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Asking ‘How’ to Infuse Temporality into Upper Secondary Historical Inquiry

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Lim Ying Xuan (Chung Cheng High School (Yishun),(Singapore) Keywords History Approaches to teaching history This article proposes the usage of ‘how’ questions to develop historical understandings and an appreciation of the historical process. ‘How’ inquiries elicit a temporal dimension that is necessary for historical understanding, especially bolstering the concept of chronology. This article contends that more […]

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Historical Investigation: The Importance of Process over Product in the Historical Discipline

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Oh Ying Jie (Beatty Secondary School (Singapore) Keywords History Approaches to teaching history Since its inception in 2014, Historical Investigation (HI) has been an integral part of the lower secondary history syllabus. However, some history educators have found the process to be extremely tedious and many would rather opt for direct instruction or to undertake a

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Use of Cartoons to Identify Students’ Alternative Conceptions of History in a (Singapore) School

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Lloyd T.C. Yeo (Academy of Singapore Teachers (Singapore) Teddy Sim Y.H. (National Institute of Education (Singapore) Keywords History Approaches to teaching history This article uncovers the alternative conceptions that students have of the study of Singapore during the Temasek period through students’ cartoons, in the process deriving implications for future teaching through an analysis of the work

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Going Beyond Facts: Developing Conceptual Understanding in Young Historians

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Candice Yvette Seet Siew Yan (Loyang View Secondary School (Singapore) Teo See Hian (Loyang View Secondary School (Singapore) Amelia Yeo Jiaxin (Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School (Singapore) Keywords History Approaches to teaching history This article discusses the merits of the intentional use of conceptual lenses that spirals across the four years of a student’s secondary-level History education to

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“Neighbourhood Schools” and Their Positive Forms of Capital in Singapore

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Aloysius Foo (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords Social Studies Junior College Secondary School Social Studies social studies education Singapore teacher professional learning   While the term “neighbourhood school” is popularly used in Singaporean parlance as well as by academics to describe a typical, government-run school, it has not been subjected to close scrutiny. Using Pierre

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“This Is What Social Studies Can Look Like”: Adapting Recent Work in Singapore Studies for The SS Classroom

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Pang Wei Han(Raffles Institution (Singapore)) Keywords Social Studies Secondary School Social Studies social studies education Singapore teacher professional learning According to the Upper Secondary (Express/Normal Academic) Social Studies Teaching and Learning Guide, dynamic content “refers to knowledge needed for students to amplify and deepen their understanding of the core content” and “can take the form

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Multicultural Education: An Analysis of the 2020 Primary Social Studies Curriculum

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Adele Seah Pei Jia (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords Primary Social Studies Primary School Multicultural Education (ME) teaches learners to overcome differences in areas like culture, ethnicity, and social class. By equipping learners with the cultural knowledge, skills and dispositions to embrace diversity, ME enables individuals to navigate an increasingly complex world. Given the

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Improving Reading Comprehension of Social Studies Informational Text for Upper Primary Students with High Functioning Autism

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Wang Yao Chang Melvin (Rosyth School (Singapore) Keywords> Primary Social Studies Primary School Controversial Issues Classroom One of the main barriers to teaching Social Studies to students diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) pertains to their limited ability to read and comprehend written informational text. This study investigated the use of graphic organiser instruction to promote

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“So What Makes the Prime Minister’s Speech So Reliable?” – Secondary Social Studies Teachers’ Pragmatic Approach To Inquiry

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Fatema Anis Hussain (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords Social Studies Secondary School An inquiry-based approach in the classroom equips students with discipline-based skills, thus facilitating knowledge construction (Kidman & Casinader, 2017). In view of the curricular focus in Singapore on developing students’ critical and reflective thinking skills via inquiry (MOE, 2016a), this article illustrates

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A Politician, A Social Scientist, and A Social Worker Walk Into A Bar: Towards A Taxonomy Of Social Studies Inquiry Questions

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Peidong Yang (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Jun Yan Chua (Dunearn Secondary School (Singapore)) Keywords Social Studies Secondary School Social Studies social studies education Singapore teacher professional learning Inquiry-based learning has gained prominence in secondary-school humanities education in Singapore in recent years. In Social Studies (SS), the loci of inquiry learning are “Issue Investigation” as

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