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Natural Sciences and Science Education AG is an integration of several
science content and pedagogical disciplines with a strong multidisciplinary
approach to teaching and research. With this integration, disciplinary
barriers between the sciences and related pedagogies are removed to
pave the way for greater interaction and teamwork among academics
and students alike. The Group comprises academics in the fields of
Biological sciences, Chemistry, Physics, Science Education, Technology
Education and Home Economics Education.
We offer undergraduate degree courses, graduate degrees by
research, academic subjects, curriculum content courses and curriculum studies courses
in the diploma and postgraduate diploma programmes administered by the
Office of Teacher Education as well as advanced diploma and advanced postgraduate
diploma courses. Our Group is committed to improving the overall education of teachers
through meaningful inquiry and innovative change in both content and pedagogical
knowledge. This is accomplished by working with teachers to develop models of creative
teaching and new approaches to learning.
Research by biologists, chemists and physicists in the Group is
centred on many areas of current cutting-edge science such as agrobiotechnology,
plasma physics and, chemical synthesis and materials science while the science
educationists focused mainly on maximising the potential of every child with research
on students' learning approaches, problem-solving skills. There is also a focused
research in developing new pedagogies in the teaching of the new sciences such as
molecular biology and nanosciences.
Contact:
Head, Natural Sciences and Science Education
Tel: (+65) 6790 3809
Fax: (+65) 6896 9414
nsse @ nie.edu.sg
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