Mary Anne Heng
Biographic Data
| ID | 5399468 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Anne Heng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary Anne |
| FAMILY NAME | Heng |
| SIGNATURE | HENG M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanyang Technological University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0890-2159 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Voices on “voice”
How student voice is viewed is complex. Increasingly, effort has been made to include student voice in teaching and learning, with student voice positioned in different ways, from the instrumental to the transformative. The success and sustainability of student voice efforts require a more critical understanding of the participatory efforts of both teachers and students, as well as the interplay between teachers’ and students’ voices. Using a cas…
Time to negotiate Singapore’s meritocracy? Getting ready for the future of work and education
Singapore has prospered since independence by developing its human resources under a distinctly Singaporean meritocratic system. Recent developments in public discourse, and findings from interviews with leading Singaporean personalities, however, point towards the system’s increasing undesirability. Among other problems, our study participants blame the system for worsening class divisions in society; for damaging the mental well-being of studen…
Understanding adolescent purpose in the context of high-performance schooling in Singapore
International education achievement indicators potentially obscure students’ localised experiences of school. This paper examines adolescent purpose to understand what drives students’ learning experiences in high-performance schooling in Singapore. Purpose is a long-term intention to engage with the world in ways meaningful to oneself and to others. Using clinical interviews, the authors analysed students’ perspectives of the purpose of schoolin…
The Role of a Special Friend in Assisting Underachieving Children of Academic Promise
This paper describes an adolescent mentorship program in Singapore to help underachieving, elementary-age children with academic potential develop positive attitudes towards learning. The paper provides an overview of the three phases of the mentoring program, namely training, mentoring and evaluation, examines the interactions between positive adolescent role models and underachieving, elementary-age children with academic promise, and makes rec…
Why Smart People Can Be so Stupid
(2005). Why Smart People Can Be so Stupid. Gifted and Talented International: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 80-82
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Why Smart People Can Be so Stupid
(2005). Why Smart People Can Be so Stupid. Gifted and Talented International: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 80-82
The Role of a Special Friend in Assisting Underachieving Children of Academic Promise
This paper describes an adolescent mentorship program in Singapore to help underachieving, elementary-age children with academic potential develop positive attitudes towards learning. The paper provides an overview of the three phases of the mentoring program, namely training, mentoring and evaluation, examines the interactions between positive adolescent role models and underachieving, elementary-age children with academic promise, and makes rec…
Understanding adolescent purpose in the context of high-performance schooling in Singapore
International education achievement indicators potentially obscure students’ localised experiences of school. This paper examines adolescent purpose to understand what drives students’ learning experiences in high-performance schooling in Singapore. Purpose is a long-term intention to engage with the world in ways meaningful to oneself and to others. Using clinical interviews, the authors analysed students’ perspectives of the purpose of schoolin…
Voices on “voice”
How student voice is viewed is complex. Increasingly, effort has been made to include student voice in teaching and learning, with student voice positioned in different ways, from the instrumental to the transformative. The success and sustainability of student voice efforts require a more critical understanding of the participatory efforts of both teachers and students, as well as the interplay between teachers’ and students’ voices. Using a cas…
Time to negotiate Singapore’s meritocracy? Getting ready for the future of work and education
Singapore has prospered since independence by developing its human resources under a distinctly Singaporean meritocratic system. Recent developments in public discourse, and findings from interviews with leading Singaporean personalities, however, point towards the system’s increasing undesirability. Among other problems, our study participants blame the system for worsening class divisions in society; for damaging the mental well-being of studen…
Psychology (5 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Academic achievement (1 work) · Active listening (1 work) · Aging and Gerontology Research (1 work) · Audio equipment (1 work) · Blame (1 work)