Civic Disparities: Exploring Students' Perceptions of Citizenship within Singapore's Academic Tracks

Autor/inn/en	Ho, Li-Ching; Alviar-Martin, Theresa; Sim, Jasmine B.-Y.; Yap, Pui San
Titel	Civic Disparities: Exploring Students' Perceptions of Citizenship within Singapore's Academic Tracks
Quelle	In: Theory and Research in Social Education, 39 (2011) 2, S.203-237 (35 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0093-3104
Schlagwörter	Citizenship; Student Attitudes; Democracy; Citizenship Education; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Secondary School Students; Student Role; Track System (Education); Academic Education; Vocational Education; Outcomes of Education; Knowledge Level; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerschaft; Schülerverhalten; Demokratie; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Sekundarschüler; Leistungsgruppe; Leistungsdifferenzierung; Akademische Bildung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Wissensbasis; Singapur
Abstract	Drawing on individual interviews with 62 students from three secondary schools, the authors of this study investigate how Singapore students from different educational tracks understand their role as citizens in a democracy. In contrast to most countries, the constitutionally democratic state of Singapore explicitly assigns separate citizenship roles to students from different education tracks. Premised on the principle of meritocracy, the Singapore state has also developed separate citizenship education programs incorporating different values, skills, and knowledge for students from the academic and vocational tracks. The study illustrates sharp disparities in how citizenship and democracy is conceptualized by students from the different education tracks. The differences in civic efficacy, learning outcomes, knowledge, and skills also closely parallel the different goals of the social studies and citizenship education programs for students from the academic and vocational tracks. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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