Barton, Keith C. (Indiana University) Keywords History Junior College Secondary School Historical Sources Abstract Historical sources are a common feature of history classrooms, but the purpose of using them is not always clear, and as a result, instructional activities with sources may not be as effective or meaningful as they should be. This lack of […]
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Ivy Maria Lim (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords History Constructing History As a historian, I consider myself very privileged to be working alongside history educators and history teachers. This is a privilege that not many academic historians can enjoy since there are very few university departments that offer a combination of courses in academic history
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Oh Ying Jie (Hwa Chong Institution (High School Section)) Keywords History Secondary School archaeological pedagogical tool Abstract Historical education in Singapore has seen much progress following the shift away from Rafflesian history to studies on pre-1819 Singapore with new publications and exhibitions. However, many educators still face difficulties in delivering this knowledge to their students. This
Chew E E (St Andrew’s Secondary School (Singapore)) Marek Otreba (St Andrew’s Secondary School (Singapore)) Gwee Yi Fen (St Andrew’s Secondary School (Singapore)) Keywords History Secondary School pedagogical tool Abstract This paper reports the experience of a History Professional Learning Team (PLT) from St. Andrew’s Secondary School in 2017 in developing literary strategies to improve student ability to
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Noel T P Ong (Ministry of Education (Singapore)) Keywords History Junior College Secondary School Rethinking Approach Introduction Core to historical research and the teaching of history is the concept of causation – in fact, E. H. Carr (1961: 87) famously opined, “the study of history is a study of causes”. Without an awareness and understanding of
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Jane Choong (Tanglin Secondary School (Singapore), National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords History Secondary School Discussion-Based Introduction In Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts, Sam Wineburg argued that historical thinking “in its deepest forms, is neither a natural process nor something that springs automatically from psychological development” (2001: 7). He proposed that in order to understand and grapple
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Goh Hong Yi (Beatty Secondary School (Singapore)) Tham Chin Pang Joseph (Academy of Singapore Teachers (Singapore)) Keywords History Secondary School Role-Play Introduction For the average fourteen-year-old student in Singapore, knowledge about the nation’s road to independence may be limited to a rather narrow field-of-view, i.e. seen through the actions of leaders from the People’s Action Party (PAP)
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Edward Tan Yu Fan (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords History Migration Why should we place an emphasis on the wave of mass migration to Singapore in the years before the Second World War? Most Singaporeans already know something about this mass movement of people to Singapore, or at least they think they know. These preconceived
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Andrew Yap Ming Hwee (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords History Bipolar Introduction As a student, I understood the dichotomy between Communism and Democracy, and how such ideological divide set the basis for the Cold War. However, my understanding of this dichotomy was being challenged subsequently because stating their differences is not sufficient in accounting for
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Evangeline O. Katigbak (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords Geography Social Studies Identity Diversity Multicultural Education Singapore Introduction Place is a core concept in geography. Geographers argue that place is a social construction (Lambert & Morgan, 2010), a product of social relations that span the globe (Massey, 1994, 2005). For Cresswell (2008), place gives us the
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