Inquiry into the Singapore Science Classroom

<p>1 Five decades of science education in Singapore <br>Chew-Leng POON</p><p>2 Design and Implementation of the National Primary Science Curriculum: A Partnership Approach in Singapore <br>Tan Ying CHIN and Chew-Leng POON</p><p>3 Transforming science education by expanding teacher and student collaboration <br>Kenneth TOBIN</p><p>4 Teachers’ ideas and concerns with assessment practices in inquiry science <br>Poh Hiang TAN and Aik-Ling TAN</p><p>5 The development and implementation of a guided-inquiry curriculum for secondary school physics <br>Darren WONG and Chor Yam LAU</p><p>6 From transmission to inquiry: Influence of curriculum demands on in-service teachers’ perception of science as inquiry <br>Aik-Ling TAN, Frederick TALAUE and Mijung KIM</p><p>7 Teaching inquiry: Global influences and local responses <br>Benny H W YUNG</p><p>8 Transiting into inquiry science practice: Tales from a primary school <br>Chew-Leng POON and Shirley S. L. LIM</p><p>9 Science education in a straightjacket: The interplay of people, policies and place in an East-Asian developmental state <br>Yew-Jin LEE</p><p>10 Implementing inquiry science with knowledge creation approaches <br>Seng Chee TAN and Jennifer YEO</p><p>11 Using inquiry to facilitate meaningful learning in inorganic chemistry qualitative analysis <br>Kim Chwee Daniel TAN</p><p>12 Bridging research, policy and practice of inquiry in Singaporean classrooms <br>Barbara A. CRAWFORD</p><p>13 Knowledge building as a boundary object in formal/informal learning <br>Jennifer YEO </p><p>14 Science Centre Singapore as an alternate classroom <br>Anne DAIRIANATHAN and Tit Meng LIM</p><p>15 Public education about science in Singapore: The role of science journalism via newspapers <br>R. SUBRAMANIAM</p><p>16 Learning science through inquiry in informal contexts <br>John K. GILBERT</p>