Curriculum for High Ability Learners

Liang See Tan has been involved in gifted education in Singapore as teacher, administrator and researcher. She received her Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University, and Master of Science in Education from Purdue University, United States. She is the Principal Investigator of several projects in the areas of curriculum innovation, teacher professional learning and development. She is now an Assistant Dean at Office of Education Research, Head of Research at Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice, National Institute of Education. Letchmi Devi Ponnusamy is a Lecturer with the Early Childhood and Special Education Academic Group in National Institute of Education (NIE). She has experience teaching Chemistry to high ability learners in the Gifted Education Programme. Her current research interests include designing curriculum for high ability learners, teacher learning and differentiated instruction. She is currently the PrincipalInvestigator of a concept- based curriculum development project for primary schools.Chwee Geok Quek has been involved in gifted education in Singapore in different capacities.  She taught History in the Gifted Education Programme before joining the Ministry as a curriculum officer, and subsequently became an administrator. She obtained her Masters' and PhD from the College of William and Mary, USA.  She has served as Assistant Editor of Gifted and Talented International, and is the Treasurer of the Asia Pacific Federation for Giftedness.  She is currently Principal Specialist, Gifted Education in the Ministry of Education.

• Theory, Research and Conceptions of Curriculum for High Ability Learners: Key Findings, Issues and Debates.- Concept-based Curriculum and the Teacher: Galvanising Teacher Agency.- Designing and Implementing Concept-based Curriculum.- Concept-based Curriculum Design and Practice in the United States.- Concept-based Curriculum: An Australian Experience.- Developing Science Curriculum for Gifted Learners in South Korea.- Leading a Radical Shift in the Education of High Ability Learners.- Designing a Concept-based Curriculum: The Raffles Girls School (RGS) Experience.- Concept-based Instruction in English: Issues and Challenges.- Processes and Issues in Concept-based Curriculum for the Humanities.- Working with Concept-based Curricula for Mathematics.- Processes and Issues in Concept-based Curriculum for Science.- Curriculum Evaluation.- Lessons Learned from Developing and Implementing the Concept-based Curriculum.