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Andrew Kenneth Miller – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examined the performance gap of principals' leadership influence on teachers' capacity to enact a 21st century skill curriculum at Singapore School of the Future (SFS). The purpose of this study was to apply the gap analysis problem solving framework (Clark & Estes, 2008) to identify root causes of the knowledge, motivation and…
Descriptors: Principals, 21st Century Skills, Foreign Countries, Leadership Effectiveness
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Tan, Yuen Sze Michelle; Atencio, Matthew – Educational Action Research, 2017
This collaborative inquiry, as part of action research, is framed within the unique context of two researchers working closely alongside two policy-makers (research collaborators) to explore how teachers could enter more profoundly into a curriculum discourse. Drawing from Reid's concept of curriculum deliberation as located within institutional…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Researchers, Inquiry, Policy Formation
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Lam, Chi Chung; Alviar-Martin, Theresa; Adler, Susan A.; Sim, Jasmine B.-Y. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2013
In this qualitative study, we examined eleven Singapore teachers' conceptions of teaching and learning as related to their experiences implementing integrated curriculum. Interviews revealed that the teachers' conceptions of integration spanned the spectrum of ideas found in relevant literature. Further, although participants saw benefits to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Interviews, Integrated Curriculum
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Rossi, Tony; Ryan, Mary – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2006
In this paper we discuss the idea of national education in Singapore. National education, broadly speaking, is a civics programme which seeks to instil a sense of place, identity and history in young Singaporeans with a view to developing national pride and commitment. We set this discussion against the backdrop of globalization and the idea of…
Descriptors: Global Education, Educational Philosophy, Civics, Foreign Countries