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Abstract. With an increasingly diverse Singapore population, there is a need to consider if Singapore teachers are sufficiently equipped with the relevant skills and knowledge to cater to the needs of a more diverse student population.
29 paź 2015 · In contrast, Singapore, because of its colonial origins, was a multicultural society long before it became a modern nation-state. For this reason multiculturalism is deeply entrenched in the society, not only in the private and everyday lives of Singaporeans, but also in its governance.
16 lis 2016 · In this chapter, I critically examine the approach toward multicultural citizenship education adopted by the Singapore government through an analysis of national curriculum documents and texts, and semi-structured interviews with students from three secondary schools.
As a multi-religious society, Singapore protects the freedom to practise religion while maintaining harmony among the various faiths. Inter-religious harmony is essential for a densely populated city-state like Singapore, ranked the world’s most religiously diverse country in a 2014 Pew survey.
The literature review identified three major approaches to teaching culturally diverse students through culturally relevant education: multicultural education (ME), culturally responsive teaching (CRT), and culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP).
As a city-state, Singapore constitutes an urban nation, or urban city-state—and an urban school system—that is employing educational policy and programs to successfully enhance social cohesion and advance social mobility among its multicultural citizenry.
1 paź 2016 · The cosmopolitan landscape of the riverfront has been designed to fit in with the Singapore context as a multicultural society in its colonial period and a modern cosmopolitan nation state in...
