Citizenship, identity and the social studies curriculum in Singapore

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the social studies curriculum, citizenship education, and globalisation in Singapore. The social studies curriculum was developed within the context of National Education (NE), which was launched in 1997, as a nation-building initiative by the government. As such social studies became a major vehicle for NE, the form which citizenship education takes in Singapore. The paper argues that the social studies curriculum offered to primary level children needs to be broadened.