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Globalization and the Singapore Curriculum
From Policy to Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
This volume provides a multi-faceted and critical analysis of the Singapore curriculum in relation to globalization. First, it details reform initiatives established by the Singapore government to meet the challenges posed by globalization. Next, Globalization and the Singapore Curriculum presents...
Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore
Efforts and Possibilities
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018
This book presents the experiences of Chinese Language researchers in Singapore to Chinese Language researchers and teachers in other countries and regions, such as the USA, the UK and Asia, that are home to a large number of learners, young and old. As such, the innovative ideas it provides can be...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
This book provides a one-stop resource for mathematics educators, policy makers and all who are interested in learning more about the why, what and how of mathematics education in Singapore. The content is organized according to three significant and closely interrelated components: the Singapore...
Inquiry into the Singapore Science Classroom
Research and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
This book offers an insight into the research and practices of science teaching and learning in the Singapore classroom, with particular attention paid to how they map on to science as inquiry. It provides a spectrum of Singapore’s science educational practices through all levels of its education...
Quadrilingual Education in Singapore
Pedagogical Innovation in Language Education
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
This book explores Singapore’s language education system. Unlike previous volumes, which discuss the bilingual requirement for learning, it focuses on Singapore’s quadrilingual system, bringing together articles on each of the four languages – English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil – as well as...
Project Quality Management
Critical Success Factors for Buildings
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
The book presents the development of the Construction Quality Assessment System (CONQUAS), Singapore’s de facto quality performance measurement system, explains the application of the Quality Management System (QMS) to manage CONQUAS and identifies 33 critical success factors (CSFs) for achieving...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
This edited volume focuses on how multiculturalism, as statecraft, has had both intended and unintended consequences on Singapore’s various ethnic communities. The contributing authors address and update contemporary issues and developments in the practice of multiculturalism in Singapore by interfacing...
Japanese Contractors in Overseas Markets
Bridging Cultural and Communication Gaps
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2019
This book explores the differences in cultural attributes and management factors to enable managers working for Japanese contractors to reduce misunderstandings and misinterpretations when communicating with project team members from different cultural backgrounds. It focuses on Japanese contractors...
Community-Based Urban Development
Evolving Urban Paradigms in Singapore and Seoul
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2016
The book compares different approaches to urban development in Singapore and Seoul over the past decades, by focusing on community participation in the transformation of neighbourhoods and its impact on the built environment and communal life. Singapore and Seoul are known for their rapid economic...
Teacher Education in the 21st Century
Singapore’s Evolution and Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
This book examines the evolution and innovation of teacher education in Singapore in the 21st century. It covers teacher education reforms in the conceptualising and implementing of the Teacher Education for the 21st Century (TE21) Model and discusses curriculum improvements that are aligned to new...
Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore
Retrospect and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
This collection of articles begins with an overview of the Reviews from past decades, then goes on to describe the current practices, and foretells the possible future developments. This is followed by a discussion of the use of ICT and surveys on several professional aspects of teaching, including...
by Limin Hee
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
This book presents possible alternatives and interpretations to the well established notion in the mostly western discourse on public space. The discourse on public space as understood in the democratic-rationalist tradition, when applied to the Singaporean public space, would offer much criticism...
by Patrick Chin Leong Ng
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
This book makes an original contribution to the fields of sociolinguistics, language planning policy and Chinese language studies. It examines the effectiveness of the Singapore’s Speak Mandarin Campaign in changing the language use of dialect speakers towards Mandarin.Singapore may be only “a...
Construction Quality and the Economy
A Study at the Firm Level
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
This book discusses the relationship between construction quality and the state of the Singapore national economy, and describes how construction quality is affected as contracting firms strategically manage issues relating to profitability and survivability during economic boom and bust cycles.
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