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Fifteen letters on education in Singapore : reflections from a visit to Singapore in 2015 by a delegation of educators from Massachusetts / edited by Fernando M. Reimers and E.B. O'Donnell.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comparative education.
- Education--Cross-cultural studies.
- Education.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- 131 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Raleigh, NC] : Lulu Publishing Services, [2016]
- Summary:
- When a group of educators from Massachusetts traveled to Singapore to visit schools and talk to teachers, teacher educators and system-level leaders in the fall of 2015, they were determined to learn how Singapore had built a high-performing education system. Singapore has transitioned from an education system focused simply on universal literacy and primary education to one that aims for universal high school graduation and post-secondary success. It has gone from a developing nation in 1965 to a first-world economy today-and it has done so largely by focusing on education. In this series of letters, members of the delegation identify the educational practices and policies that have enabled Singapore to become a prosperous knowledge economy. Many of their practices and successes could be transferred to the United States and elsewhere.
- Contents:
- Introduction: how learning from Singapore can support improvement at home
- Implications for educator preparation and support in Massachusetts
- Lessons for improving the quality of teacher preparation programs and instruction in the commonwealth / by Paul F. Toner
- Sharing the Singapore story: reflections on the visit by U.S. education leaders / by Oon-Seng Tan
- Planning the visit by U.S. education leaders: from conceptualisation to realisation / by Ee-Ling Low
- Reflections on a nation by a New Hampshire teacher of the year / by Joey Lee
- Teachers and teacher education in Singapore / by Eleonora Villegas-Reimers
- Reflections on Singapore: an ecology of coherence / By David Lussier
- Observations from the dean of a college of education / by Christine McCormick
- A systemic and systematic approach to teaching and learning / by Connie K. Chung
- Purposes, professionals, and policies in action / by Mitalene Fletcher
- The quest to find out what is ''normal'' in Singapore / by Lisa Battaglino
- Lessons of coherence, commitment, and equity far from home / by E.B. O'Donnell
- Clarity, committment, and coherence / by Vanessa Lipshitz
- Five reflections on a thought-provoking trip / by Meghan O'Keefe
- Ten lessons from Singapore / by David Harris
- Learning from Singapore: reflections from a visit with a delegation of educators from Massachusetts / by Fernando M.Reimers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781483450629
- 1483450627
- OCLC:
- 956648777
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