Education, Culture and the Singapore Developmental State [electronic resource] : World-Soul Lost and Regained? /
Chia, Y.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Foreword by Wing On Lee; Acknowledgements; 1 Education and the Developmental State: The Importance of Culture; 2 Education, the Colonial State and the Crisis of Merdeka; 3 Crisis of National Survival: The Sudden Birth of a Republic and the Rise of the Developmental State; 4 The Crisis of "Deculturalization" and the Invention of "Asian Values"; 5 The Crises of Legitimacy and National Identity and the Intensification of Asian Values: From Religious Knowledge to "Shared Values"; 6 The Crisis of Historical Amnesia and the "National Education" Response
7 The Crisis of National Security and Social Cohesion: National Education Institutionalized in Curriculum8 Final Thoughts on the "World-Soul" of Singapore: Education, Culture and the Making of the Developmental State; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Education—History.
Educational sociology.
Ethnology—Asia.
Education and state.
Educational policy.
Asia—History.
History of Education.
Sociology of Education.
Asian Culture.
Education Policy.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Asian History.