Issues of Citizenship, National Identity and Political Socialization in Singapore: Implications to the Singapore Education System

• Authors: Vicente Chua Reyes
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This inquiry attempts to address the question: How has the Singapore city-state used its education system in integrating three important cornerstones of nation-building? Using selected data from the National Orientations of Singaporeans Survey complemented by policy documents, this article explores three specific questions: (1) How is citizenship education pursued? (2) How is national identity forged? And (3) How is political socialization engendered? The inquiry concludes with challenges that the Singapore education system faces as it tries to address its nation-building project

Keywords

EN

Singapore; Education System; Nation-Building; Citizenship; Identity; Political Socialization

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Studies of Changing Societies
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 2013
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 37-59

Dates

online

2014-11-05

Contributors

author

Vicente Chua Reyes

• Policy and Leadership Studies Group Doctor in Education, Programme Coordinator, Office of Graduate Studies and Professional Learning 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore 637616

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/scs-2014-0174