David Hogan is currently an Honorary Professor in the School of Education at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. From 2010 through 2013 he was Professor and Principal Research Scientist at the National Institute of Education (NIE) in Singapore. Before that he was Professor and Dean, Office of Education Research, NIE (2005-2008), and before that again Professor and Dean, Centre for Research on Pedagogy and Practice, NIE (2005-2008).
The findings reported in this paper are drawn from a 4 year research program funded by the National Institute of Education, Singapore,
For a more detailed report on instructional practice in Singapore, see David Hogan*, Melvin Chan, Ridzuan Rahim, Dennis Kwek, Khin Maung Aye, Siok Chen Loo, Yee Zher Sheng, Wenshu Luo, "Assessment and the logic of instructional practice in Secondary 3 English and mathematics classrooms in Singapore," Review in Education, 1,1, Feb. 2013