Moving beyond grades to purposeful learning : lessons from Singaporean research / David Wei Loong Hung, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hung, David Wei Loong.

Series:

Studies in Singapore education ; v. 5.

Studies in Singapore education ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Aims and objectives--Singapore.

Education.

Educational change--Singapore.

Educational change.

Education and state--Singapore.

Education and state.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, 2023.

Summary:

This book explores future directions in Singaporean education as it moves beyond its historically formative goals of survival, efficiency and performance, and its emphasis on grades and formal credentialing. It examines the future of education via the 4Life framework, a four-form model for purposeful learning centered around social-emotional regulation and the well-being of the individual learner: Life-long learning, the learning that occurs over a learner's lifespan; Life-deep learning, a deep understanding of learned content and adaptive expertise; Life-wide learning, learning in multiple contexts besides the school environment; and Life-wise learning, learning which focuses on the learner's values, morals, character and historical empathy. This book also illustrates how purposeful learning serves to equip learners with the knowledge, skills, dispositions and competencies they need to thrive as adaptive workers in the economy of the future.

Contents:

1 Discovering purpose and meaning in learning

2 Singapores education system and the overemphasis on performance

3 Gradual shifts in policy and practice towards student centric learning

4 Youth purpose as the basis for a purposeful education

5 Sense of Purpose in Times of Challenges: Future Orientation and Resilience of Academically At-risk Students

6 Drone technology in geographical fieldwork studies: More than just sparking interest in learning

7 Conceptualising, designing, and enacting a Zone of Proximal Development for an after-school coding curriculum

8 Purposeful learning in humanities education: Designing authentic learning experiences in History and Geography

9 What does meaningful learning mean? Meaningful science learning for the 1%

10 Fostering Interest and Purpose in Learning

11 Purposeful Learning and Teaching in Finland

12 Cultivating Purpose in a Global Context

13 Purpose, Interest, Embodiment, and Society.

Notes:

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 26, 2023).

ISBN:

9789819947058

9819947057

OCLC:

1397561355

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.