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Lin, Tzung-Jin; Goh, Amos Yoong Shin; Chai, Ching Sing; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2013
Background and Purpose: Research in nature of science (NOS) among Asia-Pacific countries such as Singapore is arguably scarce. This study aimed to survey Singaporean secondary school students' views of NOS with a newly developed instrument named Students' Views of Nature of Science (SVNOS), which included various key aspects of NOS that are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Grade 8, Student Attitudes
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Koh, Caroline; Liu, Woon Chia; Chye, Stefanie; Divaharan, Shanti – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2013
This study examines student teachers' views on their country and on National Education (NE), with the aim of promoting teachers' understanding of the need for NE. A 40-item survey was administered to 1,650 student teachers, to assess their sense of belonging, protective attitude, perceived right, ethnic tolerance and community and political…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Alignment (Education), Educational Policy, Praxis
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Low, Ee Ling; Lim, Suat Khoh; Ch'ng, Alan; Goh, Kim Chuan – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2011
As the national teacher education institute in Singapore, the National Institute of Education (NIE) prepares all teachers seeking to be employed within the education service in Singapore. In the last decade, NIE's enrolment for initial teacher preparation programmes has grown significantly, with peaks in numbers during the recession years. There…
Descriptors: Evidence, Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching (Occupation), Foreign Countries