HOMEPAGE
 
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How it all began

In June 1997, Singapore hosted the 7th International Conference on Thinking which saw a gathering of 2,400 delegates from 42 countries. Keynote speakers at the Conference included Howard Gardner and David Perkins from Harvard, Robert Sternberg from Yale, Kishore Mahbubani from Singapore, Reuven Feuerstein from Israel, Edward de Bono and many others.

Officiating at the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong launched the "Thinking Schools Learning Nation" initiative. He announced that "it is the capacity to learn that will define excellence in future, not merely academic achievement". To explain the concept of "Thinking Schools", he explained that the mission of schools is to develop thinking and committed citizens who are capable of decision-making and problem-solving and willing to continually learn and upgrade themselves. To realise the vision of Singapore becoming a "Learning Nation", learning is to be part of our national culture, a way of life, a life-long process for everyone, regardless of age, gender and status. He believed that a learning nation will require innovation at every level and everyone has a role to play in educating our young and creating a total learning environment.

To sustain the enthusiasm and interest generated by the Thinking conference and to support the "Thinking Schools Learning Nation" initiative, the idea was mooted to set up a Centre for Teaching Thinking at the National Institute of Education. Exactly one year later in June 1998 the Singapore Centre for Teaching Thinking was established at the NIE Yunnan Garden campus. Its facilities include a Resource Room, a Seminar Room, a computer laboratory and other training facilities.



Our Mission

The Singapore Centre for Teaching Thinking (SCTT) aims to provide
and support high quality teaching, research and consultancy services to schools and other educational institutions in Singapore and in the region on projects and research related to thinking, creativity and innovative education.
 


Our Organizational Structure

SCTT has an executive committee which oversees the work of the Training Sub-committee and the Research Sub-committee.


Our Office Bearers


Our Programmes

The SCTT has the dual function of promoting the research and teaching of thinking and creativity across disciplines. It plans and implement training programmes and promotes research projects to enhance the teaching of thinking and creativity in schools and post secondary institutions.


Highlights of Training Activities (Jan 2001 to Jun 2002)


Action Plan of Research Subcommittee

In addition to compiling resource materials and organizing seminars to disseminate research findings on thinking, creativity and innova- tive education, the Research Sub-committee is taking steps to com- pile and publish a Teachers' Handbook on the Teaching of Thinking.
 
          


International Collaboration

The SCTT works closely with international organizations involved in the promotion of thinking and creativity. Some examples are the National Centre on Teaching Thinking based in Boston (NCTT), the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the Multiple Intelligences Research and Consulting Inc based in the US. We are also conducting joint research with the University of Newcastle in the UK and Queensland University in Australia.


Outreach and Consultancy Work

SCTT provides consultancy services on commissioned projects related to training as well as research in the areas of thinking and creativity to schools and educational agencies in Singapore and in the region.