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Reflections on 12 Years of Research into ICT-in-Education and the Learning Sciences in Singapore
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Hung, David; Huang, Jun Song – Educational Technology, 2016
This article reflects on the landscape of ICT-mediated learning research in Singapore schools over the past 12 years. This ICT (information and communications technology) journey is situated in the context of the Singapore education Masterplans and the inception of substantive research funding in this area of work since 2003. The article questions…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Context-Process Authenticity in Learning: Implications for Identity Enculturation and Boundary Crossing
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Hung, David; Chen, Der-Thanq Victor – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2007
This paper posits that authenticity is an aspect of both the context and the process of learning. These two aspects cannot be seen in isolation and must be analyzed as one unity. We refer to this coupling relationship as the context-process authenticity. Existing learning and instructional approaches associated with authenticity, such as…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Context Effect
Bridging between Practice Fields and Real Communities through Instructional Technologies
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Hung, David; Tan, Seng Chee – International Journal of Instructional Media, 2004
The perspective of communities as a situated context dates back to the works of Vygotsky (1978, 1981) who posited that cognition begins at the social inter-mental level and through the process of internalization meanings become translated or assimilated into the individual level. Within this social to individual transition, learners can be…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices