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Archaeology began in Singapore in 1984. In 1988 the first project was conducted which incorporated students from junior colleges and tertiary institutions in Singapore into archaeological research. Since that year, hundreds of students have been involved in archaeological fieldwork and fieldtrips in Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries. Singapore students have been given opportunities to participate in laboratory and fieldwork in Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Myanmar. In some cases they collaborated with students from other countries. The primary objectives of collaboration between Singaporean archaeologists and students are: (1) to inculcate an interest in premodern Singapore and Southeast Asia in local students; (2) to cater to an interest on the part of local teachers at the secondary level in archaeological research, including Singaporean and regional material culture as well as general methodology and theory; (3) to contribute to ongoing research on methods of cultivating object-based learning and exposing students at the pre-university and university levels to research culture. This chapter will describe the theoretical concepts regarding proper use of concrete case studies to foster abstract thinking and analysis, projects in which students have been involved, the types of activities they have undertaken, and the results achieved to this point.
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Miksic, J.N., Goh, G.Y. (2021). Archaeological Approaches and Possibilities in Humanities/Social Science Education in Singapore. In: Sim, T.Y., Sim, H.H. (eds) Fieldwork in Humanities Education in Singapore. Studies in Singapore Education: Research, Innovation & Practice, vol 2. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8233-2_8
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