Publications
Publication details [#49000]
Teo, Peter. 2008. Outside In/Inside Out: Bridging the Gap in Literacy Education in Singapore Classrooms. Language & Education 22 (6) : 411–431.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Journal WWW
Annotation
Through the analysis of transcripts of English language courses and social studies lessons in Singapore secondary classrooms, this paper on connected learnings demonstrates how, on the one hand, teachers can make classroom teaching relevant to the outside world, and on the other, incorporate students' prior knowledge and out-of-school experiences into classroom teaching.