Commentary: Journal of the National University of Singapore Society, 8(1 & 2), National University of Singapore Society

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1 Title Author(s) Source Published by Select bibliography of education in Singapore S. Gopinthan Commentary: Journal of the National University of Singapore Society, 8(1 & 2), National University of Singapore Society This document may be used for private study or research purpose only. This document or any part of it may not be duplicated and/or distributed without permission of the copyright owner. The Singapore Copyright Act applies to the use of this document. Archived with permission of the copyright owner.

2 COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 1989 FURTHER INFORMATION SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EDUCATION IN SINGAPORE T his select bibliography grew out of an earlier one prepared for the use of Dip. Ed. students at the Institute ofeducation. The categories and the selection of items were guided by easy availability and relevance to the course. For the present bibliography I have included theses only in subject areas. A section on higher education has also been included and the section on teachers and teaching expanded. COMPILED BY S. GOPINATHAN SINGAPORE ( 1988). Towards Excellence zn Schools: (Principals' Report). B. Growth and Development of the Education System (in chronological order) T.R. Doraisamy eta! (1969) 150 Years of Education in Singapore. Singapore: Teachers Training College. A. Official Documents (in chronological order) SINGAPORE (1956). All Party Committee of the Singapore Legislative Assembly on Chinese Education. Report of the All Party Committee of the Singapore Legislative Assembly on Chinese Education. SINGAPORE (1961). The Commission of Inquiry into Vocational and Technical Education in Singapore, (Chan Chieu Kiat Report). SINGAPORE (1964) Commission of Inquiry into Education, Singapore, (Lim Tay Boh Report). SINGAPORE (1976). Report of the Review Committee on Technical Education in Secondary Schools. (Shelly Report). SINGAPORE ( 1979). Report on the Ministry of Education, (Goh Report). SINGAPORE ( 1979). Moral Education Committee Report, (Ong Teng Cheong Report). Robert Morris & Gerald Thompson ( 1979): Curriculum Development in Singapore: A Brief Review. Tan Peng Boo ( 1969) Education in Singapore. Ruth H.K. Wong (1974)Educational Innovation in Singapore. Paris: The Unesco H.E. Wilson (1978) Social Engineering in Singapore: Educational Policies and Social Change Singapore: Singapore University R.M. Thomas, Goh Kim Leong and R. W. Masbergen ( 1980) "Singapore (Education)" in Thomas and Postlewaite (eds) Schooling in the Asean Region. Oxford: Pergamon Pang Eng Fong ( 1982) Education, Manpower and Development in Singapore. Singapore: Singapore University Seah Chee Meow and Linda Seah ( 1983) "Education Reform and National Integration" in P. Chen (ed) Singapore Development Policies and Trends. Singapore: Oxford University S. Gopinathan ( 1985) "Education" in Quah, Chan and Seah ( eds) Government and Politics of Singapore. Singapore: Oxford University S. Gopinathan (1986) "Education in Singapore " in NgChang Wang(ed.)Singapore: Taking Stock. Singapore: Federal Publications. 136

3 COMMENTARY VOL. 8 Nos. 1 & 2 Chew Soon Beng (1986) "Human Resources and Growth in Singapore" in Lim Chong Yah and P. Lloyd (eds) Singapore: Resources and Growth: Singapore: Oxford University Ministry of Education ( 1988) Report of the 1987 Pre-U Seminar Towards Excellence in Schools. F.J. Hunt (1988) "Singapore: education at the crossroads" in The Incorporation of Education. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. C. Content and the Curriculum 1. Language Education E.A. Afendras and E.C. Kuo ( eds)( 1980) Language and Society in Singapore. Singapore: Singapore University W. Crewe (ed) (1971) The English Language in Singapore. Singapore: Eastern Universities Joseph Foley (ed) (1989) New Englishes: The Case of Singapore. Singapore: Singapore University Goh Soo Tian ( 1982) "Singapore" in Richard B. Noss (ed) Language Teaching Issues in Multilingual Environments in Southeast Asia. Singapore Regional Language Centre. S. Gopinathan (1979) "Singapore's Language Policies: Strategies for a Plural Society" in Southeast Asian Affairs Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. S. Gop ina than ( 1980) "Language Policy in Education: A Singapore Perspective" in Afendras & Kuo (eds). op. cit. S. Gopinathan ( 1988) "Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Singapore" in Paulston C.B. (ed) International Handbook of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. New York: Greenwood Eddie C. Y. Kuo ( 1985) "Language and Social Mobility in Singapore" in Wolfson N. and Manes J. (eds) Languages of Inequality. Hague: Mouton. John T. Platt "Bilingual Policies in a Multilingual Society: Reflections of the Singapore Mandarin Campaign in the English Language Press" in David Bradley (ed) Papers in Southeast Asian Linguistics No. 9 Paczfic Linguistics, A-67, Mary Tay Wan Joo (1985) Trends in Language, Literacy and Education in Singapore. Singapore: Dept. ofstatistics. 2. Moral Education Eng Soo Peck et al ( 1981) State of Moral Education in the Schools. Report submitted to Ministry of Education, Singapore. Eng Soo Peck ( 1985) Moral Education in Lower Secondary Classes. Report submitted to Ministry of Education, Singapore. Eng Soo Peck ( 1986) "The Environment for Values Learning". Paper presented at the Fifth Asian Workshop on Adolescent and Child Development (mimeo). Eng Soo Peck ( 1989) "Moral Education in Singapore: Dilemmas and Dimensions." Paper presented at the CCU-ICP International Conference on Moral Values and Moral Reasoning in Chinese Societies, Taiwan. S. Gopinathan (1986) Being and Becoming: Education for Values in Singapore in W.K. Cummings, S. Gop ina than andy. Tomoda ( eds) The Revival of Values Education in Asia and the West. Oxford: Pergamon Lau Wai Har ( 1987) Shaping Moral and Social Development Through Confucian Ethics: A Singapore Expen ence (mimeo). Ministry of Education (Ong Teng Cheong et al) ( 1979) Report on Moral Education. Soh Kay Cheng ( 1987) "Test of Moral Values: Its Development and Try- out". Singapore Journal of Education Vol. 8 No. 2. Tony Tan Keng Yam "Moral Education and the School Curriculum", Speeches: Monthly Collection of Ministerial Speeches, Vol. 3 No

