Education Reforms within Neoliberal Paradigms: A Comparative Look at the Singaporean and Finnish Education Systems

Autor/inn/en	Teng, Siao See; Abu Bakar, Mardiana; Layne, Heidi
Titel	Education Reforms within Neoliberal Paradigms: A Comparative Look at the Singaporean and Finnish Education Systems
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 40 (2020) 4, S.458-471 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Teng, Siao See)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0218-8791
DOI	10.1080/02188791.2020.1838884
Schlagwörter	Neoliberalism; Comparative Education; Educational Policy; Cross Cultural Studies; Competition; High Achievement; Achievement Tests; International Assessment; Accountability; Trust (Psychology); Foreign Countries; Knowledge Economy; Educational Change; Curriculum Development; Educational Resources; Finland; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Wettkampf; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Verantwortung; Ausland; Knowledge society; Economy; Wissensgesellschaft; Wirtschaft; Bildungsreform; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Bildungsmittel; Finnland; Singapur
Abstract	Education reforms around the world have been powerfully shaped by the rise of the neoliberal political, economic and cultural agendas. Neoliberal policies (re)produce certain types of institutional processes such as managerialism, performativity, and competition. These elements are mediated in varied ways by national ideologies, societal needs and educational goals. The logic of the market has also been an indelible feature of neoliberalism and this has undermined the possibilities and potentialities for equity in the distribution of the resources of schooling. Within the global neoliberal paradigm of international testing, Singapore and Finland have been appraised as top performing and therefore successful education systems in the world. Their stellar performance in these tests have led scholars and policy-makers alike in different parts of the world to attempt to extrapolate the lessons that could be learnt from the two systems. Yet these two education systems are noticeably different and have certainly taken distinct paths to attain their current status. Both have embraced neoliberalism in different forms. This paper sets out to explicate the crucial need for the building of a culture of trust to counteract the adverse effects of overdependence on accountability measures within the pervasive neoliberal framework of the Singapore education system. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01