We had 71 projects from 20 local schools and 10 overseas schools with more than 200 participants participating in this year's e-IHS:
Bukit Panjang Govt High School
Hwa Chong Institution
Junyuan Secondary School
Manjusri Secondary School
Maris Stella High School
Marsiling Secondary School
Nan Chiau High School
National Junior College
Naval Base Secondary School
Queensway Secondary School
Bukit Panjang Govt High School
Hwa Chong Institution
Junyuan Secondary School
Manjusri Secondary School
Maris Stella High School
Marsiling Secondary School
Nan Chiau High School
National Junior College
Naval Base Secondary School
Queensway Secondary School
Cita Hati Christian School West (Indonesia)
Chu Van An High School (Vietnam)
High School for Gifted Students in Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam)
Kanazawa University Fuzoku Senior High School (Japan)
Korea Science Academy of KAIST (South Korea)
Mahidol Wittayanusorn School (Thailand)
Manzoumeh Kherad Institute (Iran)
Philippine Science High School - Main Campus (Philippines)
Ritsumeikan Junior & Senior High School (Japan)
West Aurora High School (USA)
The e-IHS 2021 Committee sincerely thanks all the participants and teachers for being a part of this year's e-IHS.
Migrant workers in Singapore, who have been contributing to our country greatly, still face challenges such as not feeling accepted by the local public and surviving without their families, which may remind them that they are not truly at home in Singapore. However, they have adapted to these challenges by forming a support system with their friends and co-workers and by gravitating towards their respective ethnic enclaves in order to attempt to adapt better to the multicultural and multiracial environment, further enabling them to integrate within our community better. This raises the question of whether these ethnic enclaves allow migrants to feel a sense of belonging, and to what extent. Our project is thus centred on the multi-dimensional concept of sense of place where we make use of Shamai’s seven-level scale to identify factors that affect one’s sense of place, ultimately allowing us to conclude on whether migrants in the chosen ethnic enclave, Little India, feel a sense of belonging. We adopted the methods of focus group discussions and land-use studies to obtain qualitative and quantitative data on the experiences of migrants and the physical environment of Little India respectively to obtain our findings. Our research suggests that multiple aspects of Little India such as the similarity in the architecture of religious sites, shops and restaurants catering to them in cuisine, affordability, absence of language barriers and more play a critical role in helping these workers feel a deeper sense of belonging in Singapore.
With the number of COVID19 cases on the rise in Vietnam again, controversies surrounding education and finances also surged. Yet little has been discussed regarding students' mental health: much emphasis is put on how students must proceed with their studies at home, but not on how they can mentally adapt to these new settings. This study will investigate the psychological problems that the students go through as they are confined in their own homes in this pandemic, followed by methodologies to help learners ages from 12 to 18 mentally adjust to the hardships that stems from the effects of Covid-19.
In order to achieve the research's goal, the team will utilize both observational and derived data. The information comes from various methods such as interviews and data from previous studies.
There are attempts to bring the issue of secondary and high school learners’ mental health during Covid-19 to the light, but they are often dismissed by the public. The students expect to recommend possible improvements regarding how students are treated in hopes to contribute to a healthy mindset in the younger generation.
In The Greatest Showman, Pocahontas and Road to El Dorado, historical occurrences have been significantly whitewashed and desensitised in favour of entertainment value. The movies we evaluated all share a common audience: children and families, with the age ratings and delivery taken into consideration. As such, many will fail to see beyond the lighthearted humour and catchy music, and fail to understand the cruel realities of colonialism. When history is downplayed to such an extent, we see that the suffering of the colonies at the receiving end of exploitation, or of the stakeholders that have been marginalised and dehumanised, was ultimately not voiced, because they serve a primary role in films of being a profit making device. Films that portray colonialism directly affect people’s perception of it due to the extent of media influence. Therefore, raising awareness about this widespread misinformation would be crucial, as a means to educate the public, giving them a more factually accurate narrative.
We understand that film companies are likely to have underlying motives when making the conscious decision to romanticise colonialism in their media. The incentives of these companies will be investigated in this research project, where we hope to raise awareness on the gravity of colonialism.
Singapore is a crowd favourite among tourists for its local cultural heritage, delicacies and tropical climate. Being the forerunner within South East Asia, many tourists also enjoy the cleanliness and modernity of the green city. However, the Singaporean tourism industry has been largely dependent on foreign tourists. Hence, the industry relies on global travellers for the tourism economy. As an international MICE hub, over 19 million tourists visited Singapore in 2019 alone. Thus, our group project seeks to investigate if cost of tourist attractions do affect number of tourists and how Singapore could aim to reinvent itself with Covid-19 to boost its tourism industry receipts.
“Thinking is the ability of the human brain to operate, by which intelligence is nurtured and thrived” (Professor Edward de Bono). It is the ultimate functional process of thought and perception to find the connecting laws that are the essence of the event and the phenomenon. Therefore, thinking skills in learning are essential approaches to “promote enthusiasm, self-discipline, initiative, and creativity of students”. Applying The Six Thinking Hats method of Edward de Bono on argumentative essays is a way for students to absorb the subject and solve the problem rapidly and effectively. The questions which correspond to the colors of the hats will promote the ability to think and create for students to acquire knowledge and skills in the studying process. Following analysis - synthesis and comparison skills - the topic is built based on the general science and new contributions to The Six Thinking Hats application in the argumentative essays. If used thoroughly, it will bring significant results in fostering students towards comprehensive thinking, diversity, and the ability to cover the issues well.