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

Leave a Comment / Featured Articles, Primary School, Primary Social Studies, Volume 10, Issue 1 2021 /

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

Leave a Comment / Featured Articles, Junior College, Secondary School, Social Studies, Volume 10, Issue 1 2021 /

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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Magic Words: Writing as a Tool for Learning in the Humanities

Leave a Comment / History, Literacy , Secondary School, Social Studies, Volume 2, Issue 1 2013 /

Keith C. Barton (Indiana University) Keywords History Social Studies Secondary School Literacy Writing can be a powerful tool for learning in the Humanities. When used well, it helps students clarify their thoughts in a quick, simple way, and it provides teachers with ready insight into how students are making sense of content.  Writing is also a

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The Notables: Making Significant Historical Personalities Come Alive

Leave a Comment / Historical Thinking, History, Primary School, Social Studies, Volume 2, Issue 1 2013 /

Rindi Baildon (Singapore American School) Keywords History Social Studies Primary School Historical thinking The study of significant people in history can be an engaging, meaningful, and integrated learning experience for upper primary school students. In this article I describe a project, The Notables, which immersed my Grade 4 students in a series of social studies and

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Deepening Secondary Students’ Understanding of Coastal Management at Labrador Park through Fieldwork

Leave a Comment / Fieldwork , Geography, Secondary School, Volume 2, Issue 1 2013 /

Yi Ling Elissa Goh (New Town Secondary School, Singapore) Keywords Geography Secondary School Fieldwork The impetus for action research on experiential learning of geography stems from a desire to introduce a more “engaged” form of geography, whereby students move beyond the academic study of geography in the classroom to making sense of geography in relation to

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Advancing a Framework for Climate Change Education in Singapore Through Teacher Professional Development

Leave a Comment / Curriculum , Secondary School, Volume 2, Issue 1 2013 /

Chew Hung Chang (National Institute of Education, Singapore ) Keywords Geography Secondary School Curriculum Cities like Singapore have implemented numerous planning norms and policies that are aimed at addressing rapid urbanization. These efforts, however, have largely been state-driven and state-led. In other words, important behavioral norms such as the reduction of consumption of materials and energy

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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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