Education, Culture and the Singapore Developmental State

World-Soul Lost and Regained?

Y. Chia (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

263 Seiten

2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-37459-2 (ISBN)

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This book explores the role of education in the formation of the Singapore developmental state. The book provides a historical study of citizenship education in Singapore, whereby a comparative study of history, civics and social studies curricula, and the politics and policies that underpin them are examined.

Yeow-Tong Chia is Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Australia.

1. Education and the Developmental State: Importance of Culture 2. Crisis of National Survival 3. Crisis of 'Deculturalisation' and Invention of 'Asian Values' 4. Intensification of Asian Values 5. Historical Amnesia Crisis and 'National Education' Response 6. National Education Institutionalized in Curriculum 7. Final Thoughts on the 'World-Soul' of Singapore

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.4.2015
Reihe/Serie	Education, Economy and Society
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 263 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-137-37459-4 / 1137374594
ISBN-13	978-1-137-37459-2 / 9781137374592
Zustand	Neuware