Catherine Siew Kheng Chua
Biographic Data
| ID | 6723906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine Siew Kheng Chua |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine Siew Kheng |
| FAMILY NAME | Chua |
| SIGNATURE | CHUA C S K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1129-0205 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
GenAI-empowered teachers as active actors of change in developing (inter)national human capital in Singapore
A Conceptual Framework on Imaginative Education-Based Engineering Curriculum
Linguistic outcomes of language accountability and points-based system for multilingual skilled immigrants in Canada: A critical language-in-immigration policy analysis
Despite recognising multilingualism as a reality and multilingual workforce as an advantage, language policies continue to favour certain languages over others. Using a case study of Canada’s language-in-immigration policy related to three federally administered immigration programs, this study is an attempt to understand how the macro-level policy represents Canada’s official languages (English and French) vis-à-vis the linguistic diversity that…
Tribute to Richard (Dick) Birge Baldauf Jr. (1943–2014): A distinguished scholar and an inspiring mentor
Students and colleagues alike were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Richard (Dick) Birge Baldauf Jr. on 4th June 2014 at the age of 71. We have lost a warm friend, a leading scholar and a
Language Planning and Multilingualism
Although multilingualism can be said to be the societal norm, and monolingualism the aberrant condition, classical language policy and planning (i.e., macro planning) has focused on the latter with the development of a single national language within each polity as its primary goal, i.e., the so called “one nation, one language” policy.
Singaporean Educational Planning: Moving from the Macro to the Micro
This paper looks at current reforms by the Government and Ministry of Education, which are moving from a tight national system to a more locally based system, where schools and teachers will have more choice over what they study and teach. This paper addresses this reform at three levels. First, it highlights the changes in the Singaporean education system at a national level. Second, it examines the issues surrounding these changes, in particula…
Singapore's Literacy Policy and its Conflicting Ideologies
Singapore's leading literacy policy is affected by a tension between the ideologies associated with English and those attached to Singapore's mother tongues. Singaporeans must safeguard their heritages, keeping themselves open to the places where their ancestors came from by learning their designated mother tongues. At the same time, Singaporeans are to master the English language for political and economic reasons, but ideologically, they must r…
Singaporean Educational Planning: Moving from the Macro to the Micro
This paper looks at current reforms by the Government and Ministry of Education, which are moving from a tight national system to a more locally based system, where schools and teachers will have more choice over what they study and teach. This paper addresses this reform at three levels. First, it highlights the changes in the Singaporean education system at a national level. Second, it examines the issues surrounding these changes, in particula…
Singapore's Literacy Policy and its Conflicting Ideologies
Singapore's leading literacy policy is affected by a tension between the ideologies associated with English and those attached to Singapore's mother tongues. Singaporeans must safeguard their heritages, keeping themselves open to the places where their ancestors came from by learning their designated mother tongues. At the same time, Singaporeans are to master the English language for political and economic reasons, but ideologically, they must r…
Linguistic outcomes of language accountability and points-based system for multilingual skilled immigrants in Canada: A critical language-in-immigration policy analysis
Despite recognising multilingualism as a reality and multilingual workforce as an advantage, language policies continue to favour certain languages over others. Using a case study of Canada’s language-in-immigration policy related to three federally administered immigration programs, this study is an attempt to understand how the macro-level policy represents Canada’s official languages (English and French) vis-à-vis the linguistic diversity that…
Singapore's Literacy Policy and its Conflicting Ideologies
Singapore's leading literacy policy is affected by a tension between the ideologies associated with English and those attached to Singapore's mother tongues. Singaporeans must safeguard their heritages, keeping themselves open to the places where their ancestors came from by learning their designated mother tongues. At the same time, Singaporeans are to master the English language for political and economic reasons, but ideologically, they must r…
Singaporean Educational Planning: Moving from the Macro to the Micro
This paper looks at current reforms by the Government and Ministry of Education, which are moving from a tight national system to a more locally based system, where schools and teachers will have more choice over what they study and teach. This paper addresses this reform at three levels. First, it highlights the changes in the Singaporean education system at a national level. Second, it examines the issues surrounding these changes, in particula…
Language Planning and Multilingualism
Although multilingualism can be said to be the societal norm, and monolingualism the aberrant condition, classical language policy and planning (i.e., macro planning) has focused on the latter with the development of a single national language within each polity as its primary goal, i.e., the so called “one nation, one language” policy.
Tribute to Richard (Dick) Birge Baldauf Jr. (1943–2014): A distinguished scholar and an inspiring mentor
Students and colleagues alike were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Richard (Dick) Birge Baldauf Jr. on 4th June 2014 at the age of 71. We have lost a warm friend, a leading scholar and a
A Conceptual Framework on Imaginative Education-Based Engineering Curriculum
Linguistic outcomes of language accountability and points-based system for multilingual skilled immigrants in Canada: A critical language-in-immigration policy analysis
Despite recognising multilingualism as a reality and multilingual workforce as an advantage, language policies continue to favour certain languages over others. Using a case study of Canada’s language-in-immigration policy related to three federally administered immigration programs, this study is an attempt to understand how the macro-level policy represents Canada’s official languages (English and French) vis-à-vis the linguistic diversity that…
GenAI-empowered teachers as active actors of change in developing (inter)national human capital in Singapore
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Language policy (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Language planning (2 works)