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- PublicationOpen AccessCreative and critical thinking in Singapore schools(National Institute of Education (Singapore), 2014)
;Chiam, Ching Leen ;Hong, Helen ;Ning, FloraTay, Wan YingThis paper attempts to provide some fundamentals to help readers appreciate the conceptions of creative and critical thinking through a broad scan of the literature and findings within overseas and local contexts. The paper further provides a brief overview of the assessments used to assess creative and critical thinking to monitor how our thinking works. It brings to the fore the essential conditions for promoting creative and critical thinking. Approaches favourable to nurturing creative and critical thinking are discussed: classroom environment, teacher competencies and dispositions, and school-wide initiatives for promoting creative and critical thinking in our schools. We then suggest some recommendations for supporting teachers in their continuing efforts to promote this among students. We also make the case for the need for systematic baseline study to gauge our intervention developments so that we might better inform the Ministry of Education Singapore on recommended future directions.1259 2705 - PublicationOpen AccessProfessional learning communities: A movement for teacher-led professionalism(National Institute of Education (Singapore), 2015)
;Lee, Daphnee Hui Lin ;Tay, Wan YingHong, HelenThis working paper builds on existing work on teacher professional learning communities (PLCs) in both local and international contexts, to examine how collaborative learning can enrich teacher professional development for the actualization of teacher-led professionalism. It also aims to bring together the multiple views and lenses of state, local and international academia, and practitioners into an integrated strategy for the research on PLCs in Singapore schools. In doing so, the paper aspires, through research, to contribute to efforts for reconfiguring teacher professionalism, buttressed by teacher-led professional learning efforts. In response to these aspirations, we propose a 5-year research trajectory for actualizing teacher-led professionalism through mentoring collaborative reflection among teachers in PLCs.426 443 - PublicationOpen AccessSingapore: Professional learning communities in Singapore schools(2013)
;Lee, Daphnee Hui Lin ;Hong, Helen ;Tay, Wan YingLee, W. O.This paper describes a state-led initiative that aims to instil a co-operative approach to teacher learning through the implementation of Professional Learning Communities in Singapore schools. These Professional Learning Communities bring teachers together to collaborate in communities of reflective practitioners. The paper outlines the background leading to the implementation of this programme, the vision that underpinned the initiative and its practical realisation. The research findings concerning the effectiveness of the Professional Learning Communities initiative provide insights into the process and outcomes. Improvement in teacher professional development is believed to be deeply rooted in the reflective dialogues that emerge in these shared learning contexts made possible by the Professional Learning Communities.73 197 - PublicationOpen AccessTeacher and student perceptions of peer assessment for English writing(2015)
;Tay, Wan YingNg, Zhi Ying198 161