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What challenges are Singapore teachers generally facing? (School…
What challenges are Singapore teachers generally facing?
Students
Managing student discipline (Chong & Tan, 2006) (Choy, Wong, Lim & Chong, 2013)
Managing students' behaviours (Chong & Tan, 2006) (Choy, Wong, Lim & Chong, 2013)
Meeting students' needs (Chong & Tan, 2006)
Motivating and connecting with students (Chong & Tan, 2006)
Classroom management (Choy, Wong, Lim & Chong, 2013)
Managing students who are not productive engaged in the learning process (Choy, Wong, Lim & Chong, 2013)
Parents
Dealing with parents (Chong & Tan, 2006)
School
Demands (Chong & Tan, 2006)
Organization (Chong & Tan, 2006)
Implementing curriculum (Chong & Tan, 2006)
Testing procedures (Chong & Tan, 2006)
Given the same responsibility as veteran teachers with many years of experience (Chong & Tan, 2006)
Assigned the most challenges students with little or no support (Chong & Tan, 2006)
Assigned to a subject area that they were not prepared in (Chong & Tan, 2006)
Inadequate and timely support given (Moo & Tan, 2009)
Lesson planning (Choy, Wong, Lim & Chong, 2013)
Instructional strategies
Selecting appropriate resources and assessments to support teaching (Choy, Wong, Lim & Chong, 2013)
Self
Time management (Chong & Tan, 2006)
Stress (Chong & Tan, 2006)
Pre-service education
Student teaching experiences are not extensive enough to provide teachers with the full breadth of experiences (Chong & Tan, 2006)
Reality shock (Moo & Tan, 2009)
Inability to apply what they have mastered during teacher training to the classroom (Moo & Tan, 2009)
Retention
Singapore’s data has indicated that as compared to the overall resignation rate of about two to three percent per year for the entire teacher population over the past decade, there is currently a slightly higher resignation rate of about three to four percent per year for new teachers within their first five years of service (Yang, 2016).