Nurturing Holistic Talent
In our previous careers, we have observed that even our top university students and graduates lack many of the key soft skills needed to succeed – in the workplace and in life. Our formal education system (and our culture) is too focused on rote memory, just to get good exam results.
Here at bilden, we aim to complement the hard skills students learn in school, with a holistic enrichment program to build up their soft skills such as
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Creativity and imagination
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EQ, Self-awareness and Self-confidence
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Empathy, teamwork and leadership
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Positive attitude and enthusiasm
Highly Customised
As each child has their own needs and preferences, we don’t have a standard curriculum that applies to everyone. Instead, we draw on over 30 years of teaching materials and experience to customize lessons each term, based on observing our students’ needs.
Many of our students stay with us for up to 10 years, and never repeat a topic!
The Brain Behind Bilden
Jackie Loh is the founder and principal of bilden Creative Learning. This programme is the fruit of her long experience as a professional designer as well as a lecturer.
Jackie received her art and design education and was awarded fellowship in education by Chartered Society of Designers in the United Kingdom. After working extensively in the international design industry for several years in Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, she turned her effort to teaching aspiring designers. She spent 8 years as a senior lecturer in the prestigious School of Design in Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
While at the School of Design, Jackie observed that students who enjoyed creative stimulation as children made better designers. They had retained their childhood ability to see infinite possibilities in every endeavour.
She concluded that any child can reap tremendous benefits from such a programme regardless of what profession he or she chooses to pursue in the later years, and so the idea for the bilden Creative Learning Programme was born in 1995.
