Robotics, the Arts and Storytelling: Nurturing Future-Ready Learners
AIM x OTR x Think | Parenting Series
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“Education is about educating the mind - the whole mind - in young people.
The whole mind comprises left brain + right brain + heart;
We begin by educating the heart - inculcating values & virtues;
Skills to master: compassion, courage, curiosity, commitment and calm - how to be good, empathetic human beings;
Teach kids the laws of harvest - we reap what we sow - and the laws of cause and consequences; teach them how to fish;
Teach them how to learn; make learning fun and joyful (as it should be);
Bringing Silicon Valley / the world into the classroom (create opportunities for doing, experimentations, failures and learnings);
Teachers / parents are igniters of the sparks inside our kids.”
- Yen-Lu Chow
A summary of his sharing with about 100 teachers and educators, on
Establishing a Culture of Innovation in the Classroom - Nurturing Future-Ready Learners
The whole mind comprises left brain + right brain + heart;
We begin by educating the heart - inculcating values & virtues;
Skills to master: compassion, courage, curiosity, commitment and calm - how to be good, empathetic human beings;
Teach kids the laws of harvest - we reap what we sow - and the laws of cause and consequences; teach them how to fish;
Teach them how to learn; make learning fun and joyful (as it should be);
Bringing Silicon Valley / the world into the classroom (create opportunities for doing, experimentations, failures and learnings);
Teachers / parents are igniters of the sparks inside our kids.”
- Yen-Lu Chow
A summary of his sharing with about 100 teachers and educators, on
Establishing a Culture of Innovation in the Classroom - Nurturing Future-Ready Learners
Synopsis
In this webinar, we bring together practitioners from diverse fields to explore the topic of Nurturing Future-Ready Learners:
How as parents and educators we can better nurture in our children conscious creativity, critical thinking, learning by doing, heart-centered value-based decision-making, a growth mindset
How we can make education relevant for the Fifth Industrial Revolution, one that will be powered by AI and where humans and AI will coexist and collaborate side-by-side in the Future World of Work
Join us as we explore the critical topic of how as a society we can better prepare our kids to meet this New Future. Our future depends on it.
Panel
Aditya Kapoor
Entrepreneur, Robotics Educator
Aditya is the co-founder of Whyte Labs, a young robotics education startup based in Singapore, trying to create a holistic learning experience for kids to (1) discover their interests, (2) cultivate empathy, kindness, creativity and (3) bring their own ideas to life. From having spent years doing research on disaster response robotics, he is now passionate about providing kids a safe space where they can find their authentic voice, bolster their sense of self, and help support their mental and emotional wellbeing.
Pamela See
Founding Partner of Think Psychological Services; Registered Educational and Developmental Psychologist with the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS), AHPRA – Psychology Board of Australia and is a full member of Singapore Psychological Society (SPS)
Pamela specialises in Educational and Developmental Psychology at Think Psychological Services and has extensive experience working with children with autism and other learning difficulties in Australia and Singapore. She is extensively trained in designing behavioural programs in all areas of development, education and behaviour. In addition she is certified to administer a wide range of psychometric assessments for children such as Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS), Autism Diagnostic Interview (ADI-R), Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, Stanford Binet, WISC and various other abilities tests.
Pamela has worked closely with Singapore schools (local and international) and government agencies where she assessed children with learning difficulties, attention problems, language difficulties and intellectual disabilities. She has helped successfully integrate many young expat and local children with special needs into the mainstream school system (both public and private), in addition to providing on-going counseling and support services to their families. For expat families that come to Singapore for services, Pamela continues to provide support via Skype to ensure that therapeutic plans are kept in place.
Pamela also provides counselling and intervention plans for children who have been bullied, have low self-esteem, poor social skills, anxiety and depression. She also regularly conducts workshops for both parents and teachers on topics such as challenging behaviours and managing students with learning and developmental difficulties. Pamela is frequently featured and quoted in Singapore media on topics relating to child development, education and parenting.
Yuanhui Chen
Educator of the Heart, Storytelling using the Arts
Yuanhui Chen is the Founder of Stories By Children. She nurtures children in their authentic and creative expressions through art and writing.
A former MOE HOD (Aesthetics Education) and language teacher, she believes every individual is born with a distinct and unique blueprint, color and timbre. To positively and fully live one’s life, is to be in touch with the inner voice within, and to follow its gentle nudging.