4 COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 1989 Tay Eng Soon ( 1981) "Why Moral Education Must be Taught". Speeches: Monthly Collection of Ministerial Speeches Vol. 4 No. 12. Singapore Teachers Union ( 1987) Teachers' Perception of the State of Discipline in Singapore Schools. Tu Wei-Ming ( 1984) Confucian Ethics Today: The Singapore Challenge. Singapore: CDIS and Federal Publications. 3. Technical and Vocational Education Industrial Training Board (n.d.) Philosophy of Industrial Training for Singapore Singapore (mimeo). Law Song Seng (1985) The Vocational Training System -Its Development and Challenges. Singapore: Vocational and Industrial Training Board (VITB Paper No. 4). G.F. Pillay ( 1985) Vocational Training in the Development Process: The Singapore Experience. Paper presented to the International Conference on Employment and Training: "Full Employment- Uncertain Futures" (mineo). R.L. Skolnik (1976) An Introduction to The Nationwzde Training System in Singapore. Sin. gapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Toh Peng Kiat ( 1968) The Scope of Uicational and Technical Education in Singapore. Singapore: Ministry of Finance. D. The Teacher and Teaching in Singapore Ho Wah Kam ( 1989) All Things Considered: A Review of Research in Teacher Education in Singapore. ( ). Singapore Institute of Education. Christine Inglis ( 1982) "The feminization of the teaching profession in Singapore" in L. Manderson (ed) Women's work and Women's Roles. Canberra: Australian National University. Lun Chor Yee and D. de Souza ( 1983) I Experience: the first ten years. Singapore Institute of Education. Singapore Teachers Union ( 1980) Perception and Practice in the Classroom. Singapore Teachers Union ( 1988) A Study of Factors Contributing to Higher Teacher Motivation and Morale in Singapore Primary Schools. Sim Wong Kooi (1983) "Research and Teacher Education: A Singapore Perspective" in Singapo~e Journal of Education, Vol. 5, No.2. Sim Wong Kooi (1983) "A Research Agenda for Teacher Education in Singapore". Paper delivered at the Thirty-fifth ICET World Assembly, Sydney. (mimeo). Soh Kay Cheng (1984) "Why Teach; Motives for Teaching Revisited" Singapore Journal of Education, Vol. 6 No. 1. Esther Tan (1985) "On Coping With the Stresses of Teaching." Singapore Journal of Education, Vol. 7 No.2. E. Issues in Singapore Education 1. Equality in Education Goh Keng Swee (1980) "Equality in Education". Speeches, Vol. 3 No. 12. Soon Teck Wong ( 1988) Singapore's New Education System: Educational Reform for National Development. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Tay Eng Soon ( 1983) "Children from smaller families fare better in PSLE". Speeches, Vol. 7 No.1. University of Singapore Students Union (1970) Education in Singapore. (Special Issue of Singapore Undergrad, Dec. 1979) 2. Gender and Education Cheng Siok-Hwa (0000) "Singapore Women: Legal Status, Educational Attainment, and Employment Patterns". Asian Survey. Foong Pui Yee (1987) "Anxiety and Mathematics Performance in Female Secondary School 138

