'Our Students Do Not Get That Equal Chance': Teachers' Perspectives of Meritocracy

Autor/in	Ho, Li-Ching
Titel	'Our Students Do Not Get That Equal Chance': Teachers' Perspectives of Meritocracy
Quelle	In: Cambridge Journal of Education, 51 (2021) 2, S.173-193 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ho, Li-Ching)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-764X
DOI	10.1080/0305764X.2020.1796927
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Teacher Attitudes; Equal Education; Secondary School Teachers; Social Studies; Social Systems; Government School Relationship; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lehrerverhalten; Gemeinschaftskunde; Social system; Soziales System; Singapur
Abstract	This study explores how Singapore social studies, geography and history teachers make meaning of the concept of meritocracy and its role in the education system. The findings indicate the participants simultaneously adopted "and" challenged the meritocratic values and beliefs promoted by the Singapore state. The teachers strongly believed that the principle of meritocracy helped promote educational and social equality, but they were also deeply concerned about the limitations of meritocracy and the impact of structural and institutional inequalities on educational equality. Even though most participants were able to identify and critique structural inequities and explain how this could affect students' academic achievement, their awareness of the limitations of the meritocratic system did "not" undermine their belief in the system of meritocracy and they could not envisage alternative systems for determining educational access and equality. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01