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Dr Goh Poh Huat
Master Teacher / School
Educational Background
Doctor (Chinese Language & Literature)
Nanjing University
MA
National Univeristy of Singapore (Chinese Studies)
Diploma in Department Management Course
National Institute of Education,
Nanyang Technological University
Diploma in Education
Institute of Education, National Univeristy of Singapore
BA
National Univeristy of Singapore (Chinese Studies)
Courses Conducted
- Primary
- Pedagogy of CL Reading and Comprehension (P3 -P4)
- Pedagogy of CL Reading and Comprehension (P5 -P6)
- Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies and Skills (P5 - P6)
- Strategies for Evaluative Comprehension Reading (P5-P6)
- Classroom Management
- Secondary
- Teaching of Summary Writing for HCL
- Workshop on Comprehension Open-Ended Questions Design
- Workshop on How To Write Multiple-Choice Questions
- Approaches to Teaching Evaluative Reading
- iMTL Portal - INT/Sec: Integrate SDL and CoL into a DI Lesson
- Classroom Management: Its Skills and Practice (Sec/JC/CI)
- JC/CI
- H1 CL Discourse and Evaluating Reading
- Classroom Management:Its Skills and Practice (Sec/JC/CI)
Research Interests
- Development of Comprehension Competencies & Teaching of Reading Comprehension
- Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge
- Teachers’ decision making
- Applications on the Teaching for Understanding (TfU)
- Implementation of Problem-based Learning in the Classroom
Teaching and Research Experience
Dean of Curriculum
Singapore Centre for Chinese Language
2013/6 - 2014/12
Master Teacher (CL)
2010 ~
Head of Mother Tongue Department
Jurongville Secondary School
2004 - 2009
Chinese Curriculum Specialist
Ministry of Education
2000 - 2003
Head of Mother Tongue Department
Outram Institute
1998 - 1999
Chinese Language Teacher
Outram Institute
1988 - 1997
Other Professional Experiences
Member of Literature in Chinese Syllabus Review Committee
Ministry of Education
2015 ~
Chairperson for SCCL Curriculum Review Committee
Singapore Centre for Chinese Language
2014 ~
Member of MTL Implementation Working Group
Ministry of Education
2013 ~
Working member for the ‘A’ level CLB
Ministry of Education
2011 - 2014
Chief Marker for GCE O Level Chinese Literature
Singapore Examinations & Assessment Board
2012
Chairman
Cluster West 4 Secondary Chinese Language Teachers Committee
2005 - 2008
Member
Cluster West 4 HODs Synergy Organising Committee
2008
Volunteered Chinese Curator
Asian Civilisations Museum
2007 ~
Member of External Validation
School Appraisal Branch, School Division
Ministry of Education
2007
Member of Working Committee
Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board
2005 - 2007
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
- 吴宝发、邱佳琪、谢玉芬 (2014) 基于语篇的ACEF评价性阅读策略——以新加坡华文教材为例, 华文学刊, 2014。
Conference Papers
- Goh, P.H. (2015, November) A Study on Comprehension Competency of Singapore Upper Primary Classroom. Paper presented at 第七届华文教学国际论坛, 武汉华中师范大学.
- Goh, P.H., Cao, Y. (2015, September) A Study on Chinese Culture Transmission in Singapore Primary Textbooks from 1986-2007. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Teaching and Learning of Chinese as a Second Language, Singapore Centre for Chinese Language.
- Wu, C.P., Goh, P.H. (2015, September) The Applications of Task-based Approach in Second Language Teaching -- Illustration on H1 Chinese and Chinese Language B. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Teaching and Learning of Chinese as a Second Language, Singapore Centre for Chinese Language.
Keynote Addresses
- Goh, P.H. (2015, September). Developing Comprehension Competencies Through Classroom Comprehension Teaching. Keynote Address, Singapore.
- Goh, P.H. (2015, July). Sharing on Practical Implementation of NLC by Master Teacher. Keynote Address, Singapore.
- Goh, P.H. (2014, October). A Brief Introduction to Singapore Language Education. Keynote Address, Shanghai.
- Goh, P.H. (2012, June). An Illustration of Classical Poems Role and Function in Singapore Schools Chinese Curriculum. Keynote Address, International Han’s Poems Seminar, Singapore.
Teaching Toolkits
- Fan, J.H., Goh,P.H., Huang,W.Y., Guo,X.Y. (2021) Singapore Primary Chinese Vocabulary Revision and Consolidation Toolkit. Singapore: NTU-SCCL Press.