Children's lifeworlds in a global city : Singapore / Li Mei Johannah Soo, Nanthini Karthikeyan, Kam Ming Lim, Clare Bartholomaeus, Nicola Yelland.
2022
HQ792.S55
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Title
Children's lifeworlds in a global city : Singapore / Li Mei Johannah Soo, Nanthini Karthikeyan, Kam Ming Lim, Clare Bartholomaeus, Nicola Yelland.
ISBN
9789811966453 (electronic bk.)
9811966451 (electronic bk.)
9811966443
9789811966446
9811966451 (electronic bk.)
9811966443
9789811966446
Published
Singapore : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 180 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-19-6645-3 doi
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HQ792.S55
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.23095957
Summary
This book examines connections between policy contexts, school experiences and everyday activities of children growing up in the global city of Singapore. In particular, it explores how Singapore children⁰́₉s everyday experiences inside and outside of school shape their orientations towards educational success. Alongside an analysis of school life and educational policies, it also considers children⁰́₉s out-of-school activities, including leisure, homework, and enrichment activities, and connections between these and their school-based activities. The book draws on empirical data from Primary 4 classes in two Singapore schools in the form of student-completed surveys, classroom ethnographies, student responses to a learning dialogues activity, and a re-enactment of one child's out-of-school life, as well as curriculum and policy analysis. It provides readers with an in-depth understanding of Singapore Primary 4 children⁰́₉s experiences inside and outside of school, including the structure of timetables and pedagogical approaches encountered in school lessons, children⁰́₉s enjoyment of activities inside and outside of school, children⁰́₉s engagement and wellbeing at school, and the impact of Singapore⁰́₉s educational policies on children⁰́₉s learning experiences. Moving beyond a simplistic focus on Singapore children⁰́₉s academic performance in international high-stakes testing, the book offers a comprehensive exploration of their lives inside and outside of school. This holistic approach is unique in the Singapore context and contributes to a greater understanding of children⁰́₉s everyday lives in the city.
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Karthikeyan, Nanthini, author.
Lim, Kam Ming, author.
Bartholomaeus, Clare, author.
Yelland, Nicola, 1952- author.
Lim, Kam Ming, author.
Bartholomaeus, Clare, author.
Yelland, Nicola, 1952- author.
Series
Global childhoods in the Asia-Pacific ; volume 2
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CHILDRENS LIFEWORLDS IN A GLOBAL CITY.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Timetabling and routines
Chapter 3. Pedagogical encounters
Chapter 4. School engagement and orientations to success
Chapter 5. School belonging and wellbeing
Chapter 6. Activities outside of school
Chapter 7. Synthesis.
Chapter 2. Timetabling and routines
Chapter 3. Pedagogical encounters
Chapter 4. School engagement and orientations to success
Chapter 5. School belonging and wellbeing
Chapter 6. Activities outside of school
Chapter 7. Synthesis.