FutureSchools@Singapore Programme in SST: FS@SG@SST Elaboration

In SST, the concept of the FS@SG programme goes beyond research initiatives anchored in the four subject disciplines and application development. It is about creating a culture and building an ecosystem that is conducive and ‘natural’ to our 21st century learners through the applied learning approach and by leveraging on the affordances of today-and-tomorrow’s technologies. Staff capacity is one of the key enablers, coupled with strategic partnerships.

FS@SG Research Initiative: CN-ECT for Mathematics
Classroom Networks - Educational Collaboration Technology for Mathematics focuses on fostering critical thinking and deepening conceptual understanding of mathematics topics supported by highly collaborative technologies. This aligns with the school’s vision to develop students to become “creative thinkers and Innovators” who are “collaborative and independent problems solvers”. In addition, this research initiative will study how to engender long term pedagogical change in teacher practice by considering the structure of the classroom, including curricular resources, professional development and assessments, which is a sustainable approach to innovations.

Link to NIE Learning Sciences Lab: SST IDM Project (CN-ECT for Maths)
Singteach article: Transforming Math Lessons with New Technology
Showcase in EduTech Seminar 2011
Showcase in EduTech Seminar 2012

This presentation focused on the pedagogical approaches as well as the supporting asynchronous environment to support students learning in a Maths classroom. Through the demonstration, participants learn how the pedagogy is weaved into the activities in the collaborative networked environment.

FS@SG Research Initiative: Mobile Learning
This project aims to examine the affordances of 1-to-1 mobile technologies that support and enable pervasive knowledge building beyond the four walls of the classroom. The advent and advances of mobile computing and social networking have made possible the continuity of the learning experience and collaboration across different contexts on a seamless learning platform. Thus, the design of learning scenarios to help students develop critical thinking and collaborative meaning-making skills forms one of the fundamental objectives of this research project.

Research has been conducted on learning activities that use mobile technologies to reinforce learning by bridging the gap between theory and the real world observation; where students are able to directly and physically explore our world for in-situ knowledge building.

The design of the mobile learning experience adopts the F.A.T model

Example 1: Mobile Learning Trail @ Singapore River, on 30 August 2012

Example 2: Mobile Learning Trail, 2011

Example 3: Mobile Learning Trail @ Sentosa, 2010

Link to NIE Learning Sciences Lab: SST IDM Project (Mobile Learning)
Monograph: Advancing Collaborative Learning with ICT: Conception, Cases and Design
Paper: Location-based Collaborative Learning at a Geography Trail: Examining the Relationship among Task Design, Facilitation and Discourse Types
Paper: Learning Futures of the Future School: Creating Knowledge Building Spaces to Promote 21st Century Learning Skills
Showcase in EduTech 2012

FS@SG Research Initiative: CN-ECT for Languages

The design of learning experience adopts the FUNNEL model that emphasizes the development of critical thinking skills through collaboration in a networked environment.