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Opportunities and Challenges to Human Flourishing -- Biographical Learning Experiences of ITE Graduates in Singapore
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Siao See Teng; Heidi Layne – Learning: Research and Practice, 2024
In the performative meritocracy of Singapore where academic achievement is seen as the key to success in the society, vocational education is seen as inferior in the education system. This paper examines the educational experiences of vocational youths who went through the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), an institution that is often not…
Descriptors: Opportunities, Barriers, Well Being, Foreign Countries
Getting Ahead in Singapore: How Neighborhoods, Gender, and Ethnicity Affect Enrollment into Elite Schools
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Chua, Vincent; Swee, Eik Leong; Wellman, Barry – Sociology of Education, 2019
Is education the social leveler it promises to be? Nowhere is this question better addressed than in Singapore, the emblematic modern-day meritocracy where education has long been hailed as the most important ticket to elite status. In particular, what accounts for gender and ethnic gaps in enrollment into Singapore's elite junior colleges--the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Two Year Colleges, Neighborhoods
Taking Human Capital Investment Seriously: Reflections on Educational Reform
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Kang, Trivina – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2004
This paper presents the 2002 Junior College/Upper Secondary Review in Singapore in the context of the nation-state's commitment to human capital investment. It discusses how these changes have led to a radically altered upper secondary educational landscape through the implementation of the Integrated Programme, the establishment of Specialized…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Two Year Colleges, Educational Change, Foreign Countries