Learning to Learn: The World as Our Classroom.

The college came together as an academic community on 19 Sept for the RVRC Symposium to see and hear the interesting, thoughtful, and original work that our students have completed in AY21/22 under the supervision of RVRC faculty. The symposium also provided a learner-centric platform for students to reflect on how this learning could extend meaningfully beyond their RVRC residency into their future careers.

The symposium theme explored how the new RVRC Programme presents the world as a classroom, with a focus on authentic out-of-classroom and experiential learning. It highlighted the importance for students to cultivate the aspiration to be effective learners; ‘Learn to learn’ by acquiring diverse capabilities, participating in meaningful growth opportunities, and become willing to experiment with new ideas.

From College Master Greg’s concise opening remarks emphasising 'curiosity’, ‘scholarship’, ‘partnership’, and ‘mentorship’, via the Keynote Speaker Mr Veerappan Swaminathan’s insightful account of his educational journey at NUS and the importance of 'finding purpose', to the oral presentations by selected students, we celebrated the best of the RVRC Programme to learn from each other.

The symposium audience, comprising RVRC students, staff, and invited NUS partners, also had the opportunity to select the best presentations. Certificates of merit were awarded to the following presentations:

Re-envisioning Labrador Park in the Greater Southern Waterfront
Charis Chow Hui Ning, Chloe Sau, Khin Hnin Su, Tan Yanni
Module: RVSS1000 Exploring Sense of Place

On Objectivism and the Fall of Rapture: A Critical Inquiry of Rational Egoism and Negative Libertarianism
Jonathan Derryl Kartjito
Module: RVX1001 Science Fiction and Society

Usage of medical jargon in clinician and patient communication and Minimal English as the solution
Yoon Su Lin
Module: RVX1002 ‘What do you mean?’ Meaning and communication in intercultural contexts