SH@PE learning centre brings history to life
SINGAPORE: A unique educational facility at Pasir Ris has brought history to life, using artefacts, role playing, and dioramas to teach children about Singapore's past.
A mock prisoner of war cell is part of SH@PE, Singapore Heritage at Elias Park, an interactive learning centre that takes students back in time.
Here students can also experience carrying the weight of a riverside coolie, or lifting a bag of wheat the old fashioned way.
They can even take their lessons in a kopitiam-themed classroom.
All to better understand the country's history.
"We have recreated some of the different eras of the past where the kids can no longer have access to. Now the kids can soak in the atmosphere of the kampong, even the POW cell," says Jeremy Ang Wei Teck, Head of Pupil Development, Elias Park Primary School.
10 Dioramas from the Singapore National Museum are also on permanent display here.
"When we learn in the text book, we only learn it by reading - we don't have the experience...here we do it more [through] experience," says student Jerald Tan, Casuarina Primary School.
It is the experience of looking to the past that will better prepare these students for the future, according to Defence Minister and MP, Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, Teo Chee Hean.
"I think it's always important to understand the challenges and the problems our forefathers face so we can understand better how we can overcome problems and challenges in the future.
Located at Elias Park Primary School, SH@PE is open free of charge to students. - CNA/yy
Yahoo News 30th June 2007
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