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Using Investigation and Discussion to Inquire about Issues in Primary Social Studies

Leave a Comment / Inquiry Teaching, Primary School, Social Studies, Volume 5, Issue 1 2016 /

Sim Hwee Hwang (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Keywords Social Studies Primary School Inquiry Teaching Abstract This article begins with the inquiry teaching approach for primary social studies and the rationale for its inclusion in the 2013 syllabus by the Ministry of Education, Singapore. It compares traditional instruction and inquiry-based teaching and describes the two types […]

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Shifting Scales of Time and Space: Establishing Connections Across the Humanities

Leave a Comment / Historical Thinking, History, Secondary School, Social Studies, Volume 5, Issue 1 2016 /

Tharuka Prematillake Thibbotuwawa (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Keywords History Social Studies Junior College Secondary School Historical thinking Introduction Meaningful understanding of history and geography involves being able to identify and establish connections across time and space scales (An et al., 2015; Bain, 2005; Baker, 2003; Foskett, 1999). Nonetheless, one key problem in the history and

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Sources of Students’ Misconceptions in Economics

Leave a Comment / Economics, Economics , Volume 5, Issue 1 2016 /

Siew Fong Ng (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords Economics Junior College Economics Misconceptions in learning can arise from a variety of sources. This article examines the five sources of misconceptions that may be relevant for understanding learners’ misconceptions in economics classes in junior colleges in Singapore: students’ prior knowledge, their perceptions of what economics is

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Developing Historical and Metahistorical Thinking in History Classrooms: Some Reflections on Research and Practice

Leave a Comment / Approaches to Teaching History, History, Junior College, Secondary School, Teachers Practice, Volume 5, Issue 2 2016 /

Arthur Chapman (UCL Institute of Education) Keywords History Junior College Secondary School Approaches to teaching history Teachers’ Practice Abstract The history of history education, past and present, often resembles a history of contestation, in which rival and polarized understandings of the meanings of ‘history’ and ‘history education’ vie for dominance (Nakou and Barca, 2010). A common

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Military Government and its Discontents: The Significance of the British Military Administration in the History of Singapore and Malaya

Leave a Comment / History, Junior College, Military Government, Secondary School, Volume 5, Issue 2 2016 /

Kelvin Ng (CPDD, MOE) Keywords History Junior College Secondary School Military Government History of Singapore and Malaya Abstract The post-war British military government in Singapore and Malaya has often been relegated to a marginal place in historiography. In this article, I argue that this period bears closer study, because its legacies were central to the subsequent

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Serious Fun: Game Design to Support Learning about the Surrender of Singapore

Leave a Comment / Game Design, History, Junior College, Secondary School, Surrender of Singapore, Surrender Singapore, Volume 5, Issue 2 2016 /

Suny Matt Gaydos (South Korea) Tharuka Prematillake Thibbotuwawa (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Neo Wei Leng (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Connie Tan Keni (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Suhaimi Afandi (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Mark Baildon (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords History Junior College Secondary School Surrender of Singapore Game Design Serious Fun: Game Design to Support Learning

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Towards an Effective Professional Development Model to Deepen History Teachers’ Understanding of Historical Concepts

Leave a Comment / Approaches to Teaching History, History, Junior College, Secondary School, Volume 5, Issue 2 2016 /

Andrew Anthony (Academy of Singapore Teachers (Singapore)) Lloyd Yeo (Academy of Singapore Teachers (Singapore)) Suhaimi Afandi (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Keywords History Junior College Secondary School Approaches to teaching history Abstract This small-scale study explores professional development (PD) designs for history teachers in Singapore and proposes a PD model that uses a job-embedded collaborative approach. Drawing from

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Conceptual Teaching in Primary Social Studies: Teaching the Primary Three Reader,“Making the Little Red Dot Blue and Brown” in a Conceptual Way

Leave a Comment / Junior College, Primary School, Secondary School, Social Studies, Social Studies, Volume 5, Issue 2 2016 /

Sim Hwee Hwang (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Keywords Social Studies Junior College Secondary School Primary School Social Studies Conceptual Teaching Abstract This paper looks at what conceptual teaching is about, the differences between conceptual and traditional teaching and the advantages of conceptual teaching. Different deductive and inductive approaches for teaching the big ideas of subject

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Diversity: Approaches to building conceptual understanding in the Social Studies classroom

Leave a Comment / Diversity , Junior College, Secondary School, Social Studies, Understanding Social Studies, Volume 5, Issue 2 2016 /

Koh Kar Loong Kenneth (Yuying Secondary School (Singapore)) Chelva Rajah S N (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords Social Studies Junior College Secondary School Understanding Social Studies Diversity Abstract With the heightened emphasis placed on students’ understanding of core content or key concepts in the 2016 Social Studies curriculum in secondary schools, it remains of utmost interest

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Developing Conceptual Understanding in Social Studies Using Technology and Discussion

Leave a Comment / Conceptual Understanding in Social Studies , Junior College, Secondary School, Social Studies, Using Technology, Volume 5, Issue 2 2016 /

Mark Baildon (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Michelle Lin (Pei Hwa Secondary School, Singapore) Gean Chia (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Keywords Social Studies Junior College Secondary School Conceptual Understanding in Social Studies Using Technology Introduction Social studies concepts are tools for understanding our experience, the past, and the social world. They are broad, organizing ideas that can

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