Author: Meryl Yu

SRCD Conference 2018: Philadelphia, USA

Posted on by Meryl Yu in Research Conferences

From October 18, 2018 to October 20, 2018, the Society for Research in Child Development, a premier child development research organization, hosted a special topic meeting on character strengths titled, “Promoting Character Development Among Diverse Children and Adolescents: The Roles of Families, Schools, and Out-Of-School-Time Youth Development Programs.”

The Early Cognition Lab’s very own Assistant Professor Setoh Peipei and Postdoctoral Research Fellow Cheng Michelle attended the special topics meeting held in Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. to present the lab’s research on the relationship between Singaporeans’ character strengths and prosocial behavior. In addition to presenting research on Singaporean character, Drs. Setoh and Cheng attended workshops on the latest developments on measuring character strengths and the factors that contribute to effective character education. They also engaged in discussions with prolific researchers in character development and education such as Dr. Marc Bornstein and Dr. Marvin Berkowitz.

MFS Learning & Sharing Festival 2018

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We took part in the My First Skool (MFS) Learning & Sharing Festival held on 21st September 2018 at the Singapore Expo. At the festival, some 3200 educators and partners of MFS gathered to showcase and share classroom experiences and materials.

The Guest-of-Honour was Minister for Education, Mr Ong Ye Kung. Prof. Setoh received a token of appreciation for Early Cognition Lab’s partnership with My First Skool, alongside other partners of MFS.

At our booth, we displayed our current research projects and had the opportunity to discuss our research with many interested attendees, who provided us with great suggestions and insight to further our research.

Participants also got to try out the eye-tracker, an apparatus that we use at our lab to track participants’ eye movements and gaze.

 

Thank you My First Skool for organizing a wonderful event again, where we had an enriching experience and a great time!