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Privileging Preschool Children’S Voices In Research: Use Of Drawings And A Co-Construction Process., Joanna Tay-Lim, Sirene Lim Dec 2012

Privileging Preschool Children’S Voices In Research: Use Of Drawings And A Co-Construction Process., Joanna Tay-Lim, Sirene Lim

Sirene Lim

The growing acknowledgement of the value of listening to children’s views and experiences in social research, popularly termed as “listening to their voices,” brings with it methodological consequences. Regarding children as expert informants about their own lives carries with it the simultaneous call for researchers to be experts in developing and employing appropriate strategies that can effectively elicit the insights that children can bring to a research topic. With younger children, the use of participatory methodologies has been foregrounded as the key to unlocking their potential to contribute rich and useful perspectives to inform research into their lives. This article …


Children As Co-Researchers And Participants In Singaporean Research: Perils And Promise. Invited Presentation., Sirene Lim Dec 2011

Children As Co-Researchers And Participants In Singaporean Research: Perils And Promise. Invited Presentation., Sirene Lim

Sirene Lim

No abstract provided.


Web Documentations Of Teaching: Steering Debate About “Good” Practice And Exploring Ways Of Enhancing Teacher Learning., Sirene Lim Dec 2010

Web Documentations Of Teaching: Steering Debate About “Good” Practice And Exploring Ways Of Enhancing Teacher Learning., Sirene Lim

Sirene Lim

No abstract provided.


Invited Address. Curriculum Models And Approaches: Which Is The Fairest Of Them All?., Sirene Lim Dec 2009

Invited Address. Curriculum Models And Approaches: Which Is The Fairest Of Them All?., Sirene Lim

Sirene Lim

No abstract provided.


Reconsidering The Play/Work Dichotomy In Pedagogy., Sirene Lim Dec 2009

Reconsidering The Play/Work Dichotomy In Pedagogy., Sirene Lim

Sirene Lim

No abstract provided.


Raising Children For Local And Global Citizenship: A Qualitative Study., Sirene Lim Dec 2007

Raising Children For Local And Global Citizenship: A Qualitative Study., Sirene Lim

Sirene Lim

No abstract provided.


Exploring Colonization: Situating Young Children's Experiences Within The Multiple Contexts Of Globalizing Singapore. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. Teachers College, Columbia University., Sirene Lim Dec 2006

Exploring Colonization: Situating Young Children's Experiences Within The Multiple Contexts Of Globalizing Singapore. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. Teachers College, Columbia University., Sirene Lim

Sirene Lim

No abstract provided.


Principal Investigator: (2005-2007)Doctoral Research Conducted In A Singapore Childcare Centre. Spencer Foundation (Us$3000) Focus: Children’S Peer Culture And Ways Of Knowing, Sirene Lim Dec 2006

Principal Investigator: (2005-2007)Doctoral Research Conducted In A Singapore Childcare Centre. Spencer Foundation (Us$3000) Focus: Children’S Peer Culture And Ways Of Knowing, Sirene Lim

Sirene Lim

No abstract provided.


Looking At Education Through A Deweyan Lens: How Play Can Take Shape In Singapore’S Preschools, Sirene Lim Dec 2003

Looking At Education Through A Deweyan Lens: How Play Can Take Shape In Singapore’S Preschools, Sirene Lim

Sirene Lim

This article outlines key characteristics of Singapore’s national values and the preschool education context, and provides a discussion of what the spirit of play could be like in Singaporean preschools. The article uses Deweyan principles to advocate for socially just curricula in Singaporean preschools that embrace ‘play’ as a vehicle for children’s learning.