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Unteachable
“What could the joy of learning look like in a place like Singapore?”
0.0 / 10• 2019• 1h 16m•NR• Chinese
Documentary
Storyline
Ng Meixi returns to Singapore having spent time in Mexico working with low-performing students. She joins a local school as a relief teacher but takes on a mammoth task: to pilot a new pedagogy to help students in the Normal (Technical) stream learn better. She reconfigures the classroom from a teacher-directed one to a community that aims to empower students as learners and tutors to each other. Will this work in Singapore’s result-oriented education system?
Cast & Crew
DN
Damian Ng
Himself - Sec. 2 (8th Grade) NT Student
LeadMN
Meixi Ng
Herself - Relief Teacher
CH
Chia Hai Siang
Himself - Principal, Shuqun Secondary
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Meixuan Liang-Lek
Herself - Senior Math Teacher
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Wilfred Lim
Himself - Math Teacher
What People Are Saying
0.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Yong Shu Ling's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Unteachable is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
