Education in the global city the manufacturing of education in Singapore

Education in the Global City examines education in Singapore through the critical lens of 'manufacturing'. The book brings together two disparate fields which inform each other, education and the 'global city'; and the book's contributors analyse and critique the manufacturi...

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Other Authors: Koh, Aaron 1967- (Editor), Chong, Terence (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxon, UK Routledge 2016
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