Racialised Education in Singapore |
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Authors: | Michael D Barr |
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Institution: | (1) School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, 4072, QLD, Australia |
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Abstract: | The Singapore education system plays a central role in the mythology of the young country’s nation building project. The education
system is portrayed as the cradle of Singapore’s multiracialism, fostering racial harmony and understanding. Yet this historical
study of primary school English textbooks from the 1970s to the present reveals that since the beginning of the 1980s they
have been systemically designed in such a way that they evoke high levels of racial consciousness, and at their worst have
displayed a pro-Chinese bias that has deprived non-Chinese children of inspiring role models. This study helps to explain
the results of recent sociological research that has cast doubt on the effectiveness of the Singapore education system as
an instrument for promoting racial harmony. |
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Keywords: | English textbooks ethnicity multiracialism pedagogy primary school race racism Singapore stereotyping teaching English |
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