Dr Onishi Pamela Grace Costes and Dr Dennis Kwek publish a journal article in the Teaching and Teacher Education Journal

Dr Onishi Pamela Grace Costes, Education Research Scientist from the Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice (CRPP), co-wrote a journal article with Dr Dennis Kwek, Centre Director of CRPP and Associate Dean of Strategic Engagement at the Office of Education Research. The journal titled “Technical Skills vs Meaning-making: Teacher Competencies and Strength of Inquiry-based Learning in Aesthetic Inquiry” was published in the Teaching and Teacher Education journal, volume 130. This article explores the gaps between teaching theory and practice for the discipline of aesthetic inquiry by using researcher-generated comprehensive indicators that can help practitioners, researchers and policy makers ascertain the quality of Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) in 67 Primary 5 and 71 Secondary 1 visual art lessons in Singapore schools.

The findings carry implications for IBL pedagogies in the performing arts and the measures and methods can contribute to assessing the quality of inquiry in most types of subjects and classrooms at the primary and secondary levels.