Past Issues

Edward Tan Yu Fan (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords History Migration Why should we place an emphasis on the wave of mass migration to Singapore in the years before the Second World War? Most Singaporeans already know something about this mass movement of people to Singapore, or at least they think they know. These preconceived

Andrew Yap Ming Hwee (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords History Bipolar Introduction As a student, I understood the dichotomy between Communism and Democracy, and how such ideological divide set the basis for the Cold War. However, my understanding of this dichotomy was being challenged subsequently because stating their differences is not sufficient in accounting for

Evangeline O. Katigbak (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Keywords Geography Social Studies Identity Diversity Multicultural Education Singapore Introduction Place is a core concept in geography. Geographers argue that place is a social construction (Lambert & Morgan, 2010), a product of social relations that span the globe (Massey, 1994, 2005). For Cresswell (2008), place gives us the

Hui Yang (Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)) Peidong Yang (National Institute of Education (Singapore)) Shaohua Zhan (Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)) Keywords Social Studies Identity Diversity Singapore By June 2016, the total population of Singapore was 5.61 million, with approximately 61% citizens, 9%  permanent residents, and 30%  non-residents (See Figure 1). Among the non-residents, 58% are Work Permit holders including