Elaine Lee | Lead Lecturer
National Institute of Early Childhood Development (NIEC), Ngee Ann Polytechnic

As an educator, Elaine believes in harnessing the power of the imagination, the pleasure of play and the wonder of stories. She has over a decade of experience teaching and mentoring children, teenagers and young adults, while working on various early literacy projects. As a lecturer at the National Institute of Early Childhood Development, she teaches modules ranging from children’s literature, social emotional learning, to language and literacy. She is also currently serving as an advisor to the Ministry of Social and Family Development for Family Values Education projects targeted at preschools.

Appearances:

EDUtech Asia 2023 Conference Day 1 @ 13:00

UDL for Accessible and Visible Learning: A focus on Pre-Service early childhood educators

We have observed a wide disparity in attitude and aptitude in English Language proficiency (which is fundamental to becoming an effective early language and literary educator) and general teaching exposure/abilities in our diploma module, which has resulted in challenges relating to engagement, comprehension, and motivation.
We aimed towards ensuring accessibility in the learning process through the designing of lessons and the process of teaching so that it would cater to the diversity of student needs.
In order to achieve that, we decided to adopt the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as part of our overarching framework, considering that it is an approach that works to accommodate the needs and abilities of all learners.

Amelia Jaishree, Lead Lecturer, National Institute of Early Childhood Development (NIEC), Ngee Ann Polytechnic