Mr Yuen Kah Mun

Profile

Kah Mun graduated from the National University of Singapore with Geography Honours and obtained a PGDE in 2000. He also holds a Master of Education in Gifted Education from NIE. He taught Geography to students in River Valley High School, Raffles Institution and Commonwealth Secondary. In the last ten years, he held various leadership appointments such as Subject Head, Head of Department and Vice-Principal. In 2017, he was appointed Master Teacher/Geography and joined AST. He co-authored a set of workbooks for Secondary Two Geography and published in HSSE Online. Being a participant at the inaugural Geography Overseas Attachment Programme in 2011, he attended courses offered at Institute of Education, University College London and had conducted numerous sharing on national platforms, such as the Humanities Educators Conference. Having worked with teachers in his leadership roles, he firmly believes in partnership with teachers and quality professional development for them. His interest includes fieldwork, physical geography, heritage issues and pedagogy of high ability learners.

Professional Involvement and Contributions

Articles and Publications

Yuen K. M. (2012). “Geography Fieldwork Is Not Mission Impossible”, HSSE Online, 1(1), pp 41-49
Yuen K. M., K.W. Yuen (2007). “Earth Our Home, Sec 2 Workbook” (2nd Ed), Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Education
Yuen K.M. (2005). “Historic Malacca with a Geographical Twist”, Geonews – newsletter for Social Studies and Geography Teachers, Singapore: Geographical Teachers Association, pp 4-7

Professional Involvement and Contributions

Yuen K. M. (2016). “Geographical Fieldwork in Art Galleries”, workshop conducted at the Academy of Singapore Teachers
Yuen K. M. (2015). “Perspectives on Fieldwork Planning and Execution for Upper Secondary Geography”, presented at the sharing by participants of the Geography Overseas Attachment Programme
Yuen K. M. (2014). “Geographical Fieldwork in Art Galleries”, presented at the sharing by participants of the Geography Overseas Attachment Programme
Yuen K. M. (2013). “Tips and Tricks for a Great Geographical Fieldtrip”, presented at the sharing by participants of the Geography Overseas Attachment Programme
Cheah M. L., Seet B. Y. L. & Yuen K. M. (2012). “A Case Study on Building a Sustainable Eco-System for School-wide Curriculum Innovation”. Co-presented at the Global Education Conference, Singapore
Yuen K. M and Norhafiza B. H. (2012), “Fieldwork Experiences and Opportunities at Changi Spit”. Co-presented at the Humanities Educators Conference, Singapore.