Citizenship education has been, in some form, an overarching goal of public schooling
historically in every society, as it is in Singapore today. The introduction of social studies as …

Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, citizenship education has been revived as a
theoretical discourse and focus for pedagogical enquiry, with specific concern for practice in …

Political involvement in education has been inevitable from the start of Singapore's
nationhood. Her independent statehood was undesired, fraught as she was with the twin …

Human beings are not born with an innate allegiance to their nation. Like all other identities
that are inculcated through intricate webs of socialization, a citizen has to be taught the …

Unabated economic, social, and political disparities continue to plague contemporary
Philippine society despite the ongoing democratization project. Access to basic services …

At present, there are seven main citizenship concepts in general–namely, classical
citizenship (Athen's citizenship as office-bearer), liberal citizenship (human right to be …

Abstract _Education in the Global City_ examines education in Singapore through the
critical lens of 'manufacturing'. The book brings together two disparate fields which inform …

For citizenship education in the 21st century, globalization increasingly presents a new
challenge and a new opportunity. Since the time when nationalism played a critical role in …

With the recent proliferation of scholarship on citizenship and global citizenship education,
one would assume that we have a clear and comprehensive understanding of the concepts …

In this paper we discuss the idea of national education in Singapore. National education,
broadly speaking, is a civics programme which seeks to instil a sense of place, identity and …