Teach
Less, Learn More (TLLM) is about teaching better, to engage our learners and prepare
them for life, rather than teaching more, for tests and examinations.
- TLLM aims to touch the hearts and engage the minds of our learners, to prepare them for life. It reaches into the core of education - why we teach, what we teach and how we teach.
- It is about shifting the focus from “quantity” to “quality” in education. “More quality” in terms of classroom interaction, opportunities for expression, the learning of life-long skills and the building of character through innovative and effective teaching approaches and strategies. “Less quantity” in terms of rote-learning, repetitive tests, and following prescribed answers and set formulae.
- Teachers, school leaders and MOE all have important roles to play to make Teach Less, Learn More happen.
Retrieved from http://www.moe.gov.sg/bluesky/tllm.htm
Further Readings:
Tan (2007) Is Teach Less, Learn More a quantitative or qualitative idea? Proceedings of the Redesigning pedagogy: culture, knowledge and understanding conference, Singapore, May 2007. Retrieved March 9, 2020 from https://repository.nie.edu.sg/handle/10497/229
Tan, K. H., Tan, C., & Chua, J. S. (2008). Innovation in education: The" Teach Less, Learn More" initiative in Singapore schools. Innovation in education, 153-171. Retrieved March 9, 2020 from
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Charlene_Tan4/publication/281740181_Innovation_in_Education_The_%27Teach_Less_Learn_More%27_Initiative_in_Singapore_Schools/links/55f6625808ae6a34f663369d.pdf
Teo, J. E., Deng, Z., Lee, C. K. E., & Lim-Ratnam, C. (2013). Teach less, learn more: Lost in translation. In Globalization and the Singapore Curriculum (pp. 99-117). Springer, Singapore. Retrieved March 9, 2020 from
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zongyi_Deng/publication/299672319_Teach_Less_Learn_More_Lost_in_Translation/links/57306ca508aee022975c3a21.pdf