This book arises from research conducted through Singapore's National Institute of Education on such topics as integrating knowledge building pedagogies into Singaporean classrooms, with both students and teachers across school levels, from primary schools to high schools. Additionally, international scholars contribute research on theories of knowledge creation, methodological foundations of research on knowledge creation, knowledge creation pedagogies in classrooms and knowledge creation work involving educators. The book is organized in two sections. Section A focuses on theoretical,...

Yeo Kok Hoe was one of the first Asiatic Inspectors appointed by the British in the Straits Settlements Police and in 1939 he was seconded to Labuan, off the northwest coast of Borneo. He was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese and could not be found after the war. In 2010 I set off for Labuan on a journey 65 years into the past to find out about this Grandfather I never knew and whom neither Grandma nor Papa would speak about. The night before I left, I said to my daughter, Melissa, "If I meet even one person who remembers Grandfather Yeo, it will be a miracle." My journey to Labuan...

This book arises from research conducted through Singapore's National Institute of Education on such topics as integrating knowledge building pedagogies into Singaporean classrooms, with both students and teachers across school levels, from primary schools to high schools. Additionally, international scholars contribute research on theories of knowledge creation, methodological foundations of research on knowledge creation, knowledge creation pedagogies in classrooms and knowledge creation work involving educators. The book is organized in two sections. Section A focuses on theoretical,...