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This book addresses the problems and issues surrounding teaching
Chinese as a second language in the Singapore context. It
identifies four main areas of concern: (1) Neglect of culture in
the teaching of Chinese; (2) Difficulty of learning Hanzi (Chinese
characters); (3) Cognitive and affective aspects of Chinese
language learning; and (4) Authenticity of the Chinese language in
a global and Singapore context. The book includes lesson design and
instructional practices for re-prioritizing Chinese as a set of
trainable skills, as well as teaching culture in the context of
teaching the language. It also introduces the Chinese as a Second
Language Readability Formula to help learners overcome their
difficulties with learning Hanzi (Chinese characters), and the
Attitude Toward Chinese Language Scale to help understand the
various factors that can influence Chinese language learning. It
also proposes a student-oriented model for conducting problem-based
research, tapping into the disciplines of psycholinguistics and
sociolinguistics. Resolving or minimizing the issues identified
here requires action at the macro level by Chinese language
researchers on a national scale, and at the micro level by
classroom teachers through action research.
This book presents the experiences of Chinese Language researchers
in Singapore to Chinese Language researchers and teachers in other
countries and regions, such as the USA, the UK and Asia, that are
home to a large number of learners, young and old. As such, the
innovative ideas it provides can be applied in practising teachers'
classrooms to promote more effective and efficient student
learning. Beyond pedagogical innovations, the book also includes
papers on the assessment of Chinese Language learning and teacher
literacy - two areas that have been largely neglected by the
Chinese Language research and teaching communities, not only here
in Singapore, but also around the world. This book, the sequel to
"Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore: Retrospect and Challenges"
(Springer, 2016), is future-oriented, highlighting ideas that merit
further attention from researchers and practitioners alike.
This volume contains high quality articles, originally published in
Chinese in the Chinese Journal Jiuzhou Xuelin [Chinese Cultural
Quarterly] and new articles written on special invitation by
established scholars in the field. The theme of the volume is 'New
Perspectives on Research of Chinese Culture', introducing the
latest trends and new developments in the research into Chinese
history, humanities, music and geography. The articles are written
by well-known scholars in the field who examine Chinese culture
from various new perspectives adopting different research methods.
Machining dynamics play an essential role in the performance of
the machine tools and machining processes which directly affect the
removal rate, workpiece surface quality and dimensional and form
accuracy. Machining Dynamics: Fundamentals and Applications will be
bought by advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying
manufacturing engineering and machining technology in addition to
manufacturing engineers, production supervisors, planning and
application engineers, and designers.
This collection of articles begins with an overview of the Reviews
from past decades, then goes on to describe the current practices,
and foretells the possible future developments. This is followed by
a discussion of the use of ICT and surveys on several professional
aspects of teaching, including teachers' training needs and
perception of student difficulties, assessment literacy,
familiarity and use of language teaching strategies, as well as
perceived social status and job satisfaction. The book ends with an
extensive discussion of bilingualism and code-switching as well as
the teaching of Chinese culture in Singapore schools. The
comprehensive coverage provides a milestone in Chinese Language
teaching in the multi-lingual context of Singapore.
This book deals with teachers' behaviors that promote the
creativity of students. It includes a rating scale for measuring a
teacher's creativity fostering behavior - a scale known as the
CFTIndex - and a series of conceptualization and research papers,
including a lead article by Professor Authur Cropley, whose
original ideas served as the basis of the CFTIndex. The other
papers in this volume are by international authors who have used
the scale in their research and who can now share their experiences
using it in this volume.There is a dearth of measuring instruments
that cover teacher behaviors where creativity is concerned, but the
CFTIndex fills this vacuum, as evidenced by the many articles using
this index in the international arena of creativity research.
Assessment, mainly in the form of tests and examinations, plays a
critical role in the schooling of Singaporean students. The results
are often used to make irrevocable decisions on the students'
future education careers.This book is written with school leaders,
teachers, and parents in mind, with the view of helping them to
better understand the processes and products of assessment via
tests and exams. It is written in simple terms, using minimal
technical terms, and introduces school leaders, teachers, and
parents to essential concepts and principles of educational
measurements which are relevant in the school context in
Singapore.While existing books on educational measurement are
academically-oriented and meant for formal training courses, this
book makes self-study simple by using practical examples couched in
layman's language. In addition, this book uses concrete examples
and analogies to make the text reader-friendly.
Assessment, mainly in the form of tests and examinations, plays a
critical role in the schooling of Singaporean students. The results
are often used to make irrevocable decisions on the students'
future education careers.This book is written with school leaders,
teachers, and parents in mind, with the view of helping them to
better understand the processes and products of assessment via
tests and exams. It is written in simple terms, using minimal
technical terms, and introduces school leaders, teachers, and
parents to essential concepts and principles of educational
measurements which are relevant in the school context in
Singapore.While existing books on educational measurement are
academically-oriented and meant for formal training courses, this
book makes self-study simple by using practical examples couched in
layman's language. In addition, this book uses concrete examples
and analogies to make the text reader-friendly.
