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Prepared by Mr Mitch Peh, Hp: 96517737, www.jcpcme.com Prepared and Compiled by Mr Mitch Peh, Hp: 96517737, www.jcpcme.com Prepared by Mr Mitch Peh, Hp: 96517737, www.jcpcme.com Prepared and Compiled by Mr Mitch Peh, Hp: 96517737, www.jcpcme.com Foreword Greetings JC1 Project Work Students, Hope this guide will find you well. This guide is written personally by me, a former MOE JC tutor and lecturer, with the intention of making your journey in JC1 H1 Project Work smoother, easier and more efficient in terms of brainstorming for your Group Project topics and writing your Written Reports. After reading my guide, you would hopefully make less detours, understand the requirements necessary to score for the subject better and achieve the desired ‘A’ grade that you want. Let me start off by putting the record straight. Project Work was not the subject that I wanted to teach, but when I was tasked to do it in the College, I did my absolute best. I was constantly thinking about how I can help my students pen down the best written reports, deliver the perfect oral presentations and write an impressive Insights and Reflections assignment. In my first year teaching the subject, my class has managed to achieve close to 60% ‘A’s. In fact, one of the Written Reports was chosen to be the exemplar report of the year. However, I did not want to rest on my laurels and I thought to myself: How can I help the next batch of students to deliver even better and more impressive results? The measures I took include spending hours in the College library dissecting the exemplar reports from other years, analysing their strengths and sharing this acquired knowledge back in my classrooms, which you will soon find out in my guide. In addition, I learn from the very best Project Work tutors in the college, observed their lessons, took note of their best practices and thinking processes so that I can infuse them as part of my very own teaching practices as well. So Kudos to them for kindly sharing their experience and knowledge with me. To put it simply, my goal was to help the next batch of students achieve 100% ‘A’s in this subject. In the end, I fell a little short with over 90% ‘A’s as 1 student in the class did not manage to get that elusive ‘A’ grade in PW. Nevertheless, I was still very happy that I can help most of my students to reach or even exceed their potential. Given that I am currently no longer a Project Work tutor with MOE, there is no point for me to conceal all the knowledge and keep the trade secrets to myself. Thus, I would like to share with all of you the pointers and tips which can possibly help you in this journey so that your struggles can be as painless as possible in this rite of passage for all JC A Level students. Now that I have transited to become a full time JC Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Economics tutor, I adopt and maintain the same level of intensity and passion in the teaching of these subjects. Hence, if you would like to journey with me to achieve the elusive 90 rank points for A Levels, feel free to contact me at 9651 7737 and allow me to help you in this arduous JC journey, opening up the gateways of opportunities at the university level. Note that due to confidentiality issues, none of my former students’ projects and ideas are included within this guide. Instead, I will be using examples which I have recently came across in news articles to illustrate my points. Also, I will not be elaborating on the assessment criteria and format in great detail as they can be found on SEAB website. The focus of this guide is to primarily help you and your group members brainstorm of good ideas and write your written report well. If time permits, I may decide to write the second volume covering oral presentation techniques and tips in the future. Prepared by Mr Mitch Peh, Hp: 96517737, www.jcpcme.com Prepared and Compiled by Mr Mitch Peh, Hp: 96517737, www.jcpcme.com Mitch Peh (Mr), Principal Tutor of www.jcpcme.com Chapter 1: Choosing a Good Project Topic Pointer 1: A good Project Topic should ideally be one which is unique, has room for you to come up with innovative and insightful strategies to address the issues and is a real problem in the context of Singapore. I believe most colleges will teach you some techniques to brainstorm for project topics. In fact, one of the most commonly taught techniques is the SPECTRA framework. You can think in terms of the following perspectives: S : Social, Scientific perspective P : Political perspective E : Economic, Ethical, Educational, Environmental perspective C : Cultural perspective T : Technological perspective R : Racial, Religious perspective A : Aesthetic, Artistic perspective However, that alone is not sufficient to decide whether the topic that you have chosen is a good Project topic that you should be working and expanding on. In the following paragraphs, I will introduce additional barometers that you can use to decide whether your topic is one which is worth working upon. Barometer 1: Uniqueness of your Project Topic Firstly, your project topic should be unique, meaning that few groups in the cohort will actually be working on the same topic as you. This is because a unique topic can provide a breath of fresh air for the examiner, impress upon him or her that your ideas are going to be interesting and thus increase your likelihood of scoring in the generation of idea domain. Let me elaborate more on the rationale for this from the examiner’s perspective. A typical examiner has to mark more than 10 written reports in a short span of 2 to 3 weeks. Many of them are also experienced markers who have seen a large number of reports over the years. If your topic is a common and typical one, the examiner is going to think: “Oh, we are back to this same old topic again. Boring.” This creates an uphill task, making it much more difficult for your group to impress the examiner with your strategies. It is not exactly impossible but the ideas have to be really of top-notch quality and a true revelation in order for your report to excel. Let me provide you with some examples of common topics over the years. They should be avoided preferably unless your group really has no other options available. For some of these topics, examiners can expect many of the same kind from the same cohort.  Addressing obesity in schools and workplaces  Addressing diabetes  Helping the lonely elderly in Singapore  Discouraging smoking Prepared by Mr Mitch Peh, Hp: 96517737, www.jcpcme.com Prepared and Compiled by Mr Mitch Peh, Hp: 96517737, www.jcpcme.com Certainly, these are prominent issues in Singapore often highlighted in the news but they are not considered as good topics for Project Work because they are so typical and common. If you are unsure whether your topic is a common and typical one, you can easily consult your tutor who should be able to provide you the answer immediately. So, the next question is: Which topics are then considered as good and unique? One useful gauge you can use is to work on topics where there is a general lack of awareness even though the issue is so prevalent in Singapore. If you look at those topics I highlighted above, there is certainly a significant level of awareness in Singapore already, which is why they are usually the first topics that come to your mind immediately. Now, I will provide you with an example and article that I recently came across: Improving the hygiene level in public swimming pools of Singapore. Many pollutants can be found in our public swimming pools including saliva, mucus, urine and other body waste. The high levels of ammonia from these pollutants can then react with chemicals in the pool to cause respiratory problems and eye irritation. Hence, you can then explore working on a project to improve the hygiene level and cleanliness of our public swimming pools. I also believe there can be many innovative and insightful strategies which can be brainstormed by you to tackle this issue. Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/cnainsider/singapore-public-swimming-pools-clean-pee- urine-9374304 I am sure this is not a topic that will pop up in your mind immediately even though this can be considered a prevalent issue in Singapore. Perhaps some of you have even done likewise when visiting these public swimming pools, without thinking about the negative consequences on other stakeholders and third parties. To generate more of such unique and interesting topics, one way is to read widely from local news sources such as Straits Times and Channel News Asia, and evaluate based on the criteria I provided above. Barometer 2: The topic should have room for you to come up uploads/Geographie/ guide - 2023-05-30T035042.776.pdf