TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Graduate courses
Special Topics in Personality Psychology: Adolescent and Childhood Psychopathology
Special Topics in Personality Psychology: Health Psychology
Professional development for graduate students: Preparing for an academic career (4-week course)

Undergraduate courses
Introduction to Psychology
Introduction to Personality and Individual Differences
Human Motivation
Laboratory in Personality and Individual Differences
                                         Average teaching score: 4.3/5

AWARDS
Certificate of honour for Inspirational Teaching (under Koh Boon Hwee Scholars Award; 2010, 2013, and 2015)
​Nominated for Nanyang Excellence in Teaching Award 2010


CURRENT COURSES

Upper-level seminar course (in-person format)
HP4251 Human Motivation
This course looks at the question of why people are motivated to think and act in the ways that they do. To answer this question, we will selectively study human motivation using a combination of various perspectives, such as biological, social, personality, developmental, and cognitive areas of psychology. You should take this course if you are a psychology major student who is interested in developing a more in-depth understanding of how to study and assess human motivation and what pertinent factors affect motivation in real world settings, such as education, the workplace, and in inter-personal relationships. The course is discussion- and writing-intensive and will be conducted in a format that promotes analysis and in-depth review of classical and current motivation research.
 Method of Assessment
Experiential Learning (55%)
Co-Learning (Peer assessment)  (20%)
Midterm (15%)
Participation (10%)

Upper-level laboratory course (in-person format)
HP4051 Laboratory for Personality Psychology and Individual Differences
In this lab course, we will learn the major techniques and methodologies used in the study of personality psychology and individual differences.  During the course, students will conceptualize and carry out an empirical study.  Homework assignments will revolve around the tasks necessary for completing the empirical project from beginning to end, including tasks such as, applying for ethics approval, programming online survey and reaction-time measures, designing coding systems for behaviors, running participant sessions, data entry and analysis, report writing, and oral presentations of findings.  
Method of Assessment
Group presentations (15%)
Individual homework assignments (60%)
Written group report (25%)

Undergraduate course (Hybrid format)
HP2500 Introduction to Personality and Individual Differences
During the semester, we will focus on some key (and core) theories and perspectives in the field of personality and individual differences, such as the trait and motive perspectives, the biological perspective, the socio-cognitive and the socio-learning perspective, and applications of personality and considerations for using individual difference research in different applications, such as in therapy, for assessment purposes, and in understanding gender and cultural differences.
Method of Assessment
Tutorial participation (20%)
Quizzes (30%)
Final Examination (50%)