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Png, Jessie Lay Hoon
- PublicationOpen AccessThe impact of negotiation for meaning on reading comprehension among Singapore primary students(Office of Education Research, National Institute of Education, Singapore, 2020)
; ; 367 310 - PublicationOpen AccessLearning to lead reading comprehension discussionIn this article, we describe and reflect on a collaborative, school-based professional development project (an ‘intervention’) intended to encourage innovation in classroom teaching. Specifically, the intervention included a collaboration between university-based researchers/mentors and primary school teachers in Singapore who were interested in discovering new strategies for reading comprehension instruction. The results show that by working together, over time, teachers were able to innovate by adopting new strategies for leading reading comprehension discussions and adapting the new strategies to fit the local teaching context. Crucially, the innovation found that ‘learning’ the new strategies was insufficient; teachers needed professional support from the teacher trainers and their collaborating colleagues as well as time—over three years—to develop their expertise and their confidence in the implementation of the new strategies.
WOS© Citations 3Scopus© Citations 5 193 997 - PublicationOpen AccessComprehending reading comprehension: An intervention in P4 reading(2015)
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; ; 414 106 - PublicationOpen AccessBenefits, mechanisms and challenges of international accreditation for teacher education: ASEAN academics' perspectives(Emerald, 2023)
; Purpose: This study aims to explore some benefits and challenges of establishing an international accreditation for teacher education institutions (TEIs) by AsTEN Quality Assurance Agency. This specific accreditation agency is expected to improve the quality of teaching, learning and research at TEIs in ASEAN region.
Design/methodology/approach: The qualitative study generates data from questionnaires and online semi-structured interviews among ASEAN academics. They work as teacher educators in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia.
Findings: As findings show, participating academics from Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Brunei Darussalam believe that it is necessary to have a specific international accreditation agency that can properly accommodate particular standards of teacher education. This accommodation is expected to increase the governance of quality teaching, learning and researching to prepare more competent and professional future teachers. Participating academics also acknowledge some potential challenges this specific accreditation agency may have, including local acceptance by national governments in ASEAN region and global acknowledgement from international accrediting agencies, mostly based in Global North countries.
Research limitations/implications: The study only involves academics in five ASEAN countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines so that it may have less international acceptance.
Practical/social implications: The study also identifies aspects and mechanisms of blended online-onsite international accreditation application for TEIs, which grows its significance because of technological advancement, efficiency and prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.
Originality/value: The study provides a digital accreditation system for TEIs, particularly in ASEAN region. This originality is important in this era of Internet of Things.
72 98 - PublicationOpen AccessQuestioning-the-author: Primary school students' perceptions(2009-11)
; 290 255 - PublicationOpen AccessEnhancing the theory-practice nexus in pre-service practicum: The Singapore wayTeacher education institutions or universities all over the world struggle to help their student teachers narrow the gap between the theories they have learnt and the translation of those theories into actions in the classroom. This chapter will show how the National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore addresses this issue through her practicum programme. The latter has been enhanced to include the use of e-Portfolios, reflective practice and teacher inquiry. NIE also strengthens her relationship with the schools by getting the school mentors involved in conducting focused conversations with their student teachers during practicum. This chapter will also present the implications of the initiatives carried out by NIE for ASEAN and countries beyond.
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291 513 - PublicationOpen AccessReading discussions and reading comprehension: Sustainability in teacher development and opportunities for student learning(Office of Education Research, National Institute of Education, Singapore, 2020)
; This report focuses on the third in a series of projects launched as a collaboration between the research team and a participating school with the goal of enhancing student reading comprehension and teacher understanding of the importance of classroom discourse.346 273 - PublicationOpen Access
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