Han, Christine;
(2015)
Citizenship education : 50 years of constructing and promoting national identity in schools’.
In: Lim, Jason and Aljunied, Syed Khairudin Muhd, (eds.)
Singapore at 50.
(-).
National University of Singapore Press: Singapore.
(In press).
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Abstract
Singapore was meant to be state within Malaysia in the post-colonial era, but became unexpectedly independent in 1965. As a result, the political elite found themselves in a position of having to construct a Singapore nation. This chapter will look specifically at the construction of national identity through citizenship education in school. It will show how national identity is based the creation of a national ‘myth’. The process of ‘imagining’ this ‘myth’ involves the selection of a set of values and beliefs, and the construction of a historical narrative that complements and supplements this. The components of this ‘myth’ address different aspects of the individual – the personal and social, and the moral, civic and political. The chapter will also identify the aims that this ‘myth’ has served.
Type: | Book chapter |
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Title: | Citizenship education : 50 years of constructing and promoting national identity in schools’ |
ISBN: | - |
Language: | English |
Keywords: | citizenship education, imagining, mythmaking, civic nationalism, ethnic naitonalism, Singapore, national identity, Citizenship, Education |
UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10021182 |




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