Views, Values and Perceptions in Geographical Fieldwork in Singapore Schools

• Published in: International research in geographical and environmental education Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 307 - 329
• Main Author: Chew, Edwin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2008; Routledge
• Subjects: Academic staff attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; curriculum; Curriculum guides; Department Heads; Educational Practices; Educational Trends; environmental education; evaluation fieldwork; Experiential learning; Field Studies; Field trips; fieldwork; Foreign Countries; future; Geography; Geography Instruction; Geography teaching; Higher education; Instructor Coordinators; Mail Surveys; Nanyang Technological University. National Institute of Education; National curriculum; Perception; Preservice teacher education; Principals; Q1; Q3; schools; Secondary education; Secondary school curriculum; Secondary school teachers; Singapore; Singapore. Ministry of Education; solutions; Stakeholders; Subject coordinators; Surveys; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Competencies; Teaching Methods; Training; values; Singapore
• ISSN: 1038-2046; 1747-7611
• DOI: 10.1080/10382040802401565

This article suggests that there is an overwhelming support for fieldwork among a prominent group of professionals in Singapore. Professionals were surveyed to assess how fieldwork is viewed amongst the subject leaders (heads of departments, subject heads and geography coordinators) and the various...