Singapore Principals’ Understanding and Perceptions of the Challenges of “Teach Less,Less More” Policy

Abstract

This paper presents research that examines the perceptions of school principals of the “Teach Less, Learn More” (TLLM) initiative in Singapore schools. A qualitative research was conducted with 13 school principals to explore their understanding of TLLM and their perception of the challenges that they faced in the implementation of TLLM. The findings show that the research participants agreed that TLLM was a good policy that would prepare students with knowledge and skills for the future. However, there were also many challenges, the most pertinent of which being the readiness of the students and teachers for a new teaching and learning paradigm.

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Principals stakeholders Singapore teaching learning policy change

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