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Education in Singapore

People-Making and Nation-Building

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Editors:
  1. Yew-Jin Lee

    1. National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

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  • Provides wide spectrum of up-to-date information about educational sectors, policies, and school subjects in Singapore
  • Contains many scholarly introductions to education in Singapore
  • Presents a comprehensive and valuable resource written by select team of local and international experts

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Yew-Jin Lee
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Next Phase of Developments in Singapore’s ECCE: Quality in the Best Interest of All Children?

    • Sirene May-Yin Lim, Chee Wah Sum
    Pages 11-31

  4. Inclusive Education for Children with Special Educational Needs in Singapore Schools

    • Kenneth K. Poon
    Pages 33-47

  5. Primary and Secondary Education in Singapore: Bringing Out the Best in Every Learner

    • Jeanne Ho, Yew-Jin Lee
    Pages 49-68

  6. Post-secondary Education in Singapore

    • Trivina Kang
    Pages 69-85

  7. Higher Education in Singapore: Perspectives and Future Orientation

    • Horn Mun Cheah, Laura Lyn Lee
    Pages 87-116

  8. Post-secondary Education Institutions Internships—The Singapore Experience

    • Shien Chue, Ethan Pang, Priscilla Pang, Yew-Jin Lee
    Pages 117-129

  9. The Dynamic Landscape of Adult Education in Singapore

    • Helen Bound, Zan Chen
    Pages 131-149

  10. The Texture and History of Singapore’s Education Meritocracy

    • Charleen Chiong
    Pages 151-168

  11. From Meritocracy to Parentocracy, and Back

    • Vincent Chua, Kelvin K. C. Seah
    Pages 169-186

  12. Education for the Minority Malay Community in Singapore: A Sociological Perspective

    • Mohamad Shamsuri Juhari
    Pages 187-207

  13. The Dynamic Interplay Between Curriculum and Context: Revisions in Response to National, Societal, and Contextual Needs

    • Christina Ratnam-Lim Tong Li, Lucy Oliver Fernandez
    Pages 209-225

  14. School Leadership in Decentralized Centralism of Singapore Education

    • Salleh Hairon, Soon How Loh
    Pages 227-241

  15. Assessment Reforms in Singapore

    • Kelvin Heng Kiat Tan
    Pages 243-260

  16. Chinese Language Education and Assessment Policy in Singapore (1965–2021)

    • Yun-Yee Cheong
    Pages 261-280

  17. Key Developments in English Education in Singapore from the Post-independence Period to the Present

    • Suzanne S. Choo, Alexius Chia, Caroline Chan
    Pages 281-299

  18. Innovating Towards Reading Excellence in the Singapore English Language Curriculum

    • Chin Ee Loh, Elizabeth Pang
    Pages 301-317

  19. Paths to a Whole: Placing Music Education in Singapore

    • E. I. Dairianathan
    Pages 319-342

  20. The Coherence Between Policy Initiatives and Physical Education Developments in Nation-Building

    • Steven Kwang San Tan, Shern Meng Tan, Connie Huat Neo Yeo, Liang Han Wong
    Pages 343-361
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About this book

This edited book is a comprehensive resource for understanding the history as well as the current status of educational practices in Singapore. It is a one-stop reference guide to education and educational issues/concerns here. There are three sections: Part 1 provides a sectorial overview of how education has been organized in this country such as preschool, special needs, primary and secondary, and adult education divisions. In Part 2, contributors critically delve into issues and policies that are pertinent to understanding education here such as underachievement, leadership, language education, assessment, and meritocracy to question what Part 1 might have taken for granted. Part 3 contains the largest number of contributors because it offers a scholarly examination into specific subject histories. This section stands out because of the comparative rarity of its subject matter (history of Physical Education, Art, Music, Geography Education, etc.) in Singapore.       

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Yew-Jin Lee

About the editor

Yew-Jin Lee is Associate Professor at National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technology University in Singapore. As a trained science educator, he has done extensive work on comparative curriculum research and science education in East Asia, especially at the elementary level of schooling. He has also been consulted by various international organizations such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the Singapore Temasek Foundation for development projects around the world. In 2008, he received a Fulbright Academic Exchange award to study urban science education in New York with the City University of New York and he is currently part of the Science Expert Group planning for the OECD PISA 2025.

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