7 research outputs found
Two decades and beyond: Growing education research in Singapore: A report by the Centre for Research in Pedagogy & Practice
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The Associations between Poor Antibiotic and Antimicrobial Resistance Knowledge and Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in the General Population Are Modified by Age
No full textObjectives: Understanding factors influencing inappropriate antibiotic use can guide the design of interventions to improve antibiotic practices and reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Methods: A nationally representative cross-sectional survey (N = 2004) was conducted between November 2020 and January 2021. Knowledge of antibiotic use and AMR using the World Health Organization’s Multi-Country AMR Survey questionnaire, and antibiotic practices were examined. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify factors associated with inappropriate antibiotic use and examine effect measure modifications. Results: After adjusting for potential confounding, poor knowledge of antibiotic use was associated with a 3x increased odds of inappropriate antibiotic use in adults aged ≥50 years (aOR 3.11, 95% CI [2.24–4.32]), 5× increased odds in those aged 35–49 years (aOR 4.88, 95% CI [3.32–7.16]), and 7× increased odds in those aged 21–34 years (aOR 6.58, 95% CI [4.19–10.33]). While there was no statistically significant association in adults aged ≥50 years, poor knowledge of AMR increased the odds of inappropriate antibiotic use by 4 times in adults aged 35–49 years (aOR 3.73, 95% CI [1.53–9.11]) and 5 times in those aged 21–34 years (aOR 4.90, 95% CI [1.84–13.02]). Conclusions: Targeted educational interventions for specific age groups are needed in conjunction with empowering the public with knowledge of antibiotic use and AMR
Rethinking educational paradigms: Moving from good to great
No full textIn the fifth report, Professor Linda Darling-Hammond challenges us to rethink the way we look at our education systems. Professor Darling-Hammond was also the 9th CJ Koh Professor as well as a keynote speaker at NIE’s Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference 2013. In both her CJ Koh Professorship Public Lecture and her Conference Keynote Speech, she spoke about the importance of supporting teachers in a collaborative and supportive system. She praised Singapore’s Thinking Schools, Learning Nation initiative and how well its education system has been doing. She further emphasised thinking critically in order to solve complex problems, communicating effectively, working collaboratively, and learning how to learn
Achieving with integrity: Towards mindful educational change
No full textThe sixth report features Professor Dennis Shirley, who was appointed the 10th CJ Koh Professor from 2 to 10 March 2014. He focused on educational change for both his NIE seminar and the CJ Koh Professorship Public Lecture. For the seminar, Professor Shirley gave his views on the convergences in educational change and shared about the four zones of convergence and presented the idea of the wave of convergent pedagogy. In his public lecture, Professor Shirley discussed mindful teaching and how it can help teachers deal with daily pressures and be scaled from the classroom to the system level. He also participated in a roundtable discussion where NIE research groups presented on topics about improving the quality of teaching and learning
Pre-service Teachers’ Motivation in Using Digital Technology
No full textDigital technology (DT) has a significant role to play in modern education. This study examined motivational goals of student teachers in initial teacher education in Singapore and the influences of goals on their use of DT personally and in the classroom. The participants (N=312) responded to a survey about their motivational goals (learning vs. performance) and DT application (personal vs. classroom application). Results showed that personal use of DT, especially for younger teachers, was clearly more than classroom application. Females were found to have higher performance goal. Structural equation modelling found that learning goals were positively related to both personal use and classroom application, but performance goals were not positively related to either outcome. As performance goals were found to be unrelated to classroom application of DT, teacher education should focus more on the development of learning goals so as to encourage teachers, especially females, to use DT for teaching
Expectation of antibiotics amongst owners of dogs and/or cats during non-routine visits to veterinary clinics in Singapore: a cross-sectional study
No full textObjectives: The present study aimed to assess the factors associated with pet owners’ expectations for receiving antibiotics for their pet dogs and/or cats and the factors associated with pets (dogs and/or cats) receiving antibiotics during non-routine veterinary clinic consultations in Singapore. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on consenting pet owners who attended 16 veterinary clinics in Singapore, between March and December 2023. An online survey measured participants’ knowledge of antibiotic use, prior antibiotic use experience, expectation for antibiotics and receipt of antibiotics during the last non-routine clinic consultation for their pets. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to determine the factors associated with expectation of antibiotics and receipt of antibiotics. Results: Among the 821 pet owners, over one-in-four (27.5%) expected antibiotics. Owners with prior antibiotic use (adjusted OR 5.18, 95%CI 2.85–9.42) and poor knowledge of antibiotic use (adjusted OR 1.69, 95% CI 1.21–2.35) were 5 times and nearly 2 times as likely as owners without prior antibiotic use and those with good knowledge of antibiotic use respectively, to expect antibiotics for their pets. After adjusting for potential confounders, owners who expected antibiotics (adjusted OR 12.09, 95% CI 7.83–18.68) and had prior antibiotic use for their pets (adjusted OR 8.57, 95% CI 4.75–15.47) were more likely to receive antibiotics for their pets. Conclusion: Factors which significantly influenced expectation of antibiotics in pet owners included poor knowledge of antibiotic use and prior usage of antibiotics. This highlights the importance of effective communication by veterinarians to mitigate pet owners’ expectations to address inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.Published versionThe author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This study was supported by the One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Research Programme (OHARP-001), awarded by the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore. The funders had no role in study design, data collection or interpretation of the work for publication
The Reception of the Works of Contemporary Chinese Glam-Writers in Mainland China
No full textThis thesis examines the reception of five contemporary Chinese glam-writers and their works in mainland China. It explores three different types of reception by three reading constituencies: literary critics, actual women readers, and participants on the glam-writers’ personal blogs. Drawing in part on western reception theory and reader-response criticism, this thesis focuses on the role of the reader in reading and interpreting the glam-writers’ works and makes an original empirical contribution to audience research in mainland China where such research is as yet not developed. By adopting a range of qualitative research methods, I investigate the ways in which contemporary Chinese readers understand and respond to a particular type of women’s literature at the turn of the twenty-first century. I demonstrate that Chinese readers are not merely passive recipients of the literary works, or ‘cultural dupes’ (Hall 1981), but both savage – in the sense of severe – and savant readers of popular culture. This also means that the negative influences of these works, as predicted by Chinese mainstream literary critics, are not evident in actual readers’ responses to these texts
