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 |
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Language: | English |
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2018
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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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