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Singapore's student-centred, values-driven education system
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Book chapter
Citation
Lee, S.-S., Chia, A., Pereira, A., & Tay, L. Y. (2022). Singapore's student-centred, values-driven education system. In J. Lee & K. K. Wong (Eds.), Centering whole-child development in global education reform: International perspectives on agendas for educational equity and quality (pp. 102-122). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003202714-9
Abstract
The “Student-centred, Values-driven” vision, articulated in 2011, marked a significant shift in the Singapore education system to a heightened emphasis on values, social emotional competencies, character development at the center of students’ educational experiences, and whole-child development. This vision embraces a “broad and inclusive” approach to education and a desire to support all students to succeed and achieve their fullest potential. This chapter describes key developments which accompanied the Student-centred, Values-driven vision with a particular emphasis on how teacher professional learning needed to be re-positioned in order to complement the vision. The chapter describes how Morgan School—one of four publicly-funded specialized independent schools set up to cater to students’ different aspirations—designed conditions for a school-based learning approach. Narratives from Morgan School describe the complexity and nuances between the school’s and teachers’ understandings of conditions that support professional learning. Based on lessons learned from Morgan School, the chapter postulates that the Student-centred, Values-driven vision has created a social-cultural environment in schools that drives professional learning by nurturing community building, strengthening teacher leaders, and promoting teacher agency and partnerships toward the goal of whole-child development.
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Date Issued
2022
ISBN
978100320271-4
Publisher
Routledge