About the Speaker

Jason Chan is currently a lecturer at the University of Sydney. He has great passion in helping students to succeed academically as well as in all aspects of life. His teaching and academic achievements, awards, and experience are summarized below.

University Academic Achievements and Awards
(at The University of Sydney)

High Distinctions (85+) in all 6 subjects in the Honours Year, as well as a High Distinction in the Honours thesis, with a final result of 1st Class Honours in Bachelor of Science (Computer Science)
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Joint-winner of Electrical Engineering Foundation Prize for Communication Skills (First Year, 1999)
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Awarded the Science Foundation for Physics Scholarship No.1 (1999)
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Awarded the 2001-2 CSLED 10-week Vacation Scholarship (School of Information Technologies)
Listed on Engineering Dean's List for Academic Merit and School of Information Technologies Honour Roll for a number of years

High School Academic Achievements and Awards

UAI 98.00 in HSC (Final result of Year 12)
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6th in the state (NSW) in 2U Computing Studies (out of 6744 students)
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Grade A in all graded courses in Year 10 School Certificate
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High Distinction (top 1% in NSW) in Year 10, 1996 Australian Schools Science Competition

Teaching Experience and Awards

Lecturer and Course Coordinator of INFO1103 Introduction to Programming and Lecturer of ENGG1801 Engineering Computing at The University of Sydney's School of Information Technologies
Tutor for 9 semesters at The University of Sydney's School of Information Technologies for 1st Year Computer Science courses (INFO1103 Introduction to Programming / SOFT1001 Software Development / COMP1001 Introductory Programming and SOFT1002 Introductory Computer Science)
Recipient of commendation of excellent tutoring in COMP1001 from Staff/Student Liaison meeting
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Has marked final examinations for many semesters in these and other units of study
Involved in constructing learning resources for these units of study during the CSLED 10-week Vacation Scholarship
Privately tutored high school students for more than 2 years in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at the HSC (Year 12) level

Educational Experience

Has a total of 23 years of educational experience in Australia, from Kindergarten to Year 12, and 10 years in The University of Sydney (including 4 years of undergraduate courses, 1 year of Honours and 5 years in a PhD)
Wide ranging experience: studied at the Schools of Electrical & Information Engineering, Physics, Mathematics and Information Technologies (formerly Computer Science) at The University of Sydney
Currently finishing a PhD in Computer Science (Machine Learning)

Biography

Jason understands from personal experience exactly what difficulties students face in the modern education system, thanks to his 23 years as a student in Australian schools and universities.

Despite achieving outstanding academic success, Jason has never received any personal or group tutoring assistance and never went to a selective school. Instead, he experimented with improved methods of studying and academic performance, and came up with some of his own ideas and discoveries.

Combined with his years of teaching experience, Jason knows how to win in school and in uni, and is now sharing his secrets of success with students at Study Superstar^TM. He gets great personal satisfaction in helping struggling students to overcome their hurdles in school and in life.

As a speaker, Jason inspires with his entertaining yet educational presentations. He uses easy-to-understand language and shares his emotions with students to motivate them to be the best they can be. His outlook is fresh and energetic, and he challenges the conventional opinion that school and study are boring.

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