Stress and pressure are the most common complaints of people, when asked about the Singapore education system. The roots of the problems can not be the usual test and examination results, alone, on the contrary, increasing the pressure on the many consequences of the disproportionate expectations and assumptions related to academic performance evaluation. In other words, the students note that they will always pay a heavy price if they fail or are relatively low, relatively.
Although the Singapore education system is generally advocated a variety of important performances at the Olympics, students, research and international studies, the most sought Singapore's overseas - especially in Finland - the silver bullet.
Finland seems to be the most constructive comparison of Singapore and Finland in a huge emphasis on the mechanisms of education, extensive networks in place and reached the same level of scientific excellence. However, it was indicated that the Finnish colleagues have achieved this level of success is significantly lower stress levels, and where the actual processes of teaching and learning is a priority in the queue for shared outcomes and investing notes. It is interesting to reflect that Singapore can learn something about mechanisms of education in Finland?
Stakeholders in education
There was a proliferation of articles and commentaries appeared to welcome the Finnish education system in recent years, after the key people interested in all educational institutions - of culture, the Ministry and the schools, teachers, parents and students - and the crowd was sintetizei proposals in the above figure.
This is not surprising, there are considerable similarities between the two frames (Finland and Singapore, and South Korea, common sources of university education in the world). Education and knowledge is excellent, the Ministries of Education (MOE) work tirelessly to raise the status of teachers, education heavily subsidized (or free), and there are strong support for schools and teachers to fulfill its role and functions effectively.
So what Singapore can choose from these findings important? Of course, the value given the overwhelming pre-school education can be emulated, and the dependence of the lowest standardized tests (which manages the expectations of parents looking for answers and evidence they collected and enforced, and quickly turn away pedantic repetitive memorization techniques).
Improve early education
First, increase the quality of education in the kindergarten level through training of trainers, teachers, and strengthening education programs. The unpleasant truth is that the pre-school teachers often do not get the recognition they deserve, and the pedagogy of teaching and learning is often the most basic level is low. Language teaching should be another priority of education in different packages based on holistic learning and skills of the game are beginning to take center stage.
The unpleasant truth is that the pre-school teachers often do not get the recognition they deserve, and the pedagogy of teaching and learning is often the most basic level is low.
Second, the pre-school institutions should serve as leaders in the communications and conservações parents and teachers of their children, provides a basis for common work, and in the future.
Before enrolling in kindergarten or kindergarten, parents should also be given paternity or resources - a free public guided by the Ministry of Education - how teaching and learning at home. This can be a simple lesson plan to help the development of rhetorical speech or expression that you have read lists - in cooperation with the National Library Board (NLB) - of the readings.
A more general, larger grants may be awarded to low-income families, so children would not seriously injured from an early age. Essentially, the importance of early childhood education can not be neglected.
Moving away from exams
In the short term, the number of final exam or might be reduced gradually, as stopping the removal of management at year-end tests and a minimum of two students in selected schools and the development of the Integrated Programme (IP). MOE and the directors believe that standardized tests are the best way to understand, to evaluate their own skills, strategies should be implemented to break away from the traditional basis of written assessments.
Most graduates of the system can attest to the fact that despite the recurrent memory can increase a person's ability to produce information and knowledge (ACE exam required), applicability beyond the school is very questionable. My opinion is that the approaches to Singapore for education should be interdisciplinary, comprehensive, competency-based. While the measurements are essential, not only to be balanced (the "all" is based on a unique role), and a number of different (uniform classification throughout the year, including public speaking, research, presentation skills, writing activities as self-initiated).
My opinion is that the approaches to Singapore for education should be interdisciplinary, comprehensive, competency-based.
Finally, it would be useful to the government is gradually moving away from the inter-school rankings, which facilitates the harassing anxieties of schools learning differences, and substantially reorganize the parents' expectations (Interestingly, the schools to which the IP address is not listed does not jeopardize the overall performance.) instead of focusing on grades, statistics and key performance indicators (KPI), the choice institutions - primary or secondary - whether it is a prerequisite talents and interests of the child, as well as various niche school, geographical proximity, and so on.
