Jasmine B-Y Sim
Biographic Data
| ID | 5239601 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jasmine B-Y Sim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jasmine B-Y |
| FAMILY NAME | Sim |
| SIGNATURE | SIM J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanyang Technological University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4159-8075 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Citizenship education in Singapore 1950s–2020s
Singapore’s national school system has long served as the primary vehicle for instilling national and societal values in young learners. Today, citizenship education has evolved into a more student-focused and deliberate endeavour, emphasizing the systematic integration of values and character development. This article traces this evolution, arguing that its purpose has expanded beyond cultivating good citizens to shaping students as leaders. Dra…
Demystifying character education for the Singapore context
Amidst global uncertainty, character education has become increasingly important. Yet, academic discourse surrounding the field remains obfuscated. This paper has two aims: First, to provide a broad toolkit to demystify the field of character education, consisting of (i) a basic conceptual GPS for terms like ‘virtue’, ‘character’, ‘morals’ and ‘character education’; and (ii) a lay-of-the-land overview of character education approaches. Second, eq…
Advancing values education in the Asia-Pacific
T. S. Eliot, in The Rock (1934), posed a question that echoes with striking relevance today: “Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge, where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” His
Integrating the values of social harmony and criticality
Today, values education remains fundamental to the purposes of education particularly in response to global unrest, rising intolerance, and youths who are increasingly civic engaged in social justice. In this paper, we focus on values pedagogy in the context of Singapore’s Character and Citizenship Education (CCE). The first part of this paper surveys the literature on character education and citizenship education and explores how historically, e…
Intersectional othering’ and the minoritisation of ‘Malay/Muslim’ identities in Singapore’s multicultural education
Youth activism and education across contexts
In this paper, we discuss core ideas arising from research undertaken in a Leverhulme Trust (IN2016-002) funded international network project. The project examined youth activism, engagement and the development of new civic learning spaces within and across six countries (Australia, Canada, England, Hungary, Lebanon and Singapore). Arising from interactions with activists and educators and by reviewing literature, we argue that four areas are imp…
Riding the citizenship wagon”
A tale of two countries
This article provides a comparative analysis of citizenship education in the Philippines and Singapore. Through an analysis of historical contexts, citizenship education policy and curriculum, it examines Makabayan in the Philippines and National Education in Singapore. It identifies particular policy and curriculum trajectories as responses to national and global imperatives to demonstrate how countries are redefining the kinds of knowledge, ski…
Curriculum integration in Singapore
Civic Disparities
Drawing on individual interviews with 62 students from three secondary schools, the authors of this study investigate how Singapore students from different educational tracks understand their role as citizens in a democracy. In contrast to most countries, the constitutionally democratic state of Singapore explicitly assigns separate citizenship roles to students from different education tracks. Premised on the principle of meritocracy, the Singap…
The State, Teachers and Citizenship Education in Singapore Schools
States commonly employ education policy to build a strong sense of citizenship within young people and to create types of citizens appropriate to the country. In Singapore the government created a policy to build citizenship through both policy statements and social studies in the school curriculum. In the context of a tightly controlled state regulating schooling through a highly controlled educational system, the government expected teachers to…
Riding the citizenship wagon”
Youth activism and education across contexts
In this paper, we discuss core ideas arising from research undertaken in a Leverhulme Trust (IN2016-002) funded international network project. The project examined youth activism, engagement and the development of new civic learning spaces within and across six countries (Australia, Canada, England, Hungary, Lebanon and Singapore). Arising from interactions with activists and educators and by reviewing literature, we argue that four areas are imp…
Civic Disparities
Drawing on individual interviews with 62 students from three secondary schools, the authors of this study investigate how Singapore students from different educational tracks understand their role as citizens in a democracy. In contrast to most countries, the constitutionally democratic state of Singapore explicitly assigns separate citizenship roles to students from different education tracks. Premised on the principle of meritocracy, the Singap…
Curriculum integration in Singapore
The State, Teachers and Citizenship Education in Singapore Schools
States commonly employ education policy to build a strong sense of citizenship within young people and to create types of citizens appropriate to the country. In Singapore the government created a policy to build citizenship through both policy statements and social studies in the school curriculum. In the context of a tightly controlled state regulating schooling through a highly controlled educational system, the government expected teachers to…
A tale of two countries
This article provides a comparative analysis of citizenship education in the Philippines and Singapore. Through an analysis of historical contexts, citizenship education policy and curriculum, it examines Makabayan in the Philippines and National Education in Singapore. It identifies particular policy and curriculum trajectories as responses to national and global imperatives to demonstrate how countries are redefining the kinds of knowledge, ski…
The State, Teachers and Citizenship Education in Singapore Schools
States commonly employ education policy to build a strong sense of citizenship within young people and to create types of citizens appropriate to the country. In Singapore the government created a policy to build citizenship through both policy statements and social studies in the school curriculum. In the context of a tightly controlled state regulating schooling through a highly controlled educational system, the government expected teachers to…
Civic Disparities
Drawing on individual interviews with 62 students from three secondary schools, the authors of this study investigate how Singapore students from different educational tracks understand their role as citizens in a democracy. In contrast to most countries, the constitutionally democratic state of Singapore explicitly assigns separate citizenship roles to students from different education tracks. Premised on the principle of meritocracy, the Singap…
Curriculum integration in Singapore
A tale of two countries
This article provides a comparative analysis of citizenship education in the Philippines and Singapore. Through an analysis of historical contexts, citizenship education policy and curriculum, it examines Makabayan in the Philippines and National Education in Singapore. It identifies particular policy and curriculum trajectories as responses to national and global imperatives to demonstrate how countries are redefining the kinds of knowledge, ski…
Riding the citizenship wagon”
Youth activism and education across contexts
In this paper, we discuss core ideas arising from research undertaken in a Leverhulme Trust (IN2016-002) funded international network project. The project examined youth activism, engagement and the development of new civic learning spaces within and across six countries (Australia, Canada, England, Hungary, Lebanon and Singapore). Arising from interactions with activists and educators and by reviewing literature, we argue that four areas are imp…
Demystifying character education for the Singapore context
Amidst global uncertainty, character education has become increasingly important. Yet, academic discourse surrounding the field remains obfuscated. This paper has two aims: First, to provide a broad toolkit to demystify the field of character education, consisting of (i) a basic conceptual GPS for terms like ‘virtue’, ‘character’, ‘morals’ and ‘character education’; and (ii) a lay-of-the-land overview of character education approaches. Second, eq…
Advancing values education in the Asia-Pacific
T. S. Eliot, in The Rock (1934), posed a question that echoes with striking relevance today: “Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge, where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” His
Integrating the values of social harmony and criticality
Today, values education remains fundamental to the purposes of education particularly in response to global unrest, rising intolerance, and youths who are increasingly civic engaged in social justice. In this paper, we focus on values pedagogy in the context of Singapore’s Character and Citizenship Education (CCE). The first part of this paper surveys the literature on character education and citizenship education and explores how historically, e…
Intersectional othering’ and the minoritisation of ‘Malay/Muslim’ identities in Singapore’s multicultural education
Citizenship education in Singapore 1950s–2020s
Singapore’s national school system has long served as the primary vehicle for instilling national and societal values in young learners. Today, citizenship education has evolved into a more student-focused and deliberate endeavour, emphasizing the systematic integration of values and character development. This article traces this evolution, arguing that its purpose has expanded beyond cultivating good citizens to shaping students as leaders. Dra…
Sociology (10 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (8 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (7 works) · Citizenship (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Citizenship education (5 works) · Curriculum (5 works) · Law (5 works)