be presented in comparative line graph.

With the rest of the data, they can be presented in pie charts.

Students can refer to their data to consider the results and derive conclusive data from them.

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Analysis of the landscape - observing architecture

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Taking photographs and annotating aspects such as architecture (windows, accents)

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conduct land use survey

Interview business to find out more about when they started their businesses

Interview businesses to find out when they started their businesses

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conduct land use survey

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Do a sound CD

Sketch to annotate the architecture features of old buildings.

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Some history of the Gillman Barracks

yuen_kah_mun — 2024-02-07 08:24:35 UTC

Activity 4

ng_chenyee1 — 2024-02-07 08:49:48 UTC

some features were repeated in some of our maps
none of the features were seen in all 6 mental maps
this shows that mental maps can be used to find common experiences, and yet it is highly personal and subjective.
the activity did not take into account the perception of AST staff, who are less temporal visitors than us.
to extend and include interviews of AST staff.

Act 5: Presentation and Sharing of Data

bls_humarts — 2024-02-07 08:50:55 UTC

Analysis of the Land Use of Gilman Barracks
Analysis of Land Use of Regional
Annotation of Photographs with reference to the hypothesis

Activity 5

ng_chenyee1 — 2024-02-07 08:52:15 UTC

give students a colour code key for them to colour and code their mental maps.
frequency count of features that are repeated to give quantitative data.
table form, bar graph etc
analysing key patterns from the data (e.g. colour coding, frequency count)

Act 6 Consolidate and Evaluate your Learning

bls_humarts — 2024-02-07 08:54:49 UTC

Consolidation: Teacher will facilitate the analysis of the cause and effect of the presence of Gilman Barracks beside Academy of Singapore Teachers.

Extended Task: What would you replace Academy of Singapore Teachers with if you are the Urban Redevelopment Authority to ensure the sustainability of the region? (Economic, Social and Environment)

Activity 4 - Data Analysis

edward_nathan — 2024-02-07 09:01:15 UTC

Analyse the data collected from the survey/questionnaire - quantitative e.g., number of people valuing or recognising the community garden e.g., qualitative analysis - size and position of community garden in mental map OR using scales - community garden is very valuable in building community spirit OR community garden is NOT important in building community spirit
Frequency or mode or mean data analysis
Possible to explore sensory fieldwork

Activity 6

nicholas_seow_wei_ming — 2024-02-07 09:01:19 UTC

Reflection:

Was our survey sample size representative of the population that uses the space? (convenience sampling)

Were our temperature data collection methods sufficient to come to a conclusion without encountering errors on accuracy or reliability?

validity: logic of choosing the data collection method

accuracy: error in data collection method

reliability: was the data over/under estimated due to inadequate steps

Hypothesis: can our hypothesis be answered based on the data we collected thus far? If not, what else is needed?

Activity 5 - Data Representation

edward_nathan — 2024-02-07 09:05:38 UTC

Various forms of data representation - pie charts, graphs, bars, annotations, colour codes, photographs, word clouds

Activity 6 - Reflection

edward_nathan — 2024-02-07 09:07:34 UTC

Issues of validity and reliability.
Coming to conclusions about the data collection methods
Identifying trends and patterns (if possible).
Suggesting improvements to increase reliability and validity.
Examining possible reasons for the findings.
Thinking about thinking - metacognition

Activity 6

ng_chenyee1 — 2024-02-07 09:10:11 UTC

1) The garden in AST is not significant in contributing to AST community's sense of place.

2) Replicate the mental maps to context of their own community, perception surveys for tourism and tectonics (disaster risk management, perception of volcanic areas), data collection for temperatures

3) For students: collaboration, having a “geographical” eye / lens, seeing “Geography” in their everyday lives, appreciate their surrounding leading to developing the 21CCs

F teachers: collaboration, adaptability, creative and to see possibilities

lim_xin_priscilla1 — 2024-02-07 09:26:52 UTC

Bite-sized fieldwork is meant to be manageable and like a 'hook' to engage students and to make learning more relevant for them. I think it is a platform to empower students' voices as they also have the chance to investigate what may interest them.

bls_humarts — 2024-02-07 09:27:04 UTC

I love the analogy of CNY reunion dinner to explain the importance of Bite Size fieldwork.

Chenyee

ng_chenyee1 — 2024-02-07 09:27:13 UTC

I feel more confident in planning and executing more "single and half dishes" in my lessons so that the students can manage a full scale reunion dinner.

2024-02-07 09:27:48 UTC

Bite-size fieldwork seems quite manageable.

2024-02-07 09:28:11 UTC

I am now more confident of developing lessons to engage students in teaching GEL and other topics. The school is a good place to start bite-sized activities.

Nikhil

2024-02-07 09:28:27 UTC

I am more confident of being able to snatch those teachable moments when I am with my students. Being able to raise awareness and concern amongst students. It does not have to be always planned, but sometimes the journey that us important

2024-02-07 09:28:34 UTC

Bite-sized fieldwork provides opportunity for students to participate in inquiry more actively, make learning more meaningful and relevant.

2024-02-07 09:28:35 UTC

Bite-sized fieldwork offer students opportunity to learn geographical content (ideas and concept) and skills. Appeal to more students as we can reach out to different learning profiles.

Jay

jayanthi_appachamy1_1 — 2024-02-07 09:30:34 UTC

I enjoyed this session and I feel I can make this bite-sized fieldwork work in class.

Reflections

2024-02-07 09:35:21 UTC

Bite-sized fieldwork is not intended to be big/ detailed/ overly exhaustive. Perhaps we should take a more chilled approach and not to overthink it such that it becomes too thorough, otherwise we cross the line and this becomes a full-fledged fieldwork instead.

Audrey

2024-02-07 09:40:26 UTC

It was an engaging session. Great ideas on bite - fieldwork to implement. Hands-on segments were helpful.