Academic stress in Singaporean secondary school students: understanding the role of culture and system

The Singaporean education system has generally been perceived to be amongst the most stressful in the world. This paper addresses the various contributors towards the culture which perpetuates this intense academic stress using the micro-meso-macro framework and the stakeholder analysis approach....

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Main Author: Chia, Kee Yong
Other Authors: Chen Chung-An
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1592112023-03-05T15:46:32Z Academic stress in Singaporean secondary school students: understanding the role of culture and system Chia, Kee Yong Chen Chung-An School of Social Sciences cchongan@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences::Political science The Singaporean education system has generally been perceived to be amongst the most stressful in the world. This paper addresses the various contributors towards the culture which perpetuates this intense academic stress using the micro-meso-macro framework and the stakeholder analysis approach. The main findings of this paper are as follows: 1) Students internalized implicit expectations that were communicated to them by their parents 2) Parents were in turn influenced by their own perception of macro-level (state) policies and prevailing cultural norms 3) The agency of teachers in stress alleviation was limited by curriculum pressures From these findings, policy recommendations were then proposed for both individual stakeholders and interventions at the macro level. Keywords: academic stress, Singapore, secondary school, micro-meso-macro framework, stakeholder analysis Bachelor of Social Sciences in Public Policy and Global Affairs 2022-06-11T11:52:31Z 2022-06-11T11:52:31Z 2022 Final Year Project (FYP) Chia, K. Y. (2022). Academic stress in Singaporean secondary school students: understanding the role of culture and system. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159211 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159211 en HA21_06 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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Academic stress in Singaporean secondary school students: understanding the role of culture and system
description The Singaporean education system has generally been perceived to be amongst the most stressful in the world. This paper addresses the various contributors towards the culture which perpetuates this intense academic stress using the micro-meso-macro framework and the stakeholder analysis approach. The main findings of this paper are as follows: 1) Students internalized implicit expectations that were communicated to them by their parents 2) Parents were in turn influenced by their own perception of macro-level (state) policies and prevailing cultural norms 3) The agency of teachers in stress alleviation was limited by curriculum pressures From these findings, policy recommendations were then proposed for both individual stakeholders and interventions at the macro level. Keywords: academic stress, Singapore, secondary school, micro-meso-macro framework, stakeholder analysis
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