Unteachable
“What could the joy of learning look like in a place like Singapore?”
2019•1h 16m•Released
Documentary
Ng Meixi returns to Singapore having spent time in Mexico working with low-performing students. She joins a local school as a relief teacher but takes on a mammoth task: to pilot a new pedagogy to help students in the Normal (Technical) stream learn better. She reconfigures the classroom from a teacher-directed one to a community that aims to empower students as learners and tutors to each other. Will this work in Singapore’s result-oriented education system?
Director
Yong Shu Ling
Languages
Mandarin, English
Cast
Damian Ng
Himself - Sec. 2 (8th Grade) NT Student
Meixi Ng
Herself - Relief Teacher
Chia Hai Siang
Himself - Principal, Shuqun Secondary
Meixuan Liang-Lek
Herself - Senior Math Teacher
Wilfred Lim
Himself - Math Teacher
Production
Producer
Yong Shu Ling
Producer
Lisa Teh
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