World university ranking started one and a half decades ago for the
purpose of understanding what makes an excellent institution of
higher education. Subsequent to the appearance of the Academic
Ranking of World Universities at the Shanghai Jiaotong University,
there soon emerged the QS World University Rankings and the Times
Higher Education World University Rankings. These three ranking
systems are considered the classics as they are the fore-runners,
although no less than ten new systems have come to the arena.The
various ranking systems adopt a common approach of weight-and-sum
to process the indicator data. Each system, somewhat arbitrarily,
decides on a set of indicators and assigns different weights to
these, presumably reflecting their relative importance. This simple
(and simplistic) approach meets well common sense. And, in fact,
much of the discussion on world university rankings is conducted at
the commonsensical level.However, analyses conducted in the recent
years uncovered several problems of the prevalent approach:
spurious precision, mutual compensation, weight discrepancy,
indicator redundancy, etc., which render the overall scores and
ranking suspect in terms of validity. These are due to systems
ignoring the fact that world university rankings are a form of
social measurement and therefore need be seen from this
perspective.Moreover, rankings encourage competition and, in the
highly competitive world of today, it is natural that institutional
attention is focused on the ranking results. By now, the original
purpose of world university ranking seems to have been
overshadowed, and world university rankings look more like
international academic contests, as though they are annual sports
meets.This monograph collects together many articles pertaining to
the identified measurement and statistical issues of world
university rankings and suggests remedies to make ranking results
more trustworthy.
The OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is
gaining increasing attention among education authorities of the
world. The number of participating economies almost doubled in the
past one and a half decades, increasing from 43 in 2000 when it
first started to 74 in 2015. PISA assesses the performance in
Reading, Mathematics, and Science of 15-year-olds with different
emphases rotating among the three subjects in different
exercises.The attention of the participating economies has been
focused almost exclusively on the ranking results which are used to
evaluate the standings and progress of their education systems,
although PISA does cover many background conditions which might
have influenced the performance. Interestingly, East Asian
economies have been consistently in the leading positions, and
Finland has been frequently cited as a model for the Western
economies and even the world to emulate.This monograph contains
many secondary analyses of PISA data. It presents results of
comparisons of Singapore, East Asian economies, and the world. It
also points up some influencing factors such as time in and after
school, test-language effect, administrative styles, and school
environment. Statistical and measurement issues are also raised and
demonstrated. Moreover, cultural differences are evoked as a
plausible explanation of the differences observed between the East
and the West.This monograph, using mainly simple and layman
language, equips educational administrators and policy makers with
in-depth insights into some of the intricacies inherent in the PISA
data for a more appropriate understanding. It is readily
appreciated that such an understanding is needed to prevent
misinterpretation and avoid unsound policy or wasteful action.
Virtual Manufacturing presents a novel concept of combining human
computer interfaces with virtual reality for discrete and
continuous manufacturing systems. The authors address the relevant
concepts of manufacturing engineering, virtual reality, and
computer science and engineering, before embarking on a description
of the methodology for building augmented reality for manufacturing
processes and manufacturing systems. Virtual Manufacturing is
centered on the description of the development of augmented reality
models for a range of processes based on CNC, PLC, SCADA,
mechatronics and on embedded systems. Further discussions address
the use of augmented reality for developing augmented reality
models to control contemporary manufacturing systems and to acquire
micro- and macro-level decision parameters for managers to boost
profitability of their manufacturing systems. Guiding readers
through the building of their own virtual factory software, Virtual
Manufacturing comes with access to online files and software that
will enable readers to create a virtual factory, operate it and
experiment with it. This is a valuable source of information with a
useful toolkit for anyone interested in virtual manufacturing,
including advanced undergraduate students, postgraduate students
and researchers.
This collection of articles begins with an overview of the Reviews
from past decades, then goes on to describe the current practices,
and foretells the possible future developments. This is followed by
a discussion of the use of ICT and surveys on several professional
aspects of teaching, including teachers' training needs and
perception of student difficulties, assessment literacy,
familiarity and use of language teaching strategies, as well as
perceived social status and job satisfaction. The book ends with an
extensive discussion of bilingualism and code-switching as well as
the teaching of Chinese culture in Singapore schools. The
comprehensive coverage provides a milestone in Chinese Language
teaching in the multi-lingual context of Singapore.
This volume contains high quality articles, originally published in
Chinese in the Chinese Journal Jiuzhou Xuelin [Chinese Cultural
Quarterly] and new articles written on special invitation by
established scholars in the field. The theme of the volume is 'New
Perspectives on Research of Chinese Culture', introducing the
latest trends and new developments in the research into Chinese
history, humanities, music and geography. The articles are written
by well-known scholars in the field who examine Chinese culture
from various new perspectives adopting different research methods.
