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Family matters : the role of parents in Singapore education / Lana Khong Yiu Lan.
LIBRA LC225.33.S55 K46 2004
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khong, Lana Yiu Lan.
- Series:
- Teaching and learning series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Home and school--Singapore.
- Home and school.
- Parenting--Singapore.
- Parenting.
- Education--Singapore.
- Education.
- Singapore.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 218 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2004.
- Summary:
- Lan (policy and management studies, National Institute of Education, Singapore) examines the part that parents, especially mothers, play in the education of primary school children in Singapore. She draws attention to the presence of multiple social realities of parents by using a case study approach to detail the circumstances of a relatively privileged sample of mothers in Singapore. The book also looks at the current conditions of education in Singapore schools, and at the role social relationships play in enhancing educational success for children. The book is distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Singapore schools today : survival of the fittest
- The research framework
- The families
- Mothers who manage : proactive parenting
- Mothers on the margin : passive parenting
- Proactive and passive parenting
- Social relationships : the role of social capital
- Discussion and implications.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9812103198
- OCLC:
- 56102359
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