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Learning from Singapore : the power of paradoxes / Pak Tee Ng.
Van Pelt Library LB2822.84.S56 N4 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ng, Pak Tee, author.
- Series:
- Routledge leading change series
- Routledge Leading Change Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School improvement programs--Singapore.
- School improvement programs.
- Education and state--Singapore.
- Education and state.
- Singapore.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
- Contents:
- I Background and Introduction 1
- 1 Introduction: The Paradoxical Pictures of Singapore 3
- 2 Singapore and Its Education System 19
- II The Four Paradoxes 37
- 3 Paradox 1: Timely Change, Timeless Constants 39
- 4 Paradox 2: Compassionate Meritocracy 59
- 5 Paradox 3: Centralised Decentralisation 75
- 6 Paradox 4: Teach Less, Learn More 91
- III The Four Dreams 113
- 7 Dream 1: Every School, a Good School 115
- 8 Dream 2: Every Student, an Engaged Learner 129
- 9 Dream 3: Every Teacher, a Caring Educator 143
- 10 Dream 4: Every Parent, a Supportive Partner 159
- IV Conclusion 175
- 11 Lessons from Singapore 177.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138926905
- 1138926906
- 9781138926912
- 1138926914
- OCLC:
- 964624494
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