5 COMMENTARY VOL. 8 Nos. 1 & 2 Students in Singapore". Singapore Journal of Education, Vol. 8 No. 2. Vivienne Wee ( 1987) "Women in Science and Technology: The Situation in Singapore" (mimeo). Paper presented at the Asian Workshop on Popularisation of Science and Technology to Enhance Women's Participation, Dhaka (mimeo). 3. Minorities and Education Lee Kuan Yew (1982) "Mendakai's task is to raise education of all Malays". Speeches: Vol. 5 No. 12. Sharom Ahmat ( 1971) Singapore Malays, Education and National Development in Sharom Ahmat and J. Wong ( ed) Malay Participation in the National Development of Singapore. N. Varaprasad "The Educational Performance ( 1988) oflndian Children". Paper presented at the 6th Tamil Youth Seminar (mimeo). F. Studies in Child and Adolescent Development in Singapore Agnes Chang Shook-Cheong ( 1988) "Gifted Adolescents' Perceptions of Their Roles in Nation Building". Paper presented at XXIV International Congress of Psychology, Australia (mimeo). Agnes Chang Shook-Cheong (1988) Adolescents' Perceptions of their Ethos and Practices in Singapore, Southeast Asian Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. 25, pp Elwyn Thomas (1984) "The Development and Acquisition of Concepts in Primary School Children in Singapore". Singapore Journal of Education, Vol. 6 No.2. Elwyn Thomas ( 1986) "Perceptions of Moral Concepts by Singaporean Adolescents". Paper presented at Fifth AWCAD Conference (mimeo). Elwyn Thomas ( 1988) "Adolescent Stress and Management Strategies: Some Lessons for Schooling and Society". Singapore Journal of Education, Vol. 9 No. 1. Esther Tan (1988) "The Influence of School and Home Factors on the Career Development of Secondary School Students". Singapore Journal of Education, Vol. 9 No. 1. Gayle Whitson and Agnes Chang Shook-Cheong ( 1988) Language Assessment of Young Children (3-6) and Implications for Intervention Strategies in Singapore. Language in Education in a Bi-Lingual or Multi-Lingual Setting ( ed. Verner Bickley), Institute of Language in Education, Educational Department, Hong Kong. G. Higher Education S. Gopinathan (1989) "University Education in Singapore : The making of a national university" in P.G. Altbachand V. Selvaratnam ( eds) From Dependence to Autonomy: The Development of Asian Universities Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. P. Khor Sin Yeou (1987) "The Case for Career Guidance: The Plight of Secondary Four Students in Singapore." Singapore Journal of Educ.ation. Vol. 8 No. 2. Sim Wong Kooi ( 1986) "Social and Cognitive Development of Adolescents: Some concepts, concerns and conjectures". Paper presented at Fifth AWCAD Conference (mimeo). M.E. Poole and Chang Shook-Cheong ( 1984) "Career Choice: An Exploration of Personal Possibilities by Young People in Australia and Singapore". Singapore Journal of Education, Vol. 6 No.1. A. W. Lind (1974) "Nanyang Perspective: Ch-inese Students in Multiracial Singapore". Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. Pang Eng Fong ( 1982) "Public Policy and the Demand for Higher Education" in Education, Manpower and Development in Singapore. Singapore: Singapore University R. Puccetti ("1972) "Authoritarian Government and Academic Subservience" Minerva 10 April, Seah Chee Meow (1983) Student Admission to Higher Education in Singapore. Singapore: RIHED Occasional Paper Series. 139

6 COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 1989 Seah Chee Meow ( 1979) "Higher Education in the Changing Environment: Singapore" in Seah Chee Meow and Soeratno Partoatmodjo Higher Education in the Changing Environment. Case Studies: Singapore and Indonesia. Singapore: Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development. H. Studies on Curriculum Subjects Ang Wai Hoong (nee Loo) (1984) A Study of the Relative Attainment in Mathematics of Two Matched Groups of Secondary Two Express and Normal Stream Pupils. Unpublished M.Ed. Dissertation, National University of Singapore. Ho Bella (1988)An Investigation of Two Methods of Teaching Poetry to Secondary One Students. Unpublished M.Ed. Dissertation, National University of Singapore. Huang Chai Lean (1985) Relationship of Teacher Receptivity w Implementation of the New Lower Secondary Hiswry Curriculum. Unpublished M.Ed. Dissertation, National University of Singapore. Kam Kum Wone (1985) Science Practical Performance and the Cognitive Preference of Secondary School Students. Unpublished M.Ed. Dissertation, National of University of Singapore. Liaw Beng Teck {1985) Effects of Practical Experience and Sequential Skills on Achievement in Map Reading for Secondary One Pupils in Singapore. Unpublished M.Ed. Dissertation, National University of Singapore. Lam-Kan Kim Swee (1985) The Contn"bution of Enn"chment Activities Towards Science Interest and Science Achievement. Unpublished M.Ed. Dissertation, National University of Singapore. Ong Siew Lean ( 1986) The Use of the Gloze Procedure in Assessing Reading Comprehension of Chinese. Unpublished M.Ed. Dissertation, National University of Singapore. Angela Ow (1986) The Development of Spoken English Among Singapore Children Aged 5 to 9 years. Unpublished M.Ed. Dissertation, National University of Singapore. Ramiah s/o Kalimuthu (1987) Linguistic Difficulties Encountered by Secondary Four Tamil Students in Their Tamil Compositions. Unpublished M.Ed. Dissertation, National University of Singapore. 140