It’s no secret that Singapore is widely lauded for its academic performance rates in schools. Singapore consistently flaunts top-tier results in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). According to recent PISA 2022 findings, a...

We've long been turning education on its head in Singapore – in all the best ways, of course. So reading this recent article in Channel News Asia was a much-appreciated affirmation that we’ve been long doing the things now recognised as the path...

There exists an unspoken assumption – that the acquisition of knowledge, regardless of personal interest, is inherently valuable.  Yet, as personal anecdotes and research from psychologists like Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang suggest, the...

Innovation – it's the buzzword that echoes through the world of education, excited as we are as a society, in general, about the advancements we’re creating in this modern era. On the face of it, the idea of innovation promises a brighter future. ...

When we think about schools or learning spaces, it’s never just the subjects or the teachers that shape our experiences.  At Imagine If we know this very well–we’ve always aspired to push the envelope on what it means to be really fulfilled...

Parenting: a crossroads many of us find ourselves at eventually, somewhere between asserting control and giving our children the space they need to flourish. “Good parenting” –who’s to say what that even is? From developmental psychologist Alison...

The battle of wills between teacher and student, and even parent and child, is one that is age-old.  Beneath that brews a powerful shift in the way we understand the children in our care by leaning into a relinquishment of control.  We know–this is...

The answer is invariably: yes.  Psychologist and Harvard professor Rebecca Rolland recently shed light on this issue–suggesting that the absence of genuine connections, caused by a lack of parental cultivation and the imposition of unrealistic...

We’ve been no strangers to the fight to legitimise the idea of ‘inclusivity’ in the Singaporean educational landscape and beyond, doing so right from within our doors at Imagine If.  We have always emphasised that when we say inclusive, we mean it....