Social studies and citizenship for participation in Singapore: How one state seeks to influence its citizens

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 743-761

  Sim, Jasmine B Y ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

centralised curriculum; citizenship education; common good; participation; Singapore; social studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858436740     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2011.635103     Document Type: Article

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