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How High’s the Water, Mama? A Reflection on Water Resource Education in...

K.N. Irvine Tricia SeowLeong Ka Wai Cheong Sze Ing, Diana "Iconic American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash recalled in song a boyhood experience of watching his parents monitor flood conditions at their...

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‘Little India’: Diverging Destinies in Heritage Spaces

Shaw Brian J."As a colonial legacy of the spatial and political management of immigrant groups, Little India has evolved during Singapore’s post-independence era to service the needs of a developing...

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The Population White Paper: The hidden rationale for Singaporeans’ concern

Kesavan Thangam"Singapore commemorates its golden jubilee this year with a slew of nation-wide events. This celebration serves as a point of reflection for Singapore’s achievement in the past 50 years....

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The Place of History in Multicultural Education

Rahil Ismail"As a multi-disciplinary subject, history education has been perennially a case of interpretative management of narrative mythologies. In this, multicultural education as a reform process...

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(Re)constructing the Nation? Representations of Public Housing in School...

Tricia SeowDiganta DasJulian Chang "Within education literature, scholars have argued that schools play an important role in social reproduction. However the literature on the role of specific subjects...

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Economic Pragmatism and the ‘Schooling’ of Girls in Singapore

Kho Ee Moi"Women in Singapore today are considered by many to be modern, liberated and progressive. They have been accorded many opportunities for education and employment since the 1960s and appear to...

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The Phasing-Out Of Venice In The Social Studies Curriculum: No More Lessons...

Teddy Sim Y.H. "The notion of linking Venice to Singapore is not new. As Singapore reaches 50 years old, books have appeared to question city-state’s survival or its next phase. In the social studies...

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Anxieties Over Singapore Students’ Conceptions About History and The Past

Afandi, Suhaimi Baildon, Mark"Understanding history can be an intellectually challenging task for many students in schools. It requires students to contemplate issues, events and people who had lived...

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Review Essay Of “Jacques de Coutre’s And Matelieff’s Singapore and Johor”:...

Teddy Sim Y.H. "The education and awareness of the pre-Rafflesian Singapore history has seen much progress since the turn of the millennium. First, there is the publication of Early Singapore...

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Why Singapore Succeeded: Applying the Acemoglu and Robinson-Sachs Debate

Goh Chor Boon"Why are some nations rich and some poor? Who are the winners and losers of colonialism and why? These questions have recently gained much attention, not only amongst historians but also...

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