In the past few years, Singapore schools are undergoing changes to

prepare our young for the Knowledge-based economy. National Institute

of Education (NIE), who is responsible for conducting educational

research and teacher training in the country, is faced with the challenges of recommending changes based on research evidence and making real impacts in schools. Knowledge Building approach was introduced to the schools in this context. Like in any other educational research projects, one of the challenges is to scale up the approach for its implementation in more schools. Our experience shows that one viable method is through the synergistic effort among researchers in NIE, the Ministry of Education (MOE), and school teachers. We exploit the close relationship between NIE and MOE to conduct research in authentic contexts (school environment), the results of which then provide direct feedback to our teacher training curriculum. We believe our model has the potential to achieve sustainability and scalability of research-proven effective practices in schools.