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Conceptions of Knowledge Creation, Knowledge and Knowing

A Phenomenography of Singapore Chinese Language Teachers

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Authors:
  1. Yuh Huann Tan

    1. Yusof Ishak Secondary School, Ministry of Education, Singapore, Singapore

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  2. Seng Chee Tan

    1. National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

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  • Examines teachers’ conceptions of knowledge creation, knowledge and knowing via the phenomenographic methodology
  • Explains how the phenomenographic study was conceptualised and carried out
  • Researches in-service K-12 language teachers, a group that is rarely studied or reported on

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Why a Study on Teachers’ Conception of Knowledge Creation

    • Yuh Huann Tan, Seng Chee Tan
    Pages 1-11

  3. Understanding Knowledge Creation

    • Yuh Huann Tan, Seng Chee Tan
    Pages 13-33

  4. Understanding Personal Epistemology

    • Yuh Huann Tan, Seng Chee Tan
    Pages 35-45

  5. Designing the Phenomenographic Study and Constituting the Outcome Spaces

    • Yuh Huann Tan, Seng Chee Tan
    Pages 47-68

  6. Teachers’ Conceptions of Knowledge and Knowing

    • Yuh Huann Tan, Seng Chee Tan
    Pages 69-90

  7. Teachers’ Conceptions on the Phenomenon of Knowledge Creation in General

    • Yuh Huann Tan, Seng Chee Tan
    Pages 91-113

  8. Teachers’ Conceptions on the Phenomenon of Knowledge Creation in Education

    • Yuh Huann Tan, Seng Chee Tan
    Pages 115-142

  9. Discussions on Teachers’ Conceptions on the Phenomena of Knowledge, Knowing and Knowledge Creation

    • Yuh Huann Tan, Seng Chee Tan
    Pages 143-181

  10. Conclusions

    • Yuh Huann Tan, Seng Chee Tan
    Pages 183-187

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 189-191
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About this book

This book responds to calls for further advancing knowledge creation in schools. It examines sixteen Chinese Language teachers from Singapore, since language teachers are primarily responsible for the basic literacy that is the foundation of students’ lifelong learning. Positing that people’s cultural beliefs and the language(s) they use are inseparable, the book argues that Chinese language teachers possess a unique understanding of the various phenomena that reflect the influences of Chinese culture by virtue of the language they speak and teach. For the purposes of the investigation, it employs phenomenography — a methodology aimed at finding and systematising how people interpret the world around them — to determine and describe Chinese language teachers’ conceptions of these phenomena.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Yusof Ishak Secondary School, Ministry of Education, Singapore, Singapore

    Yuh Huann Tan

  • National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Seng Chee Tan

About the authors

Dr Tan Yuh Huann is the Head of a Department overseeing curriculum innovation and pedagogical excellence at the Yusof Ishak Secondary School under the Singapore Ministry of Education. His research interests span the fields of computer-supported collaborative learning, second language acquisition, personal epistemology, knowledge creation in education, and teachers’ professional development.


Dr Tan Seng Chee is an Associate Professor with the Learning Sciences and Assessment group at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. His research interests include integration of technologies into education, computer-supported collaborative learning, and knowledge building.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Conceptions of Knowledge Creation, Knowledge and Knowing

  • Book Subtitle: A Phenomenography of Singapore Chinese Language Teachers

  • Authors: Yuh Huann Tan, Seng Chee Tan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3564-2

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-3563-5Published: 12 March 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-3566-6Published: 12 March 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-3564-2Published: 11 March 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 191

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 23 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Language Education, Language Teaching, Teaching and Teacher Education

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