Inquiry Into The Singapore Science Classroom: Research And Practices (education Innovation Series)
by Aik-Ling Tan /
2014 / English / PDF
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This book offers an insight into the research and practices
of science teaching and learning in the Singapore classroom, with
particular attention paid to how they map on to science as
inquiry. It provides a spectrum of Singapore’s science
educational practices through all levels of its education system,
detailing both successes and shortcomings.
This book offers an insight into the research and practices
of science teaching and learning in the Singapore classroom, with
particular attention paid to how they map on to science as
inquiry. It provides a spectrum of Singapore’s science
educational practices through all levels of its education system,
detailing both successes and shortcomings.
The book features a collection of research and discourse by
science educators in Singapore, organized around four themes that
are essential components of approaching science as inquiry:
teachers’ ideas and their practices, opportunities and
constraints from a systemic level, students’ competencies
and readiness to learn through inquiry and the need for greater
awareness of the role of informal learning avenues in science
education. In addition, the discourse within each theme is
enriched by commentary from a leading international academic,
which helps to consolidate ideas as well as position the issues
within a wider theoretical and international context.
The book features a collection of research and discourse by
science educators in Singapore, organized around four themes that
are essential components of approaching science as inquiry:
teachers’ ideas and their practices, opportunities and
constraints from a systemic level, students’ competencies
and readiness to learn through inquiry and the need for greater
awareness of the role of informal learning avenues in science
education. In addition, the discourse within each theme is
enriched by commentary from a leading international academic,
which helps to consolidate ideas as well as position the issues
within a wider theoretical and international context.
Overall, the papers set out important contexts for readers to
understand the current state of science education in Singapore.
They also highlight strengths and gaps in practices of
science as inquiry as well as provide suggestions about how the
system can be improved. These research findings are therefore
helpful as they provide honest and evidence-based feedback as
well as tangible and doable ideas that policy makers, teachers,
students and school administrators can adopt, adapt and enhance.
Overall, the papers set out important contexts for readers to
understand the current state of science education in Singapore.
They also highlight strengths and gaps in practices of
science as inquiry as well as provide suggestions about how the
system can be improved. These research findings are therefore
helpful as they provide honest and evidence-based feedback as
well as tangible and doable ideas that policy makers, teachers,
students and school administrators can adopt, adapt and enhance.
