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Conceptual teaching in primary social studies: Teaching the primary three reader, “Making the Little Red Dot blue and brown” in a conceptual way
Citation
Sim, H. H. (2016). Conceptual teaching in primary social studies: Teaching the primary three reader, “Making the Little Red Dot blue and brown” in a conceptual way. HSSE Online, 5(2), 68-79. https://hsseonline.nie.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/6-SimHH_1.pdf
Abstract
This paper looks at what conceptual teaching is about, the differences between conceptual and traditional teaching and the advantages of conceptual teaching. Different deductive and inductive approaches for teaching the big ideas of subject matter, that is, the concepts and generalisations, are described. The paper also focuses on the teaching of the primary three social studies reader entitled, “Making the Little Red Dot Blue and Brown” using some of the conceptual teaching approaches mentioned. The paper concludes with the importance of teacher subject matter knowledge in conceptual teaching.
Date Issued
2016
Publisher
National Institute of Education (Singapore)
Journal
HSSE Online