Education, Culture and the Singapore Developmental State

1. Education and the Developmental State: The Importance of Culture
Yeow-Tong Chia

2. Education, the Colonial State and the Crisis of Merdeka
Yeow-Tong Chia

3. Crisis of National Survival: The Sudden Birth of a Republic and the Rise of the Developmental State
Yeow-Tong Chia

4. The Crisis of “Deculturalization” and the Invention of “Asian Values”
Yeow-Tong Chia

5. The Crises of Legitimacy and National Identity and the Intensification of Asian Values: From Religious Knowledge to “Shared Values”
Yeow-Tong Chia

6. The Crisis of Historical Amnesia and the “National Education” Response
Yeow-Tong Chia

7. The Crisis of National Security and Social Cohesion: National Education Institutionalized in Curriculum
Yeow-Tong Chia

8. Final Thoughts on the “World-Soul” of Singapore: Education, Culture and the Making of the Developmental State
Yeow-Tong Chia

Keywords: Education, History of Education, Sociology of Education, Asian Culture, Education Policy, Educational Policy and Politics, Asian History