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Ms Peggy Zee, a leader in Early Childhood and a specialist in this field since 1983, owns and manages The Experiential Learning Centre (TELC) and a few other educational concerns.
No stranger to the media, Peggy has been in the limelight since 1986.
Peggy completed her Degree in Early Childhood in the USA and upon her return to Singapore, was invited to lecture at the Ministry of Social Affairs (now known as the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports). In 1984, she was selected to attend a two-year Teacher's Trainer's course conducted by the Institute of Education, Singapore.
A gazetted Voluntary Probation Officer (GVPO) Peggy has lectured at various institutions since 1983. These include the National Institute of Education, PCF (PAP Community Foundation), Singapore Institute of Management: Diploma in Early Childhood Studies Kinderland Educational Services and SAUC Advent-Link.
She is renowned for her successful and innovative ways of teaching young children Mathematics.
She also conducts in-house training courses and talks for kindergartens, child care centres, primary schools, special schools, and government agencies such as the National Library, National Council of Social Services, People's Association, Rainbow Centre, Gleneagles, KK Hospital, MCYS and Singapore Press Holdings. Peggy is also a favourite with parents in her Parenting Workshops.
Known for her enthusiasm and passion in early childhood education, she finds great joy in sharing her interesting methods and ideas she has developed over the past two decades, with teachers and parents alike. Her expertise is in teaching English, Reading, Thinking Skills and Mathematics to children between 2 and 8 years old. Peggy is a well-liked lecturer, known for her lively methods of delivering curriculum content and innovative ideas to the participants, bringing meaning and enjoyment to difficult to understand topics. Her goal is to share her passion for teaching and working effectively with children, constantly striving to find new ideas and teaching methods to make learning fun and meaningful for the children.
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In August 2006, Peggy was awarded the “Friends of MCYS” award by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan for her contribution in Early Childhood. |
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| Early childhood education is reflected in a philosophy built on solid, nurturing principles as we believe that a carefully researched programme can pave the way for your child's future success, where children are taught to respect themselves, those around them and others who might be different. |
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Our philosophy is based on a set of strongly held beliefs, where our children are taught critical thinking skills, problem solving, decision making and abilities that make a child safer in today's world. The skills and knowledge children learn today play a major role in determining who they'll be tomorrow.
TELC's philosophy is based on a developmental approach which emphasizes learning through the Experiential Learning approach.
Experiential Learning is a procedure based on the systematic development and modification of one's action theory (taking actions and simultaneously reflecting on one's actions to learn from it).
Experiential Learning is concerned with how prior knowledge influences performance on certain cognitive tasks. It examines the children's ability to deal with novelty and the degree to which thought processing is automized.
Effective experiential learning will affect children's thinking, attitudes, values and behaviour patterns. An accepting and caring social environment together with the support from informed teachers encourage children to experiment with learning.
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