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Teo, Tang Wee; Tan, Yong Leng Kelvin – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2020
The science laboratory is a politically entrenched space where complex power relations interplay while social agents learn about the rules and routines to ensure safety, precision and reproducibility in research work. This paper presents a case study of two Singaporean students undergoing apprenticeship in a 3-year school-based School Scientist…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Power Structure, Science Laboratories, Apprenticeships
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Sidhu, Ravinder; Yeoh, Brenda; Chang, Sushila – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2015
This paper investigates the geographic and professional mobility of scientists employed in Singapore's publicly funded research institutes in various techno-and lifescience specialisations. Using Bourdieu's conceptual framework, we analyse the capital portfolios of individual scientists against the structures of power which have informed…
Descriptors: Scientists, Foreign Countries, Occupational Mobility, Social Capital