Psychosocial Skills
CS14 From Knowing to Doing: Developing Psychosocial Skills Through Daily Learning Experiences
Date: 16 March 2026
Time: 1400-1530
Venue: Online (Meeting details will be sent via email before the event)
Presenters:
1. Mdm Chiew Sook Yee (Nan Hua Primary School)
2. Mrs Teo Li Shan (Nan Hua Primary School)
3. Mdm Wendy Ng Wai Fung (Nan Hua Primary School)
4. Ms Violet Ng (Nan Hua Primary School)
Students often understand the importance of persisting through difficulties and being open to feedback, but many struggle to apply these skills in the classroom. For students with academic talents, these psychosocial skills are crucial for progressing from ability to competence. In this session, teachers will share how they create opportunities for students to develop these skills through everyday learning.
Productive struggle is built into lesson tasks such as open-ended Science investigations and Mathematics problems. Students encounter uncertainty and learn to stay engaged when answers are not immediate. When mistakes occur, they learn to use peers as resources—reviewing strategies, making adjustments, and trying again. These habits are reinforced through regular group work and discussion routines across subjects. Students practise listening to others, building on ideas, and refining their thinking. Over time, routines such as revising ideas after feedback, evaluating peers’ thinking, and building on strengths become familiar patterns that students apply across lessons.
The session will share practical examples of task design, classroom talk moves, and lesson routines that help turn everyday lessons into consistent practice for psychosocial skill development.
This concurrent session features a team of Gifted Education Programme teachers who bring extensive experience in nurturing high-ability learners across core academic disciplines.
Mdm Chiew Sook Yee serves as Senior Teacher (High-Ability Learners) for Higher Chinese Language, with over two decades in service. She has been planning and conducting lessons specifically for high- ability learners since 2003. As a Senior Teacher (HALs), she has conducted numerous sharing sessions at AST’s Network Learning Community (HAL), HAL Learning Day, and MOE Excel Festival, contributing to professional development in gifted education.
Mdm Ng Wai Fung has been with GEP Science education since 2012 and is a returning presenter at the GE conference, specialising in inquiry-based learning and scientific experimentation.
Mrs Teo Li Shan joined the GEP Mathematics team in 2019 and has shared her insights on advanced mathematical reasoning and analytical thinking at previous GE conferences.
Ms Violet Ng, a GEP teacher since 2024, has contributed to Social Studies education through her presentations at GE Curriculum Meetings.