Derrick Liew is an NUS Business Graduate with First Class Honours with extensive teaching experience in guiding students and using relevant, real-life case studies to make learning engaging and memorable. With experience and expertise in the industries of education, technology, and real estate in addition to the start-up scene, Derrick brings onboard a vast wealth of knowledge critical in delivering interesting and impactful economics content and case study explanations.
A firm believer in constructivism and collaborative approaches to learning, Derrick believes that learning economics goes beyond the books. Derrick ensures true deep learning by immersing students in real-life case studies to break them down into their fundamental economic principles. As such, students can expect active participation in live discussions to express and articulate their viewpoints and perspectives while being scaffolding to be evaluative in their analysis. Cross-learning between students, aided by educational technology, is highly prevalent during his classes, which empowers students to understand differing perspectives, analysis and evaluative techniques to score well in Economics.
In his free time, Derrick enjoys hiking and creating YouTube videos. As a true enthusiast and believer in the understanding and application of economics in real-life, his channel features an array of genres from travel vlogs, real-estate analysis to even automobile content!