Mother of a tween-ager, Yuanhui enjoys facilitating and magnifying the inner light of those who cross her path. Yuanhui holds a Master of Education from Harvard University, Postgraduate Diploma in Education, and a Diploma in Counseling Psychology.
Yen-Lu Chow
Founding Executive Chairman WholeTree Foundation; Over-The-Rainbow; Asia Institute of Mentoring; Founding Partner Fatfish MediaLab; Executive Mentor YSI SEA; Founder of the Deep Human Movement
Yen-Lu’s career spans nearly 40 years in the tech, media, venture capital, and more recently social entrepreneurship and philanthropy. A former Apple Distinguished Technologist, he is a successful entrepreneur with multiple tech start-ups and an active angel investor, spending many years mentoring and advising entrepreneurs, young businesses and serving on government panels on innovation. He served as a director of Business Angel Network SEA, executive mentor and adjunct professor to NUS Enterprise, mentor to INSEAD, numerous panels on entrepreneurship and innovation internationally, including IDA / SPRING, A*STAR, NRF, GMIC, NUS StartUp@Singapore, NUS Social Venture Competition, NTU Idea Inc, Thailand National Business Plan Competition, CrowdSourcing Week, etc.
In a fast-paced world where the only constant is change, he believes there is an urgent need for each of us to draw on our strengths and creative potential as human beings, to connect with our higher self and our deeper purpose to contribute towards humanity in a positive and impactful way. He enjoys building ecosystems and mobilizing the community to create positive social change. As an early pioneer in the application of AI, he also has a strong base in the tech space. With the launch of his family foundation and other social impact initiatives, Yen-Lu devotes his time serving both society and the nation in his various capacities.
He is on a life mission to help bring about a kinder, gentler, more inclusive, more just, and sustainable world.
About Over-The-Rainbow
Over-The-Rainbow (OTR) is the mental wellness initiative of the WholeTree Foundation, the not-for-profit family foundation of Yen-Lu & Yee Ling Chow founded in loving memory of their dear son and only child who ended his own life at the age of 26 after suffering for many years from manic depression.
Since launching in October 2012, OTR has been a pioneer and trailblazer in the space of youth mental wellness - innovating and pushing the mental health envelope with outreach events, community initiatives, media projects, mental wellness programs, workshops and festivals, volunteer training programs, peer support systems, online support platforms, mental wellness magazines, newsletters and social media campaigns. These initiatives and activities collectively have touched nearly a million lives through both online and offline touch-points, and transformed many others.
From an organization that pioneered mental wellness as a journey and championed prevention and preemption over clinical intervention with innovations such as Holistic Self-Care, Circle-of-Care, Guardian Angels, Wellness Space, Mental Wellness Festivals, Youth Matters, OTR Listens, Rainbow Connection magazines, Think x Rainbow, and a change inside-out approach to life and human wellbeing, innovation is a constant driving force for positive change.
What started from the ashes of a heart-shattering family tragedy has transformed into a thriving organization with a mission that turned into a movement to transform mental wellness for the 21st century.
About Think Psychological Services 
Think Psychological Services is a private psychological and counseling practice founded in 2011. We provide a full range of psychological and counseling services for both adults and children.
Since our inception, the practice has grown to become one of the leading providers of private psychological and counseling services in Singapore. Our team of qualified professionals include clinical psychologists, child psychologists, educational & developmental psychologists, counselors and behavior therapists.
At Think Psychological Services, we take a holistic approach to empower individuals by helping them address their immediate concerns, building on their strengths and preparing them to overcome future challenges. We firmly believe that any patient at Think Psychologist Services deserves nothing less than the best psychological and counselling services to improve their quality of life.
About Asia Institute of Mentoring
Asia Institute of Mentoring (AIM) is a non-profit volunteer based organization with a mission to bring mentoring to the spotlight in Asia, raise the quality of mentors and the standard of mentoring, bringing mentoring to all facets of society to impact millions of lives.
We are committed to create an Asia-based people-powered mentoring movement to move people … to learn, to share, to give forward, to transform, to harness the deep human potential, and create social impact – bringing about a kinder, gentler, more inclusive, just and sustainable world for all.
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