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Improving Geographical Thinking in the Classroom with the Curriculum Making Model

Leave a Comment / Curriculum Making, Junior College, Secondary School, Thinking Geographically, Volume 4, Issue 1 2015 /

Zainab Banu Hassan (River Valley High School, Singapore) Keywords Geography Junior College Secondary School Curriculum Making Artefact Thinking Geographically Introduction This paper examines and evaluates a curriculum artefact that could be used in teaching about food aid as a strategy to alleviate the problem of food shortage in the Secondary Four human geography chapter on Food […]

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Negotiating the Role of the (Beginning) Teacher in the Classroom

Leave a Comment / Cultures Influence, Cultures Of Influence, Junior College, Secondary School, Teachers Geographical Knowledge, Teachers Practice, Volume 4, Issue 1 2015 /

Peh Shi Yun (Innova Junior College, Singapore) Keywords Geography Junior College Secondary School Teachers’ Geographical Knowledge Teachers’ Practice Cultures Of Influence Introduction What is the role of the geography teacher in the classroom today? This is a complex question that has surfaced as a result of the recent (and upcoming) changes to the Singapore geography curriculum

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Why Singapore Succeeded: Applying the Acemoglu and Robinson-Sachs Debate

Leave a Comment / History, History of Singapore's Growth, History of Singapore's Growth, Junior College, Secondary School, Volume 4, Issue 2 2015 /

Goh Chor Boon (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Keywords History Junior College Secondary School History of Singapore’s growth Why are some nations rich and some poor? Who are the winners and losers of colonialism and why? These questions have recently gained much attention, not only amongst historians but also economists who are now looking into global

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Review Essay Of “Jacques de Coutre’s And Matelieff’s Singapore and Johor”: Exploring Sources On Pre-Modern History of Singapore

Leave a Comment / History, History of Singapore and Malaya, History Of Singapore Before Raffles' Coming, History of Singapore Before Raffles' Coming, Junior College, Secondary School, Volume 4, Issue 2 2015 /

Teddy Sim Y.H. (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords History Junior College Secondary School History of Singapore before Raffles’ coming Brief survey of the field The education and awareness of the pre-Rafflesian Singapore history has seen much progress since the turn of the millennium. First, there is the publication of Early Singapore 1300-1819: evidence in maps, text

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The Phasing-Out Of Venice In The Social Studies Curriculum: No More Lessons To Be Learnt?

Leave a Comment / Learning Lessons History, Learning Lessons in History, Secondary School, Social Studies, Survival of Venice, Survival Venice, Volume 4, Issue 2 2015 /

Teddy Sim Y.H. (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords Social Studies Secondary School Survival Of Venice Learning Lessons In History The Problem The notion of linking Venice to Singapore is not new. As Singapore reaches 50 years old, books have appeared to question the city-state’s survival or its next phase. In the social studies textbook of

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Leading Classroom Discussions About Population Policy in Singapore

Leave a Comment / Critical Thinking, Inquiry, Inquiry Teaching, Literacy , Secondary School, Social Studies, Teaching, Volume 3, Issue 1 2014 /

Introduction Iconic American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash recalled in song a boyhood experience of watching his parents monitor flood conditions at their 1937 Dyess, Arkansas, home by counting the number of front steps the water had risen; 1 step = 1 foot (0.305 m): How high’s the water, mama? Five feet high and risin’ In introducing

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Old Ideas Made New Again

Leave a Comment / Critical Thinking, Dewey, History, Junior College, Primary School, Secondary School, Social Studies, Teaching, Volume 3, Issue 2 2014 /

Susan Adler (University of Missouri-Kansas City) Keywords Geography History Social Studies Junior College Secondary School Primary School Critical Thinking Teaching Dewey I started teaching long ago.  The air was full of new ideas about curriculum and teaching methods.  In the United States and the United Kingdom we had the “New Social Studies,” “New Math,” exciting hands-on

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Context, Interests, and Unintended Consequences: Lenses for Seeing, Comprehending and Engaging with the World

Leave a Comment / Citizenship, Citizenship Education , Perspective, Secondary School, Social Studies, Sociology , Volume 3, Issue 2 2014 /

Teo You Yenn (Nanyang Technological University) Keywords Social Studies Secondary School Citizenship Sociology Perspective The White Paper on Population created quite a firestorm when it was released in 2013. Many critiques were launched against it – ranging from big and obvious worries about the sheer number of people who are expected to live in this small

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