Special Programme in Inquiry and REsearch (SPIRE)
Explore how NJC students design and carry out their own research projects, guided by teachers, across sciences, mathematics, humanities, and innovation.
Special Programme in Inquiry and REsearch (SPIRE)
Specialised Programme in Inquiry and Research (SPIRE) is our signature programme under Research@NJC where students conduct their self-designed critical inquiry project under the mentorship of a teacher mentor in specialised disciplines (e.g. material science, computational science, mathematical modelling and product design) within the Sciences, Mathematics, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Innovation.
SPIRE is conducted in 3 phases – Research Design Phase, Experimentation Phase and Communication Phase. Through this programme, students gain invaluable learning opportunities in crafting a research problem via close analysis of the knowledge schema in a particular academic field through critical reading of existing literature, designing feasible experimental protocol and actualising their plans through collaborative experimental work. Students will culminate their SPIRE journey through a formal professional presentation and a thesis report of their work to their peers and a wider audience.