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Impacts of the development of tourist facilities on the transition of villages: A case study of Gubugklakah Village, Malang, Indonesia

Leave a Comment / Junior College, Secondary School, Spatial Analysis; Tourist Facilities; Tourism Village; Transition, Volume 4, Issue 1 2015 /

Adelina Chandra (Department of Geography, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia) Diah Rossy Pratiwi (Department of Geography, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia) Noer Sulistyarini (Department of Geography, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia) Keywords Geography Junior College Secondary School Spatial analysis; tourist facilities; tourism village; transition INTRODUCTION Tourism villages in rural areas that offer unique tourist attractions such as physical features of the natural environment or […]

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Why Singapore Succeeded: Applying the Acemoglu and Robinson-Sachs Debate

Leave a Comment / History, History of Singapore's Growth, History of Singapore's Growth, Junior College, Secondary School, Volume 4, Issue 2 2015 /

Goh Chor Boon (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Keywords History Junior College Secondary School History of Singapore’s growth Why are some nations rich and some poor? Who are the winners and losers of colonialism and why? These questions have recently gained much attention, not only amongst historians but also economists who are now looking into global

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Review Essay Of “Jacques de Coutre’s And Matelieff’s Singapore and Johor”: Exploring Sources On Pre-Modern History of Singapore

Leave a Comment / History, History of Singapore and Malaya, History of Singapore Before Raffles' Coming, History Of Singapore Before Raffles' Coming, Junior College, Secondary School, Volume 4, Issue 2 2015 /

Teddy Sim Y.H. (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords History Junior College Secondary School History of Singapore before Raffles’ coming Brief survey of the field The education and awareness of the pre-Rafflesian Singapore history has seen much progress since the turn of the millennium. First, there is the publication of Early Singapore 1300-1819: evidence in maps, text

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Anxieties Over Singapore Students’ Conceptions About History and The Past

Leave a Comment / Approaches to Teaching History, History, Junior College, Secondary School, Volume 4, Issue 2 2015 /

Suhaimi Afandi (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Mark Baildon (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords History Junior College Secondary School Approaches to teaching history Understanding history can be an intellectually challenging task for many students in schools. It requires students to contemplate issues, events and people who had lived in the distant past and who are often

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The Phasing-Out Of Venice In The Social Studies Curriculum: No More Lessons To Be Learnt?

Leave a Comment / Learning Lessons History, Learning Lessons in History, Secondary School, Social Studies, Survival of Venice, Survival Venice, Volume 4, Issue 2 2015 /

Teddy Sim Y.H. (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords Social Studies Secondary School Survival Of Venice Learning Lessons In History The Problem The notion of linking Venice to Singapore is not new. As Singapore reaches 50 years old, books have appeared to question the city-state’s survival or its next phase. In the social studies textbook of

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Economic Pragmatism and the ‘Schooling’ of Girls in Singapore

Leave a Comment / History, History of Education, Junior College, Secondary School, Social Studies, Volume 4, Issue 2 2015 /

Kho Ee Moi (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Keywords Social Studies History Junior College Secondary School History of Education Introduction Women in Singapore today are considered by many to be modern, liberated and progressive.  They have been accorded many opportunities for education and employment since the 1960s and appear to have made great strides in many

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(Re)constructing the Nation? Representations of Public Housing in School Geography Textbooks

Leave a Comment / Geography Textbooks, Junior College, Secondary School, Volume 4, Issue 2 2015 /

Tricia Seow (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Diganta Das (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Julian Chang (Dunman High School, Singapore) Keywords Geography Junior College Secondary School Geography Textbooks Within education literature, scholars have argued that schools play an important role in social reproduction. However the literature on the role of specific subjects in this process is less examined.

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The Population White Paper: The hidden rationale for Singaporeans’ concern

Leave a Comment / Current Affairs, General Paper, History, Junior College, Secondary School, Social Studies, Volume 4, Issue 2 2015 /

Kesavan Thangam (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies) Keywords Social Studies History General Paper Junior College Secondary School Current affairs Introduction Singapore commemorates its golden jubilee this year with a slew of nation-wide events. This celebration serves as a point of reflection for Singapore’s achievement in the past 50 years. However, it is also timely and

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‘Little India’: Diverging Destinies in Heritage Spaces

Leave a Comment / Junior College, Managing Diversity, Secondary School, Social Studies, Volume 4, Issue 2 2015 /

Shaw Brian J. (The University of Western Australia, Australia) Keywords Social Studies Junior College Secondary School Managing Diversity Introduction As a colonial legacy of the spatial and political management of immigrant groups, Little India has evolved during Singapore’s post-independence era to service the needs of a developing community. While closely identified as an ‘Indian’ space by

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