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class discusses the Chek Jawa Case Study

Several years ago, I realised many of our students in NUS had, at best, only a vague impression about what happened at Chek Jawa in 2001 and 2002 – even those who were around when it was happening. After it was all over, more talks have probably been given by government officers than myself to NUS students. It is worth telling as it presents an interesting local story with many angles, one of which tells of an effort and approach of citizenry in engaging the public and the government.

A few years ago, sensing a receptive mood by the first year’s in the lecture theatre (some 200 students), I threw out the prepared lecture on tropical conservation and used an old presentation to tell them about Chek Jawa. The mood was electric and since then, Ng Ngan Kee who lectures in Semester 2 and myself in Semester 1 include some aspects of the story in the final lecture in the LSM1103 Biodiversity module, which we take turns to teach. All quite apt since the early part of the story discusses the biodiversity survey.

Earlier, I went to the senior students in the smaller LSM4262 Tropical Conservation Biology course which Peter Ng used to coordinate (usually about 40+ students), and in recent years, Ngan Kee. This two-hour session is adequate as a quick fix for a group of students who have greater exposure to ecological issues and accumulated practical experience in the field.


Source:
http://otterman.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/tropical-cconsevation-biology-class-discussing-the-chek-jawa-case-study/


Reflection for Journal 2

Earlier, I did not realised that there was a permanant link about the Chek Jawa.

A few years ago, sensing a receptive mood by the first year’s in the lecture theatre (some 200 students), she threw out the prepared lecture on tropical conservation and used an old presentation to tell them about Chek Jawa.

The mood was electric and since then, Ng Ngan Kee who lectures in Semester 2 and Biodiversity module, which we take turns to teach. All quite apt since the early part of the story discusses the biodiversity survey.

I never know that there were even lectures about the Chek Jawa, this is interesting.
They also have long lessons like having Semesters 1 and 2.
Written on Friday, March 12, 2010
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