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Founded by 3 returned UK scholars Tony Tan,
Hazel Poa and Vincent Lee in 1999, SmartLab
Education Centre started off as a humble set up
with a rented classroom in a Civil Defence
Shelter in Bishan providing mathematics and
science tutorial classes. It was both a humbling
and challenging experience. We not only had to
clear the bins, clean up the room and take phone
enquiries, we had to develop the notes from
scratch, teach and conduct business planning and
development. Then when we started, the private
education market was crowded with established
players offering tuition programmes to large
class size and respected individuals giving home
tuition.
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We identified that there was a gap in the private
education market. The provision of personalized
quality tutorial classes to small class size of
8-10 students where teachers can provide the
individualized attention to the learners, and at
the same time engage the learners to interact,
compete and learn from each other.
With the initial vision to make the centre
different, we developed all the notes in house,
were the early adopters of Information Technology
by equipping the classroom with computer, and
were the first to conduct laboratories as part of
activity based learning.
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After years of experimentation and practice-based
learning on pedagogy, we embedded the Montessori
step-by-step approach of progressive learning and
teaching, the Kumon patient approach of
repetitive doing and experimentation by the
learners, and the Waldorf holistic approach of
listening and teaching the learners based on
their thinking, and interests (feeling), and how
they can be best engaged to make them willing
learners.
We did not choose the more profitable approach of
enlarging the class size as we believe that the
only way we can seriously make a difference to
the students is by keeping the class size small
to maximize the interactions between teachers and
students, and to allow teachers to understand
learners as well as they can.
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In 2002, we realized the importance of building
the confidence of the students, and found that to
be the key to best help and develop our students.
The most knowledgeable teacher would not be able
to effectively share and make a difference to an
unwilling student. We believe that the most
important factor is to befriend the students,
build their self-confidence, believe in them,
mentally gear and condition them for learning,
and to run with them and cheer them on. In 2003,
we made plans to expand and to commence our
branding efforts
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Contact
Address
(Classes and Registrations) BLK 228 Bishan Street
23 B1-71 Singapore 570228 65 6459
2981 (Laboratory) Blk 818 Woodlands Street 82
01-419 Singapore 730818 65 6363 2383 Email
privateschool_at_smartlab.com.sg Opening Hours
Monday to Friday 1pm 7pm (Singapore Time
GMT 8) 17568 Visitors
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