Research and Management Information Division (MOE) Learning Day
On 27 August 2024, two of our Principal Investigators presented key insights from their research at the Ministry of Education’s Research and Management Information Division (RMID) Learning Day, contributing to the ongoing conversation on adolescent development and education in Singapore.
SingTeach: Adolescence: Exploring the Second Window of Opportunity and Risk
The adolescent years are important for several reasons as they represent a period of significant changes that shape an individual’s future. Dean of Office of Education Research at NIE and Conference Convenor of Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference (RPIC) 2024, Professor Kenneth Poon, seeks to bring forth certain factors that may impact the growth and development of adolescents in Singapore through a recently launched MOE-commissioned research project – called DREAMS – that follows 7,000 adolescents throughout their 4-year journey in secondary schools. This article is based on his keynote address titled “DREAMS, a Longitudinal Study of Adolescents in Secondary Schools: Insights from Students in Secondary One” at the RPIC 2024.
Straits Times: Teacher-parent partnership important in motivating secondary school students
SINGAPORE – When parents and teachers communicate and work together, students feel more supported and motivated in their studies.
This is according to the findings of two studies by the National Institute of Education (NIE) released in May about how parents and teachers impact students’ academic motivation.
Dr Wong Zi Yang, an NIE research fellow, led one study to understand how support from parents and teachers, which allowed students to make their own choices and be vocal about their thoughts, impacted how driven they were in their studies.
Straits Times: Adolescent boys feel more supported by parents, compared with adolescent girls
SINGAPORE – When Ms Tunitha Reku, 44, talks to her 15-year-old son, he is happy to give his mother just the gist of what happened in his school. However, it is different with her daughters, who are 13 and 14.
“Whatever Leshawn discusses with me is usually on the surface; he doesn’t go into details. But my daughters like to have detailed discussions. So there’s definitely more in-depth discussions with them,” said Ms Tunitha.
DREAMS @ The Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference (RPIC)
Our research team will be presenting at the Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference (RPIC) on 29 and 30 May. If you are attending the conference, we hope you can join us as we share more about our Year 1 findings.
DREAMS School Leaders Sharing
On 19 March, our Principal and Co- Investigators presented preliminary findings from our 7 sub-projects to over 100 principals & leaders from schools around Singapore.
