Constructing underachievement: The discursive life of Singapore in US federal education policy

Constructing underachievement: The discursive life of Singapore in US federal education policy

This paper offers insights into the referencing of Singapore within the US Obama Administration educational discourse, underscoring the political-material-discursive nexus of international educational benchmarking. Using critical discourse analysis, we find that an objectified Singapore functions as...

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Main Authors: DE ROOCK, Roberto Santiago, ESPENA, Darlene Machell
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
Subjects:
Underachievement
PISA
Singapore education
US educational policies
discourse analysis
neoliberalism
Asian Studies
Education
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3287
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4543/viewcontent/deRoockEspena2018_Constructing_underachievement_av.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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