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Author:   David Wei Loong Hung
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   2023 ed.
Volume:   5
Weight:   0.477kg
ISBN:  

9789819947041

ISBN 10:   9819947049
Pages:   195
Publication Date:   15 September 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1 Discovering purpose and meaning in learning.- 2 Singapore’s education system and the overemphasis on performance.- 3 Gradual shifts in policy and practice towards student centric learning.- 4 Youth purpose as the basis for a purposeful education.- 5 Sense of Purpose in Times of Challenges: Future Orientation and Resilience of Academically At-risk Students.- 6 Drone technology in geographical fieldwork studies: More than just ‘sparking’ interest in learning.- 7 Conceptualising, designing, and enacting a Zone of Proximal Development for an after-school coding curriculum.- 8 Purposeful learning in humanities education: Designing authentic learning experiences in History and Geography.- 9 What does meaningful learning mean? Meaningful science learning for the 1%.- 10 Fostering Interest and Purpose in Learning.- 11 Purposeful Learning and Teaching in Finland.- 12 Cultivating Purpose in a Global Context.- 13 Purpose, Interest, Embodiment, and Society.

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Professor David Hung was Dean of the Office of Education Research. He is a Professor at the National Institute of Education with teaching and research interests in learning, in particular, social-cultural orientations to cognition and communities of practice. He was also Head of EduLab at the Office of Education Research, an initiative designed to surface and spread ground-up Information and Communication Technology-based pedagogical innovations. He was the former Head of Educational Research Administration and Communication, Office of Education Research. He is currently a contributing editor of Educational Technology. Professor Hung has conducted research in Learning and Instructional Technologies, Constructivism and Social Constructivism, Learning in Communities of Practice, and other related topics in the field, in recent years. Professor Hung's publications are internationally known, and he is well-recognised in the learning sciences.

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