Doing class analysis in Singapore's elite education: unravelling the smokescreen of 'meritocratic talk'

Globalisation, Societies and Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 196-210

  Koh, Aaron ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

education and social class; elite schools; meritocracy; Singapore education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898749585     PISSN: 14767724     EISSN: 14767732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2014.888308     Document Type: Article

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