Character And Citizenship Education Essay

According to MacIntyre (2007), the basic features of civic humanism are derived from the rise of the large-scale state and decline of the polis. This process has had immense consequences for the conceptual relation between morals and politics. The setting of the moral life is altered to become assessments of men often ruled from far off, living isolated lives in politically powerless communities. (MacIntyre, 2007. 96). It becomes imperative to encourage fellow citizens using words for them to perform actions that are

Washington Irving expertly reflects American history in his piece of 1819 “Rip Van Winkle.” Unbeknownst to Rip Van Winkle, the colonies are now free of British rule as Irving writes, “Here a general shout burst from the bystanders—‘A Tory! a Tory! a spy! A refugee! hustle him! Away with him’” (Matthews, 2007, para. 36). Rip enters the village armed, ignorant of the fact that he presents the look of a loyalist. The question of being a refugee is preferable to accusations of being a Tory, as a colonist refugee would not claim British loyalty which Rip did openly saying “’…And a loyal subject of the king, God bless him’” (Matthews, 2007, para. 35). If Rip had not been justified by one who once knew him, there could have been an

Singapore, unlike most other states and nations, has achieved independence twice: once in 1959 when it was decolonised by the British;1 then again after it was expelled from the Federation of Malaysia in 1965, into which Singapore had integrated in 1963. 2 In contrast to many other independence movements, Singapore’s were not violent; political decisions led to the island nation’s independence in both instances. Nationalism and

Education is like the base that structures societies’ values and morals. Back in the old days, the importance of education was just for the people who want to know more about a particular subject. Furthermore, education was the main interest for the people who want to revolutionize the industry of education. Nonetheless, with capitalism everything has changed. The most important change was the importance of education. Suddenly, huge cooperation took place and required a set of standards for anybody who wants a good job in that system. Thus, of course, more and more people started to realize that education is the only way for them to live in capital societies. Today, collage standards expand and people discovered that some institutes are

This essay will discuss the discrimination against foreign workers working in Singapore. I will be elaborating on how class discrimination has adverse impacts on society on economic level and social levels. I define foreign workers as a group of minority that

Singapore sacrificed civil liberty for the sake of economic development. There is no doubt economic development is important to maintain the national strength and reputation of a country or a city, however Singapore is not worthy for being an authoritarian city. Everything was restricted, mainstream media under government supervision monopolized media industry; citizens would face harsh penalties if they accidentally done something wrong—even chewing gum were banned in Singapore. Living under such kind of society, I don’t think the Singaporeans will feel happy with their life—their access and freedom to obtain information and express views were deprived, even the Internet is free but lawsuits are waiting for the netizens once they posted materials regarded as ‘illegal” by the

Althusser articulates that the dominant ideology ‘interpellates’ people and reduces them to subjects, by diffusing its principles throughout society by means of the Ideological State Apparatuses, including schools, colleges and churches; and the Repressive State Apparatuses, which carry a direct threat of violence, including the judicial system and police force. He argues that these apparatuses shape the beliefs of the masses, while creating an illusion of independent thinking. Contrastingly, the Gramscian concept of hegemony is more humanistic and asserts that the state can assimilate the masses into its worldview only if it takes measures to establish a ‘national popular culture,’ which not only serves as a uniting force in society, but also plays a pivotal role in shaping the ‘common sense’ of the masses, that consists of the “embedded, incoherent and spontaneous beliefs and assumptions” that can facilitate in developing conformist thinking among people belonging different social groups (Brooker, 1999, p.39). For instance, Tham (1996) has illustrated how such hegemonic practices generate faith in the state’s policies in the context of the Singaporean cultural scene. He depicts that the State upholds its policies of pragmatism and multiracialism by awarding equal status to Malay, Chinese

Multiculturalism and multiracialism has become the proud hallmark of Singapore society today. However, the issues that come together with them still seem to plaque the community even after more than five decades. In retrospect, these issues are more protuberant in the implementation level than at the policy-making stage. The way Chua Beng Huat asserted in his paper titled Multiculturalism in Singapore: an instrument of social control, it seems as though multiculturalism and multiracialism are double-edged swords which can cut both ways.

Singapore faces two very crippling issues that are unlikely to be solved internally within the next few years, and as such are left with little choice but to rely on our foreign friends. Let’s look a little deeper.

Barren of natural resources, Singapore depends on its human population for economic survival. Education then becomes a key instrument in promoting the state’s economic development. In 1959, the Ministry of Education issued a report, asserting that, ‘the government’s education policy is designed to equip the youth of the State with

The announcement by the Ministry for Education, Mr Heng Swee Keat, at the Work Plan Seminar 2012 revealed the vision implementing that ‘Every School, A Good School.’ In the school curriculum, Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) is delivered about 20 hours per year in class. A good school is able to provide their students with a strong foundation in education that will nurture them to grow in their character and knowledge. A good school with a positive learning environment should always provide care and concern for their students by providing numerous opportunities for them to develop their skills and knowledge. Hence, it can prepare the students for the future. Thus, for a school to be able to produce successful leaders of Singapore,

From the global electronics crash in 2001 to the 2013 SARS outbreak until the 2007 Global Financial Crisis, Singapore’s export-driven, trade-dependent economy began to suffer from its own success. In a state of desperation due to labour constraints, Singapore relied even more on foreign workers to seize any growth opportunities. While this enabled the nation to recover from the recession, a new problem of an overpopulated foreign workforce raised many concerns in both the public and social sphere. risk of higher crime rates and lower property values. While labour force injections as a means to drive economic growth has been around for many years, it was only after the 2009 recession when the over-dependence on foreign labour for growth was revealed. The 2013 budget statement reported that sectors most reliant on low cost foreign labour lagged behind the most in terms of productivity. Thus, while labour-related policy decisions for economic development were successful in the past, the volatile markets today in addition to the decline of the workforce emphasize are at the core of weak productivity growth -- Their strategies of innovating growth through skill development initiatives focus on (depth rather than breadth) higher levels of expertise as opposed to a greater-sized workforce

"The [Singaporean] government has frequently referred to Singapore 's population as its only natural resource and described education in the vocabulary of resource development” (Lepoer, 1989). The Global Information Technology Report has Singapore as a world leader in the quality of their education as well as Internet access provided to their schools (Dutta, Geiger, & Lanvin, 2015). Singapore has accomplished this by having meticulous outlines on what the public school system looks to accomplish as well as having an eye toward the future. While strict government laws and policies work to enhance the quality of education, they also limit many rights associated with freedoms of speech and expression.

The “Asian Value” debate came to prominence when it was strongly advocated by the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew and also Mahathir Mohamad. Asian Values predicated on the idea that Asian countries have a unique set of institutions and political ideologies that reflect the region's cultures and histories. Although Asia consists of diverse ethnicity and cultures who practice various religions, the core basis of most Asian cultures are similar such as the importance of collectivism and consensus. Asia as a whole lacked a regional institutional mechanism, and because of this ‘Asian Values’ has been interpreted differently by different ethnic and religious groups (Langguth, 2003).

The second salient point of dissimilarity when comparing Singapore's decolonization process with that of her neighbours is the matter of whether a mass-based indigenous nationalist movement had emerged on the Singapore political landscape before WWII; and even if it did after the war, Albert Lau argues that "commentators are still not agreed about its efficacy in ending British rule in Singapore ". The lack of this movement can be gleaned from the stances the various spectrums of Singaporean society took: the Indian community remained "politically quiescent" throughout most of the interwar years, and few issues actually roused the Indians from their "traditional docility" ; the political awakening among the dominant Chinese and minority Malay, and Indian communities by