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Constructing the cosmopolitan subject: Teaching secondary school literature in Singapore
Citation
Poon, A. M. C. (2010). Constructing the cosmopolitan subject: Teaching secondary school literature in Singapore. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 30(1), 31-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/02188790903503577
Abstract
This article discusses the ambitious educational reforms of the Singapore government in response to the challenges of globalization vis-à-vis the specific issues arising from the case of teaching Literature in secondary schools. It shows how the Singapore state is invested in a particular view of globalization and argues how recent scholarly moves to recuperate the notion of cosmopolitanism may provide an alternative view. Turning to cosmopolitanism as an intellectual and ethical goal when considering curricular changes to Literature may also help revitalize the subject and garner a more significant role for it in the scripting of Singapore as a nation and global city for the future.
Date Issued
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Journal
Asia Pacific Journal of Education
DOI
10.1080/02188790903503577