The most sought after humanities teacher in Singapore, Mr Ivan Ann has more than ten years of experience as a JC and Secondary MOE-trained teacher in the Humanities. Mr Ann possesses an extensive experience, having taught in multiple schools from the east to west of Singapore. With a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), he was also a recipient of the MOE Service Excellence Award for rendering quality service to students and parents. He believes in making the classroom a place for education and fun to make learning more engaging for his students. This is further amplified in Mr Ann’s ability to develop strong positive teacher-student relationship with his students, who find his lessons interesting and enriching.

Having studied in the UK and USA for five years, Mr Ann graduated from the London School of Economics (LSE) with a Honours in International Relations and a Masters in Business Management. He also did his summer exchange programme in Harvard University to do a minor in Economics. His international experience has given him the unique perspective of providing students with advice on how to apply for higher education in the US and UK and what life is like studying overseas. This also serves as an inspiration to his students, who aspire to pursue an education in world renown international universities.

In addition to his international education experiences, Mr Ann is also active on social media, especially on YouTube. During the pandemic, he self-taught himself video editing skills and created various YouTube videos to facilitate teaching and learning remotely during the Home-Based Learning (HBL) period. Videos were made to teach History content on World War II and on the Role of the Government in Singapore for Social Studies. The videos were so well-received that he was invited to the National Institute of Education (NIE) to train current and future teachers on how to create videos for teaching and learning inside and outside of the classroom.

You can also feel inspired in the learning of the Humanities by joining one of Mr Ann’s classes.