Virtual Manufacturing presents a novel concept of combining human
computer interfaces with virtual reality for discrete and
continuous manufacturing systems. The authors address the relevant
concepts of manufacturing engineering, virtual reality, and
computer science and engineering, before embarking on a description
of the methodology for building augmented reality for manufacturing
processes and manufacturing systems. Virtual Manufacturing is
centered on the description of the development of augmented reality
models for a range of processes based on CNC, PLC, SCADA,
mechatronics and on embedded systems. Further discussions address
the use of augmented reality for developing augmented reality
models to control contemporary manufacturing systems and to acquire
micro- and macro-level decision parameters for managers to boost
profitability of their manufacturing systems. Guiding readers
through the building of their own virtual factory software, Virtual
Manufacturing comes with access to online files and software that
will enable readers to create a virtual factory, operate it and
experiment with it. This is a valuable source of information with a
useful toolkit for anyone interested in virtual manufacturing,
including advanced undergraduate students, postgraduate students
and researchers.
Machining dynamics play an essential role in the performance of
machine tools and machining processes in manufacturing. Current
advances in computational modelling, sensors, diagnostic equipment
and analysis tools, 3D surface metrology and manufacturing science
are giving researchers and practising engineers a new perspective
on the machining process.
Machining Dynamics: Fundamentals and Applications reflects the
new integrated approach to studying machining dynamics by
presenting state-of-the-art applications, practices and research in
the field. Written by experts in each field, the first part of the
book presents the basic theory, analysis and control methodology in
addition to detailed modelling and diagnostic techniques for
machining dynamics, while part two focuses on applying the
fundamentals of machining dynamics in a variety of machining
processes including turning, grinding, gear machining and
non-traditional machining.
Advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying
manufacturing engineering and machining technology will find
Machining Dynamics: Fundamentals and Applications a comprehensive
and up-to-date introduction to the subject while the book s
thoroughness allows it to serve as a useful reference for
manufacturing engineers, production supervisors, planning and
application engineers and designers."
The new edition of this outstanding documents collection
displays a stronger blend of social history pieces reflecting
everyday life, family, social networks, and culture and political
history critical proclamations, treaties, laws, and other public
acts. Many of the documents are translated into English for the
first time and available only in this book.
Informative headnotes accompany the selections, providing
context and helping students with unfamiliar names, places, and
events. This collection is the perfect source for a firsthand look
at modern Chinese history. "
International comparative studies of student achievement have
caught the attention of governments, policy-makers, school leaders
and educational researchers globally. They have become benchmarks
of education for countries in the world and provide a broad
perspective for countries to evaluate their education achievement.
However, culture and school environment are two critical factors
affecting educational achievement that deserve careful
consideration and re-interpretation. This book brings light to
these conceptual and methodological issues.The 14 articles in this
book deal with various aspects of the Programme for International
Student Assessment (PISA) and the Progress in International Reading
Literacy Study (PIRLS), including cultural and social environments,
principals' roles and views, achievements in Reading, Science, and
Mathematics, and the trustworthiness of international comparisons.
The articles use PISA and PIRLS data to present new insights and
interpretations of international surveys. These insights will help
educators, administrators, and policy-makers understand the working
mechanisms of their school systems and the relationships between
students' achievement and the culture and school environment they
are in.This book is a companion volume to the author's earlier
publication - PISA: Issues and Effects in Singapore, East Asia, and
the World (World Scientific, 2017).
This book is cast in a Singaporean context in which Chinese
Language is taught as a second language with an emphasis on
communicational skills. It showcases ideas on including cultural
teaching to enhance second language learning for more effective
outcomes. As a collection of chapters relevant to cultural
teaching, the book seeks to enthuse Chinese Language educators to
incorporate elements of Chinese culture into their lessons. It is
practice-oriented and provides examples using Chinese language
textbooks, with suggestions for post-lesson activities. It also
documents and discusses the needed developments of Singapore's
Chinese culture with references to the three popular co-curricular
activities of Chinese music, drama (crosstalk), and dance in
schools.
This book addresses the problems and issues surrounding teaching
Chinese as a second language in the Singapore context. It
identifies four main areas of concern: (1) Neglect of culture in
the teaching of Chinese; (2) Difficulty of learning Hanzi (Chinese
characters); (3) Cognitive and affective aspects of Chinese
language learning; and (4) Authenticity of the Chinese language in
a global and Singapore context. The book includes lesson design and
instructional practices for re-prioritizing Chinese as a set of
trainable skills, as well as teaching culture in the context of
teaching the language. It also introduces the Chinese as a Second
Language Readability Formula to help learners overcome their
difficulties with learning Hanzi (Chinese characters), and the
Attitude Toward Chinese Language Scale to help understand the
various factors that can influence Chinese language learning. It
also proposes a student-oriented model for conducting problem-based
research, tapping into the disciplines of psycholinguistics and
sociolinguistics. Resolving or minimizing the issues identified
here requires action at the macro level by Chinese language
researchers on a national scale, and at the micro level by
classroom teachers through action research.
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