An analysis of attainment grouping policy in Singapore
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DOI: 10.1002/berj.4080
Abstract: This paper extends the scholarship on attainment grouping by focusing on the policy initiatives of streaming and subject‐based banding (SBB) in Singapore. The study is framed by the concept of pragmatic perfectionism, which refers to… read more here.
Keywords: grouping policy; analysis attainment; policy; singapore ... See more keywords
Innovations in practice: Adaptation of developmental and behavioral pediatric service in a tertiary center in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2020.09.003
Abstract: Background As the coronavirus 2019 pandemic continues, healthcare services need to adapt to continue providing optimal and safe services for patients. We detail our adaptive framework as a large Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics service in… read more here.
Keywords: innovations practice; developmental behavioral; service tertiary; service ... See more keywords
Southeast Asia. Sarong kebaya: Peranakan fashion in an interconnected world, 1500–1950 By Peter Lee Singapore: Asian Civilisations Museum, 2014. Pp. 352. Maps, Plates, Notes, Bibliography, Index.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022463417000364
Abstract: Sarong kebaya: Peranakan fashion in an interconnected world, 1500-1950 By PETER LEE Singapore: Asian Civilisations Museum, 2014. Pp. 352. Maps, Plates, Notes, Bibliography, Index. The subject of 'oriental textiles' or textiles of the 'oriental trade'… read more here.
Keywords: peranakan fashion; trade; sarong kebaya; fashion ... See more keywords
Singapore. Studying Singapore before 1800 Edited by Kwa Chong Guan and Peter Borschberg Singapore: NUS Press, 2018. Pp. 408. Maps, Illustrations, Index.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022463419000456
Abstract: This collected volume of 18 chapters is unique in its demonstration of evolving Singapore historiography from the 1920s to the present, with a focus on pre-1819 British Singapore. The book consists of re-publications of significant… read more here.
Keywords: court; kwa chong; chong guan; historiography ... See more keywords
Research in English language teaching and learning in Singapore: 2017–2023
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DOI: 10.1017/s0261444825000114
Abstract: Abstract This review on English language teaching (ELT) in Singapore examines 159 empirical research studies published between 2017 and 2023 in both internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals and less well-known regional journals. With this comprehensive review,… read more here.
Keywords: english language; language; research; 2017 2023 ... See more keywords
Hybridity, the developmental state and globalisation: the case of Singapore’s universities
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DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2017.1376874
Abstract: This article revisits Gopinathan’s and Lee’s and Gopinathan’s arguments about the relationship and role of the developmental state and education in the era of globalisation. The paper first discusses the role and impact of the… read more here.
Keywords: globalisation; case; developmental state; singapore ... See more keywords
Middleman Minority Nation: A New Conceptualisation of the State in Singapore
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DOI: 10.1080/10357823.2024.2307611
Abstract: ABSTRACT The Singaporean state is often conceptualised as neoliberal, but I argue that this conceptualisation is mistaken. While Singapore embraces the neoliberal ‘all you have is yourself’ ethos, I contend, the state does not apply… read more here.
Keywords: middleman minority; nation; conceptualisation; singapore ... See more keywords
Mixing race, nation, and ethnicity in Asia and Australasia
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DOI: 10.1080/13504630.2018.1500162
Abstract: Mixing race, nation, and ethnicity in Asia and Australasia Zarine L. Rocha, Farida Fozdar, Kristel Anne Acedera and Brenda S. A. Yeoh Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; School of Social Sciences,… read more here.
Keywords: singapore singapore; race nation; nation ethnicity; asia ... See more keywords
Anantharaman Vathsala, BS, MD, FRCP, FAMS: Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, National University Centre for Organ Transplantation, National University Hospital, Singapore
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DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000002233
Abstract: You have been internationally trained, attending Medical School at Vanderbilt, and training in Internal Medicine in Singapore, Houston and Cornell. How did this international education shape your work in Singapore? AV: I feel very privileged… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; national university; school; transplantation ... See more keywords
Safeguarding sustenance: Singapore’s strategic commitment to enhancing food security through advancing food research and innovation
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2024.0164
Abstract: The article examines Singapore’s proactive approach to addressing its food security challenges amid limited natural resources and external pressures such as climate change and global market volatility. In light of the ‘30 by 30’ goal,… read more here.
Keywords: food; innovation; food security; research ... See more keywords
Signatures of causality and determinism in a quantum theory of events
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DOI: 10.1103/physreva.105.l010202
Abstract: Aditya Iyer, Eduardo O. Dias, and Vlatko Vedral Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco 50670-901, Brazil Centre for Quantum… read more here.
Keywords: singapore; signatures causality; physics; determinism quantum ... See more keywords