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Understanding the Professional Development and Support Needs of K1 and K2 Teachers for Implementing the Enhanced Numeracy Curriculum

This report presents the analysis of the qualitative feedback gathered from K1 and K2 teachers regarding a prototype of an enhanced numeracy curriculum, focusing on common themes, and differing professional needs of teachers. The objective of the evaluation was to gather feedback to inform refinements to the proposed curriculum enhancements, and the findings have […]

Childcare

[…] New Milestone for Pre-schools in the Heartlands 29 June 2012 Media Releases View more media coverage Explore our research findings on childcare Featured ARTICLE Children’s Well-Being: A report of a Three-year Follow Through Study in Singapore Written by Emeritus Prof Marjory Ebbeck, Dr Minushree Sharma, and Dr Sheela Warrier, this is a report presented […]

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New standard to help operators prepare safe and nutritious food for children unveiled at My First Skool at 6 New Punggol Road

Source: Straits Times All major media platforms across print, online, TV and radio reported on the launch of the Singapore Standard 692 Guidelines for Nutrition and Food Services for Infants and Children, or SS 692, a collaboration between the National Healthcare Group, the Singapore Manufacturing Federation and Enterprise Singapore, at My First Skool at […]

Learning in the great outdoors with Outdoor School Singapore

[…] Outdoor School Singapore (OSS) and its outdoor programme which nurtures a love of nature and adventure among young children, while teaching them basic survival skills. The news report featured 7-year-old Lim Zi Han who used to hate the outdoors as he did not like being “sweaty and dirty”, but ever since experiencing OSS programmes, […]

Singaporean Parents’ Views of Their Young Children’s Access and Use of Technological Devices

Written by Emeritus Prof Marjory Ebbeck, Associate Professor Bonnie Yim, Yvonne Chan and Mandy Goh, this paper reported Singaporean parents’ and caregivers’ views on their young children’s access and use of technological devices. Along with the emerging use touchscreen devices, views on the benefits and risks of touchscreen devices were specifically sought and reported […]

Relooking Assessment: A Study on Assessing Developmental Learning Outcomes in Toddlers

Written by Emeritus Prof Marjory Ebbeck, Dr Geraldine Teo-Zuzarte, Cynthia Tan and Mandy Goh, this paper reported reports on a research study in Singapore that investigated curriculum effectiveness using developmental learning outcomes as a means of assessing children. The research was devised to examine if eight specified broad developmental learning outcomes could measure the […]

Preschools step up to help families during pandemic

In a feature story on how pre-schools in Singapore are helping families in need amid the pandemic, Straits Times reported that NTUC First Campus’ (NFC) Bright Horizons Fund has channelled about $2.4 million in 2021 to bridge the income and learning gaps made worse by the disruptions of the past two years. For instance, […]

Infant-care boom in Singapore with higher demand from parents

Straits Times reported that infant-care places for babies aged 2 to 17 months old have surged by 66 per cent in 5 years, from 6,200 in 2015 to about 10,500 places last year, according to data by the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA). Punggol and Sengkang have seen a 90 per cent increase in […]

Beyond High Fidelity: Refining Preparation, Differentiation, and Checklist Usability for the the New Numeracy Curriculum (2026)

[…] teachers found easier or more challenging. Two implementation matrices were also constructed by jointly considering fidelity and difficulty, and checklist usefulness and difficulty. Key Findings Overall, teachers reported high fidelity in implementing the numeracy prototype. Mean fidelity was 3.32 out of 4, suggesting that most components were implemented relatively consistently. The strongest area of […]