Hybridity, the Developmental State and Globalisation: The Case of Singapore's Universities

Autor/inn/en	Loke, Hoe Yeong; Chia, Yeow-Tong; Gopinathan, S.
Titel	Hybridity, the Developmental State and Globalisation: The Case of Singapore's Universities
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 42 (2017) 10, S.1887-1898 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2017.1376874
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Global Approach; Universities; Educational Development; Content Analysis; Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; Social Values; Regional Characteristics; Educational History; Institutional Mission; Educational Objectives; Cultural Context; Competition; Educational Practices; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Globales Denken; University; Universität; Bildungsentwicklung; Inhaltsanalyse; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerverhalten; Sozialer Wert; Regionaler Faktor; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Wettkampf; Bildungspraxis; Singapur
Abstract	This article revisits Gopinathan's and Lee's and Gopinathan's arguments about the relationship and role of the developmental state and education in the era of globalisation. The paper first discusses the role and impact of the developmental state and globalisation on Singapore's higher education since 1990 to set the context. Drawing upon documentary evidence and interviews with four key academic staff at the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, the paper discusses the issues of East-West hybridity in Singapore's higher education. The central contradiction in the Singapore case is that while Singapore has been known for being the progenitor of the Asian Values debate of the 1990s, which drew much from Confucian ideas, Singapore's universities have never drawn inspiration from Confucianism and Asian Values in the same way other Asian universities have. The explanation is that the Asian Values debate was really a political project, rather than that pertaining to a deep-seated cultural identity. In any case, how one reconciles an understanding of this apparent contradiction lies at the root of case of hybridity in Singapore's universities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01