In recent years, Singapore has emerged as a major hub of international education in South East Asia. The innovations in Singapore were motivated by a need to prepare the students to meet the challenges of the 21 st century. It can be easily seen that globalisation and intensifying economic competition were the driving forces behind most of these innovations. For a number of countries in Asia, Singapore education today stands as a model that they could follow and perhaps emulate. Two questions however need exploration: Is there a singular model of Singapore educational success? If yes, what are the essential elements of such a model?
We hope to hear from scholars about their opinions about a 'Singapore Model of Educational Success'.
Please also see our full paper at
TOWARDS BUILDING A MODEL OF EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS: A SITUATED INQUIRY. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275466001_TOWARDS_BUILDING_A_MODEL_OF_EDUCATIONAL_SUCCESS_A_SITUATED_INQUIRY [accessed May 4, 2015].
Article TOWARDS BUILDING A MODEL OF EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS: A SITUATED INQUIRY
Dear Anil,
I'm not sure whether this is a question or an invitation to read your research article. Whilst I accept that your study is an attempt to explain the success of the Singapore education system, perhaps it might be worth asking a slightly wider and more general question.
I am personally very concerned about the increasing influence of international tests to gauge the relative performance of national education systems as they can encourage rote learning, an overemphasis on maths and first language education and do not generally take into account the increasing influence of private tuition.
An alternative model might be the Finnish education system.
I would be interested to do comparison between Finalnd and Singapore. My thesis was on differences between Canada and Finland (that you can download from my page). The only problem, of course, is funding...
You can find a very strong comparison between Finland and Singapur ( and another countries, including Russia) in mathematical atainments of pupils and teachers by looking the results of International Projects with Plymouth University ( professor David Burghes as leader). Concernig the efficiency of educational systems please look on the results of International Olimpiads on mathematics - where Finland, Singapur and where China and Russia.
Dear Peter
That is an interesting point.
I would love to hear about the 'Finnish Education System' that you mentioned. From my perspective, an 'Education System' is quite different from an 'Educational Model'. An EM is expected to deal with pedagogical approaches and emphases in much greater depth.
Anil, before you think about the system,I wonder what your definition of success is? That in turn is probably dependent on what education is for. I suspect too that it depends who the education system is meant to serve.i think there is a real danger in homogenizing education. With that said I suppose I should read your paper!
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