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.

Autorentext

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

Inhalt

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