The practice of adoption assessments Finnish schools, and encouraging support for a more accurate and very productive, because it allows the school administration, to establish standards of personalized reference (probably with their parents and teachers) rather than in comparison with other schools, for the simple fact that doing so. Things will change for better recognition can not be regarded as means to an end, students and schools.
Although the Singapore education system is generally advocated a variety of important performances at the Olympics, students, research and international studies, the most sought Singapore's overseas - especially in Finland - the silver bullet.
Finland seems to be the most constructive comparison of Singapore and Finland in a huge emphasis on the mechanisms of education, extensive networks in place and reached the same level of scientific excellence. However, it was indicated that the Finnish colleagues have achieved this level of success is significantly lower stress levels, and where the actual processes of teaching and learning is a priority in the queue for shared outcomes and investing notes. It is interesting to reflect that Singapore can learn something about mechanisms of education in Finland?
Stakeholders in education
There was a proliferation of articles and commentaries appeared to welcome the Finnish education system in recent years, after the key people interested in all educational institutions - of culture, the Ministry and the schools, teachers, parents and students - and the crowd was sintetizei proposals in the above figure.
This is not surprising, there are considerable similarities between the two frames (Finland and Singapore, and South Korea, common sources of university education in the world). Education and knowledge is excellent, the Ministries of Education (MOE) work tirelessly to raise the status of teachers, education heavily subsidized (or free), and there are strong support for schools and teachers to fulfill its role and functions effectively.
So what Singapore can choose from these findings important? Of course, the value given the overwhelming pre-school education can be emulated, and the dependence of the lowest standardized tests (which manages the expectations of parents looking for answers and evidence they collected and enforced, and quickly turn away pedantic repetitive memorization techniques).
Improve early education
First, increase the quality of education in the kindergarten level through training of trainers, teachers, and strengthening education programs. The unpleasant truth is that the pre-school teachers often do not get the recognition they deserve, and the pedagogy of teaching and learning is often the most basic level is low. Language teaching should be another priority of education in different packages based on holistic learning and skills of the game are beginning to take center stage.
The unpleasant truth is that the pre-school teachers often do not get the recognition they deserve, and the pedagogy of teaching and learning is often the most basic level is low.
Second, the pre-school institutions should serve as leaders in the communications and conservações parents and teachers of their children, provides a basis for common work, and in the future.
Before enrolling in kindergarten or kindergarten, parents should also be given paternity or resources - a free public guided by the Ministry of Education - how teaching and learning at home. This can be a simple lesson plan to help the development of rhetorical speech or expression that you have read lists - in cooperation with the National Library Board (NLB) - of the readings.
A more general, larger grants may be awarded to low-income families, so children would not seriously injured from an early age. Essentially, the importance of early childhood education can not be neglected.
Moving away from exams
In the short term, the number of final exam or might be reduced gradually, as stopping the removal of management at year-end tests and a minimum of two students in selected schools and the development of the Integrated Programme (IP). MOE and the directors believe that standardized tests are the best way to understand, to evaluate their own skills, strategies should be implemented to break away from the traditional basis of written assessments.
Most graduates of the system can attest to the fact that despite the recurrent memory can increase a person's ability to produce information and knowledge (ACE exam required), applicability beyond the school is very questionable. My opinion is that the approaches to Singapore for education should be interdisciplinary, comprehensive, competency-based. While the measurements are essential, not only to be balanced (the "all" is based on a unique role), and a number of different (uniform classification throughout the year, including public speaking, research, presentation skills, writing activities as self-initiated).
My opinion is that the approaches to Singapore for education should be interdisciplinary, comprehensive, competency-based.
Finally, it would be useful to the government is gradually moving away from the inter-school rankings, which facilitates the harassing anxieties of schools learning differences, and substantially reorganize the parents' expectations (Interestingly, the schools to which the IP address is not listed does not jeopardize the overall performance.) instead of focusing on grades, statistics and key performance indicators (KPI), the choice institutions - primary or secondary - whether it is a prerequisite talents and interests of the child, as well as various niche school, geographical proximity, and so on.
The practice of adoption assessments Finnish schools, and encouraging support for a more accurate and very productive, because it allows the school administration, to establish standards of personalized reference (probably with their parents and teachers) rather than in comparison with other schools, for the simple fact that doing so. Things will change for better recognition can not be regarded as means to an end, students and schools.
