Learning from Singapore

The Power of Paradoxes
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-92690-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 462 g

Reihe: Routledge Leading Change Series

Learning from Singapore tells the inside story of the country’s journey in transforming its education system from a struggling one to one that is hailed internationally as effective and successful. It is a story not of the glory of international test results, but of the hard work and tenacity of a few generations of policy makers, practitioners and teacher trainers. Despite its success, Singapore continues to reform its education system, and is willing to deal with difficult issues and challenges of change. Citing Singapore's transformation, author Pak Tee Ng highlights how context and culture affect education policy formulation and implementation. Showing how difficult education reform can be when a system needs to negotiate between competing philosophies, significant trade-offs, or paradoxical positions, this book explores the successes and struggles of the Singapore system and examines its future direction and areas of tension. The book also explores how national education systems can be strengthened by embracing the creative tensions generated by paradoxes such as the co-existence of timely change and timeless constants, centralisation and decentralisation, meritocracy and compassion, and teaching less and learning more. Learning from Singapore brings to the world the learning from Singapore—what Singapore has learned from half a century of educational change—and encourages every education system to bring hope to and secure a future for the next generation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ng, Pak Tee

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Learning from Singapore: The Power of Paradoxes

Acknowledgements

I. Background and Introduction

- Introduction: The Paradoxical Pictures of Singapore

- Singapore and its Education System

II. The Four Paradoxes

- Paradox 1: Timely Change, Timeless Constants

- Paradox 2: Compassionate Meritocracy

- Paradox 3: Centralised Decentralisation

- Paradox 4: Teach Less, Learn More

III. The Four Dreams

- Dream 1: Every School, a Good School

- Dream 2: Every Student, an Engaged Learner

- Dream 3: Every Teacher, a Caring Educator

- Dream 4: Every Parent, a Supportive Partner

IV. Conclusion

- Lessons from Singapore

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pak Tee Ng is Associate Dean, Leadership Learning at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.