Goals of SS
B. What do you see as the main (or most important) goal and purpose of social studies education in Singapore? How will this guide your unit and lesson planning?
The most important goal in teaching Social Studies is to get the students to be critical thinkers. As Mrs Chan mentioned, she told her class that she wants them to be politically sensitive gobal citizens with Singapore as home. I agree with this. So being critical will be set against this backdrop. Students must learn to question sources. Question questions. With this in mind, materials and sources must be carefully chosen, lesson plans must be judiciously crafted - learner-centred approaches etc. We have to carry out the lesson in a way they wouldn't deem it as National Education, but in the same way that can send these messages across.
The most important goal in teaching Social Studies is to get the students to be critical thinkers. As Mrs Chan mentioned, she told her class that she wants them to be politically sensitive gobal citizens with Singapore as home. I agree with this. So being critical will be set against this backdrop. Students must learn to question sources. Question questions. With this in mind, materials and sources must be carefully chosen, lesson plans must be judiciously crafted - learner-centred approaches etc. We have to carry out the lesson in a way they wouldn't deem it as National Education, but in the same way that can send these messages across.
Just a thought... isn't SS all about "National Education"?
Posted by
Ally |
April 15, 2007 at 11:31 PM
The PAP uses SS as NE.. No dispute about that.. I think I wouldnt disregard that fact.. But NE means alot of things to different people right.. NE means one thing to PAP but to me, it means nurturing students to care for the society and the things that people don't see in the society.
Posted by
Chelle |
April 16, 2007 at 12:26 PM
PAP uses SS as NE and the word NE just turn most people off. I would like to use SS to teach/impart survival skills and open up the various perspectives which people do not usually see. Not sure how I could go about doing it but I could learn along with the students:-)
Posted by
SS in process |
April 18, 2007 at 8:48 PM