Chai, C. S., & Tsai, C. C. (2013). Looking back at the future school journey. In L. Y. Tay & C. P. Lim (Eds.), Creating holistic technology-enhanced learning experiences: Tales from a future school in Singapore (pp. 195-199). SensePublishers. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-086-6

Abstract:

“The proliferation of computers has transformed all aspects of life in the contemporary world. Schools, which are traditionally positioned to preserve and transmit the cultural achievements of the past for continuous future development, have been challenged to change its roles. Hence the notion of future schools is born and selected schools are tasked to be the path finders to create the new knowledge and practice of schooling and educating children. This book documented the important lessons learnt in one of the future primary schools in Singapore. As the broad schemes of the book and the first chapter have aptly revealed, ICT offer many opportunities for elementary school children to be enculturated into the technology-mediated world. However, the opportunities have to be actualized in the classrooms through teachers’ design efforts (Chai, Koh, Tsai, & Tan, 2011) to bear positive outcomes.”