Bopry, Jeanette
 
 
 
Position
Assistant Professor
 
Telephone
(65) 6 790 3260
 
Fax
(65) 6 896 8038
 
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Biographical Sketch
 

 
 

Dr Jeanette Bopry is an Assistant Professor in Learning Sciences and Technologies Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. She is also the faculty researcher in Learning Sciences Lab. Jeanette received her doctoral degree in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University.  She is affiliated with the American Society for Cybernetics, the International Society for the Systems Sciences, the Semiotic Society of America, and the International Semiotics Institute. She is Associate Editor of the peer-reviewed journal Cybernetics and Human Knowing, and has co-edited three books.
 
 
Education
 
 
Bachelor of Arts (Michigan State University, USA)
 
 
Master of Arts (Michigan State University, USA)
 
 
Master of Science (Indiana University, USA)
 
 
PhD (Indiana University, USA)
 
 
Selected Publications
 
 
 
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The Give and Take Between Semiotics and Second-Order Cybernetics. (in press). Semiotica.
 
 
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Providing a warrant for constructivist practice: The contribution of Francisco Varela. (in press) In J.L. Kincheloe & R. Horn (Eds.), Education and psychology: An encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing.
 
 
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Stakeholder-driven educational systems design: At the intersection of educational psychology and systems. (in press). With Diana Ryan. In J.L. Kincheloe & R. Horn (Eds.), Education and psychology: An encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing.
 
 
 
 
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On situated cognition and beyond: Martin Heidegger on transformations on being and identity. (in press) With David Hung & Looi Chee Kit. In J.L. Kincheloe & R. Horn (Eds.), Education and psychology: An encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing.
 
 
 
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Bopry, J. (2005). Levels of experience: An exploration for learning design. Educational Media International, 42 (1), 83-89.
 
 
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Bopry J., & Hedberg, J. G. (2005). Designing encounters for meaningful experience, with lessons from J.K. Rowling. Educational Media International, 42 (1), 91-105.
 
 
 
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A semiotic analysis of Krippendorff’s recursive (cybernetic) model of communication. (2004). In Abstract Book, proceedings of of the International Summer School for Semiotic and Structural Studies, Imatra, Finland, June 3-9, 2004.
 
 
 
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Singapore's Learning Sciences Lab: Seeking Transformations in ICT-Enabled Pedagogy. (2004). With Looi Chee Kit and David Hung. Educational Technology Research and Development, 52 (4), 91-99.
 
 
 
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Epistemology, Semiotics, and Inquiry. (2002). Teaching and Learning, 17(1),5-18.
 
 
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The Ages of Francisco Varela. (2002). With Søren Brier. Foreword to memorial issue. Cybernetics and Human Knowing, 9(2): 5-8.
 
 
  
 
  
 
Research Interest
 
 
Constructivism, cybernetics, semiotics, epistemology, instructional method, critical theory, qualitative inquiry.
 
 
Projects
 
 
Principal investigator of Project LSL 9/06 JB: Developing multiliteracies in the language arts curriculum