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Seeing families as policy actors: exploring higher-order thinking reforms in Singapore through low-income families’ perspectives
Journal of Education Policy ( IF 3.000 ) Pub Date : 2020-06-12 , DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2020.1777468
Charleen Chiong 1 , Leonel Lim 2
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ABSTRACT

Empirical policy analyses have hitherto largely focused on how formal institutions and agents (such as schools and ministries) formulate and enact policy. Less considered is the role and perspectives of families in mediating education policy. This paper discusses the importance of viewing families as not only policy subjects, but policy actors who play important roles in negotiating education policy reform. In the Singapore context, as in many contexts, there has been a growing policy emphasis on developing higher-order critical and innovative thinking to equip young people for the global knowledge economy. However, it is at the socio-economic margins of society that policy ideals tend not to map out as policymakers expect. We draw on in-depth interviews with low-income families – analysed using a governmentality perspective – to understand how families navigate Singapore’s policy landscape, particularly its growing emphasis on higher-order competencies within a neoliberal, performative, high-stakes education system. The paper concludes by elaborating on equity implications arising from this analysis.



中文翻译:

将家庭视为政策参与者:通过低收入家庭的视角探索新加坡的高阶思维改革

摘要

迄今为止,实证政策分析主要集中在正规机构和代理人(如学校和部委)如何制定和制定政策。较少考虑的是家庭在调解教育政策中的作用和观点。本文讨论了将家庭不仅视为政策主体,而且将其视为在教育政策改革谈判中发挥重要作用的政策参与者的重要性。在新加坡,与在许多情况下一样,政策越来越重视发展更高层次的批判性和创新思维,以使年轻人为全球知识经济做好准备。然而,政策理想往往不会像政策制定者所期望的那样处于社会的社会经济边缘。我们通过对低收入家庭的深入访谈(使用政府视角进行分析)来了解家庭如何驾驭新加坡的政策环境,特别是在新自由主义、表演性、高风险的教育体系中日益强调高阶能力。本文最后详细阐述了该分析对股权的影响。

更新日期:2020-06-12
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