Bedok/Chai Chee, East Coast, Marine Parade, Tampines/Simei, Expo, Kembangan, Tanah Merah
Qualification
Graduate
Tuition Background
(ex) MOE certified Teacher
Tuition/Teaching Experience
Mr. Alastair Tan is a graduate of the National University of Singapore, majoring in Economics in the Arts and Social Science Faculty. Teaching is his true calling and he trained to be an educator at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
He served as an Economics and Project Work tutor at Temasek Junior College for five years while offering private individual and group tuition classes for A-Level economics students. His students performed well under his guidance and achieved on average 70% A/B grades. He has also mentored students on many Economics extracurricular activities and competitions and achieved excellent results. Many of his former students were awarded prestigious scholarships to read economics at prestigious universities.
Mr. Alastair Tan conducts both individual and group tuition sessions at his place in the east.
Schedule beginning 2016, available on
Monday (1 Session) 7-9PM
Tue (2 Sessions) 4-6PM, 7-9PM
Thu (2 Sessions) 4-6PM, 7-9PM
Sat (3 Sessions) 1030AM-1230PM, 130-330PM, 430-630PM
Rapport Building
Keeping Up with Curriculum
Mr. Alastair Tan reads widely to keep abreast of current economic issues and this enables him to teach students application skills (that most struggle with!) using real-world examples to help students understand the world around them and case studies better. He also has connections with teachers from various top Junior Colleges that provides updates with curriculum and various good resources that can be used for practice.
As a Good Tutor
Mr. Alastair Tan believes in helping students to understand that Economics is a study that aims to comprehend the complex world by first, simplifying it. Engaging them by building blocks of understanding to make sense of what is going on around them. Not only is he passionate in the mastery of the subject, he places great importance on fundamental academic and application skills by providing structure and scaffolding necessary for students to excel in tertiary education.
He hopes that his students will come to learn that Economics does not value only efficiency but as Dani Rodrik explains, provides: a "richer paradigm of human behaviour" and in so doing excel in whatever they do.
