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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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Exploring Controversial Issues in the Primary Social Studies Classroom

Leave a Comment / Classroom Design, Controversial Issues, Featured Articles, Primary School, Primary Social Studies, Volume 9, Issue 1 2020 /

Wang Yao Chang Melvin (Rosyth School (Singapore) Keywords>Primary Social StudiesPrimary SchoolControversial IssuesClassroom IntroductionThe curriculum is an inextricable part of what prolific author and cultural critic Raymond Williams refers to as the “selective tradition” of schooling (Williams, 1977). What this means is that through the very selection of what is taught in school, only certain knowledge and

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Taming “Issue Investigation”: Singapore Secondary Social Studies Teachers’ Accounts of Challenges Encountered and Strategies for Coping

Leave a Comment / Featured Articles, Junior College, Secondary School, Singapore, Social Studies, Social Studies, Social Studies Education, Teacher Professional Learning, Volume 9, Issue 1 2020 /

Peidong Yang (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords Social Studies Junior College Secondary School Social Studies social studies education Singapore teacher professional learning Introduction The upper-secondary Social Studies (SS) syllabus (Express/Normal-Academic) released in Singapore in 2016 introduced a component called “Issue Investigation” (II). Speaking to the target learners, the SS textbook defines and explains II as

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Environmental Education in Singapore: An Analysis of Environmental Knowledge in the Lower Secondary Geography Curriculum

Leave a Comment / Environmental Education , Featured Articles, Geography, Junior College, Secondary School, Volume 9, Issue 1 2020 /

Yee Jie Ying (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords Geography Junior College Secondary School Environmental education Introduction Curricula Goals of Environmental Education Environmental education (EE) was first developed at a time when environmental degradation became widely prominent (UNESCO, 1976). EE becomes even more relevant today as we are ever pressured by pressing environmental issues such as

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Backtracking towards a Transformative Rizal Curriculum

Leave a Comment / Critical Pedagogy, Curriculum As Autobiographical/Biographical Text, Curriculum As Political Text, Featured Articles, Jose Rizal, Junior College, Secondary School, Volume 9, Issue 1 2020 /

Ysabel Julia M. Ortiz (National Institute of Education (Singapore) Keywords Junior College Secondary School Jose Rizal curriculum as political text critical pedagogy curriculum as autobiographical/biographical text Introduction Since 1956, Republic Act 1425, otherwise known as the Rizal Law, has mandated the teaching of the life and works of Philippine national hero, Jose Rizal, in all public

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Where Literacy Meets Geography: Using Talk Moves to Engage Students in Geographical Data

Leave a Comment / Featured Articles, Junior College, Pedagogy, Secondary School, Student Learning, Volume 9, Issue 1 2020 /

Lin Yunqing (National Institute of Education (Singapore) Keywords Geography Junior College Secondary School pedagogy Student Learning Introduction The theoretical foundation of this study is social constructivism which believes that knowledge is produced and constructed in a social setting. This socialcultural perspective emphasises that literacy is shaped by social practices (Moje, 1996) and serves the purpose of

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Centering the Periphery: Giving Students’ Voice and Choice

Leave a Comment / Education, Featured Articles, Primary, Primary School, Social Studies Education, Volume 9, Issue 1 2020 /

Siti Dzhawieyah (Elias Park Primary School (Singapore) Keywords Primary Primary School education social studies education In April 2019, I carried out an action research study with a class of High Ability Primary 6 students to understand how to better engage students in a Social Studies class through discussion of controversial issues. Based upon my observations, these

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Commentary: Inquiry-based Learning and Teaching

Leave a Comment / Featured Articles, Inquiry Base, Junior College, Secondary School, Social Studies, Volume 9, Issue 1 2020 /

Baildon, Mark (National Institute of Education (Singapore) Keywords Social Studies Junior College Secondary School inquiry base Why inquiry-based learning? Inquiry-based learning (IBL) is now considered the gold standard in curriculum and classroom practice. If we consider inquiry to be the methodical building of evidence-based claims and arguments, it is central to authentic intellectual work, disciplinary reasoning,

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