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Sustaining innovations in Singapore schools: Implications for research work
Citation
Looi, C. K., Lim, W. Y., & Hung, D. (2005). Sustaining innovations in Singapore schools: Implications for research work. In C. K. Looi, D. Jonassen, & M. Ikeda (Eds.), Towards sustainable and scalable educational innovations informed by the learning sciences (pp. 244-251). IOS Press.
Abstract
This paper explores the broad issues of why the meaningful use of ICT to engage in deep learning has not been widespread in K-12 schools. We argue a critical reason is the lack of sustainability in the implementation of ICT-enabled pedagogies in schools, arising from a failure to understand the conditions for systemic innovations. We describe the key issues related to sustainability from literature, and contextualized some of these issues using 2 examples of innovations that have been implemented in the Singapore schools. Implications are then drawn with respect to how research work should be conducted with a view of sustainability, how to build up capacity of researchers and teacher implementers to push innovations, and new methods of analysis for studying sustainability.
Date Issued
November 2005
Description
This paper was presented at the 13th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2005), held in Singapore from 28 Nov to 30 Dec 2005