The Elusive Goal of Nation Building: Asian/Confucian Values and Citizenship Education in Singapore During The 1980s

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 383-402

  Chia, Yeow Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asian values; citizenship education; civics education; Confucian values; moral education; nation building; religious education; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865807505     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: 14678527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071005.2011.591288     Document Type: Article

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