Making teaching less stressful in Singapore | Deep Dive (ft NIE's Jason Tan, ex-teacher Heidi Tan)

A recent survey showed that teachers in Singapore work longer hours and grapple with more stress than their global peers. Besides teaching, they also plan learning journeys and school events, break up arguments and counsel students, and sometimes field after-hours messages from parents. Steven Chia speaks to former teacher Heidi Tan and Associate Professor Jason Tan from the National Institute of Education to find out what can be done to ease our educators' workloads. 01:25 30% teaching, 70% everything else 05:37 What's the role of a teacher today? 08:28 Is there a need for an extra pair of hands? 10:40 Teachers as "service providers" 13:17 Do parents need to manage their expectations? 15:21 Practicum vs real life 18:17 Wishlist: smaller classrooms and more manpower 21:50 How to ease the load 24:36 Teaching is emotionally taxing on teachers Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Visit our website: https://cna.asia Download our app: https://cna.asia/app Get our editors' picks of stories via chat apps: Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp: https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us on these platforms:   / channelnewsasia     / channelnewsasia     / channelnewsasia