MSTA organized a year-end conference on 11 & 12 November this year, we had the privilege to invite Ms. Debby Tattoli from New South Wales, Australia to share with us a range of topics from baby swimming to squad training.Debby has more than 30 years’ experience, she sits in the...
The emergence of MSTA Professional Foundation Course
MSTA PROFESSIONAL FOUNDATION COURSE, a course developed and initiated by MSTA vice president Wong Tong Poh. This course equips teachers with a step further towards providing a higher level of watermanship with a set of water skill competencies needed to execute self-rescue. The ideology and formation of this course took...
Scaffolding Children with Autism: Teaching Swimming Through Instilling Trust
Generally, children with autism are known to display inadequacies in communication skills, social interaction and motor performance. Previous studies have suggested that swimming is beneficial for children with autism. However, they are still marginalized in this activity as swimming teachers’ knowledge about these learners is inadequate. Embracing the Sociocultural Theory...