Inquiry into the Singapore Science Classroom Research and Practices

Inquiry into the Singapore Science Classroom Research and Practices / edited by Aik-Ling Tan, Chew-Leng Poon, Shirley S.L. Lim.

This book offers an insight into the research and practices of science teaching and learning in the Singapore classroom, with particular attention paid to how they map on to science as inquiry. It provides a spectrum of Singapore’s science educational practices through all levels of its education sy...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Tan, Aik-Ling (Editor), Poon, Chew-Leng (Editor), Lim, Shirley S.L (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Education Innovation Series,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Science education.
Learning.
Instruction.
Assessment.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Five decades of science education in Singapore
  • 2 Design and Implementation of the National Primary Science Curriculum: A Partnership Approach in Singapore
  • 3 Transforming science education by expanding teacher and student collaboration.- 4 Teachers’ ideas and concerns with assessment practices in inquiry science.- 5 The development and implementation of a guided-inquiry curriculum for secondary school physics
  • 6 From transmission to inquiry: Influence of curriculum demands on in-service teachers’ perception of science as inquiry
  • 7 Teaching inquiry: Global influences and local responses.- 8 Transiting into inquiry science practice: Tales from a primary school.- 9 Science education in a straightjacket: The interplay of people, policies, and place in an East-Asian developmental state.- 10 Implementing inquiry science with knowledge creation approaches.- 11 Using inquiry to facilitate meaningful learning in inorganic chemistry qualitative analysis
  • 12 Bridging research, policy, and practice of inquiry in Singaporean classrooms.- 13 Knowledge building as a boundary object in formal/informal learning
  • 14 Science Centre Singapore as an alternate classroom
  • 15 Public education about science in Singapore: The role of science journalism via newspapers
  • 16 Learning science through inquiry in informal contexts.

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