1st Edition

Developing Future-ready Learners for a Global Age Pedagogical Innovations in Singapore

Edited By Suzanne S. Choo, Woon Chia Liu, Bee Leng Chua Copyright 2025
302 Pages 69 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

302 Pages 69 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

302 Pages 69 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Suzanne S. Choo, Woon Chia Liu, and Bee Leng Chua offer a dynamic look into the tripartite relationship between education research, policy, and practice that characterizes Singapore’s changing education landscape. Over the years, Singapore has garnered increasing attention internationally for its world-class education system. Pushing back against the stereotypical notions of exam- and... Read more

Introduction: Developing Future-ready Learners for a Global Age – Overview of Pedagogical Innovations in Singapore

Suzanne S. Choo, Woon Chia Liu, Bee Leng Chua and Li Quan Warrick Tan

Section 1: Pedagogical Innovations Across Subjects

Chapter 1. Problem-based Learning in Teacher Education: Impact on Student Teachers’ Motivational Orientations

Bee Leng Chua and Woon Chia Liu

Chapter 2. Instructional Core and the Singapore Teaching Practice: Understanding Teaching and Learning in Singapore’s Primary and Secondary Classrooms

Dennis Kwek, Hwei Ming Wong, Divya Bhardwaj, Wartik Binte Hassan, Shijian Lim and Hock Huan Goh

Chapter 3. Differentiated Instruction in Singapore: A Tale of Two Teachers

Tang T. Heng

Section 2: Pedagogical Innovations in Mathematics and Sciences

Chapter 4. Singapore Mathematics Pedagogies for Developing Future-Ready Learners

Joseph B. W. Yeo, Ban Heng Choy and Berinderjeet Kaur

Chapter 5. Helping Children with Word Problems: Metacognition and How Teachers can Activate it

Kit Ee Dawn Ng, Ngan Hoe Lee, Lu Pien Cheng and Kai Kow Joseph Yeo

Chapter 6. Constructivist Learning Design: A Pedagogical Innovation for the Singapore Mathematics Curriculum

Ngan Hoe Lee, June Lee, Zi Yang Wong, Mei Liu and Charmaine Wah

Chapter 7. Implementing Neuroscientific Game-based Pedagogy to Remediate Math Learning Struggles in Singapore: A CEREBRATE-MATH Model

Azilawati Jamaludin, and Aik Lim Tan

Chapter 8. A Framework For Pedagogical Practices in Integrated STEM Lessons

Yann Shiou Ong, Tang Wee Teo and Aik-Ling Tan

Chapter 9. Demonstrating Productive Disciplinary Engagement in Biology Education through NecomimiTM

Yew-Jin Lee and Yann Shiou Ong

Chapter 10. Piquing Students’ Interests in Learning Dynamics through Lego Mindstorms®

Shao Wei Koh, Kenneth Y T Lim and Ahmed Hazyl Hilmy

Chapter 11. Weakness as an Orientation for the Future: Makerspaces, Inventive Thinking, and Student Initiative

Michael Tan and Wendy Huang

Chapter 12. Developing Nonlinear Pedagogy in Teacher Education Programmes

Jia Yi Chow, Irfan Ismail and John Komar

Chapter 13. Artificial Intelligence as an Enabler of Innovative Pedagogies in Physical Education

John Komar, Corliss Z. Y. Choo, Irfan Ismail and Jia Yi Chow

Section 3: Pedagogical Innovations in Arts, Humanities and Languages

Chapter 14. A Pedagogical Approach towards Designing for Multimodal Literacy Learning with Picture Books

Fei Victor Lim and Thi Thu Ha Nguyen

Chapter 15. Reshaping Literacy Development in 21st Century Singapore

Alexius Chia and Caroline Chan

Chapter 16. Adopting an Integrated Approach to Oracy Development in Singapore’s Primary Classrooms

Kiren Kaur

Chapter 17. Multiculturalism in a Singapore Music Classroom: Beyond Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Eddy K. M. Chong

Chapter 18. Teacher Agency and Curriculum Making: Supporting Inquiry-Based Learning in Geographical and Sustainability Education

Tricia Seow

Chapter 19. Developing Historical Thinking and Reasoning through Inquiry

Suhaimi Afandi and Mark Baildon

Chapter 20. Transtextual Pedagogies in the Teaching of Literature: Insights from Literature Classrooms in Singapore

Suzanne S. Choo and Dominic Nah

Biography

Suzanne S. Choo is Associate Professor in the English Language and Literature department and Singapore Centre for Character and Citizenship Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Woon Chia Liu is Director of the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and also Professor in the Psychology and Child & Human Development department.

Bee Leng Chua is Chief Learning and Innovation Officer and Associate Professor at the Psychology and Child & Human Development department, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.