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Nichols, Sue; Loh, Chin Ee – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2019
Popular culture images of reading tend to portray readers as solitary individuals deeply immersed in reading a single text in a quiet, undisturbed spot. Yet, in our documentation of adolescent students reading in Singapore secondary schools, we find that there are many ways and modes of reading, much of which is social in nature. Through the use…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Reading Habits
Loh, Chin Ee – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2018
This paper examines contestations over the value of Literature in the secondary school curriculum in the former British colony of Singapore and the way the Literature curriculum has been framed to understand the various issues surrounding the role of Literature education. Using Raymond Williams' framework of dominant, residual and emergent…
Descriptors: Literature, English Instruction, Aesthetics, Foreign Countries
Loh, Chin Ee – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2015
Research tells us that reading is correlated to academic achievement but how do we motivate students to read? How can schools build reading cultures? Through the case study of a government secondary school in Singapore, I examine how attention to the invisible network of resources that support reading can provide insight into students' resources…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Materials, School Culture, Guidelines
Loh, Chin Ee – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2012
In this paper, I argue for the deparochialising of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) English A1 curriculum where teachers as curriculum-makers would critically assess text choice and where students have the opportunities to make critical readings and engage in conversations about issues raised by the text. Through the case…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, English Instruction, Case Studies, Advanced Placement Programs