Overview
- Systematically analyzes the nature and character of the Singapore curriculum within the context of the system’s current aspirations and reform initiatives
- Examines how reform initiatives reflect, on the one hand global features and tendencies, and, on the other, distinct national traditions, concerns and practices
- Details challenges that concern policymakers and reformers in Singapore and are also of interest to policymakers, educators, and researchers in other countries
Part of the book series: Education Innovation Series (EDIN)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Globalization, Curriculum Reform, Vision and Discourses
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Translating Reform Initiatives into Programmes, School Subjects and Operational Frameworks
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Enacting Reform Initiatives in Classrooms
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International, Comparative and Future Perspectives
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Keywords
About this book
This volume provides a multi-faceted and critical analysis of the Singapore curriculum in relation to globalization. First, it details reform initiatives established by the Singapore government to meet the challenges posed by globalization. Next, Globalization and the Singapore Curriculum presents how these reforms have been translated into programs, school subjects and operational frameworks and then examines, in turn, how well these have been implemented in schools and classrooms across the country.
Through this examination, the book reveals how the initiatives, together with their curricular translation and classroom enactment, reflect on the one hand global features and tendencies and, on the other, distinct national traditions, concerns and practices. It brings to light a set of issues, problems and challenges that not only concern policymakers, educators and reformers in Singapore but also those in other countries as well.
Written by curriculum scholars, policy analysts, researchers and teacher educators, Globalization and the Singapore Curriculum offers an up-to-date reference for postgraduate students, scholars and researchers in the areas of curriculum and instruction, comparative education, educational sociology, educational policy and leadership in Singapore, the Asia Pacific region and beyond. It also offers a vital contribution to the story of modern education around the globe: providing international students, scholars and researchers valuable insights into curriculum and curriculum reform for the 21st century.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Globalization and the Singapore Curriculum
Book Subtitle: From Policy to Classroom
Editors: Zongyi Deng, S Gopinathan, Christine Kim-Eng Lee
Series Title: Education Innovation Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4451-57-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-4451-56-7Published: 10 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1160-3Published: 18 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-981-4451-57-4Published: 27 November 2013
Series ISSN: 2211-4874
Series E-ISSN: 2211-4882
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 279
Number of Illustrations: 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Curriculum Studies, International and Comparative Education, Educational Policy and Politics