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What Matter For Child Development?, Fali Huang
What Matter For Child Development?, Fali Huang
Research Collection School Of Economics
This paper estimates production functions of child cognitive and social development using a panel data of nine-year old children each with over two hundred home and school inputs as well as family background variables. A tree regression method is used to conduct estimation under various speci…cations. A small subset of inputs is found consistently important in explaining variances of child development results, including the number of books a child has at various ages and how often a mother reads to child by age …ve, while the e¤ects of race and maternal employment are negligible when detailed inputs are controlled.
Regulation And Freedom In Global Business Education, Stefano Harney, Cliff Oswick
Regulation And Freedom In Global Business Education, Stefano Harney, Cliff Oswick
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
Purpose: This paper seeks to confront the orthodoxy of global business education with some insights from postcolonial theory in order to develop a new critical pedagogy adequate for a global sociology of management and accounting. Design/methodology/approach: Reviewing the state of play in postcolonial theory and noting the new politicisation in that field, the paper asks what relevance this politicisation might have for an alternative to orthodox global business education. Findings: The paper finds that the texts available to postcolonial theory present a wealth beyond the regulation of colonial and neo‐colonial regimes and in contrast critical management studies do not have …
Singapore Management University Report To Stakeholders 2006 - 2007, Singapore Management University
Singapore Management University Report To Stakeholders 2006 - 2007, Singapore Management University
Report to Stakeholders
SMU was founded to add diversity to higher education in Singapore, and to serve as a catalyst for change. Eight years on, the University continues to set new benchmarks for nurturing responsible leadership, developing diverse talents and spearheading research that has impact and real-world relevance. In the past academic year, SMU added a new school, graduate programmes and centres of excellence and forged new and deeper relationships with industry, academic and civic partners. These advances built on our existing strengths and moved us forward on a path of purposeful change and growth that reinforced our vision to be a premier …
Where Should The Action Be - Inside The Classroom Or Outside The Classroom? A Comparison Of The Action-Learning Outcomes In Singapore, China, Korea, New Zealand And Australia, Jens Mueller, Wee Liang Tan, Hanjun Hu, John Thornton
Where Should The Action Be - Inside The Classroom Or Outside The Classroom? A Comparison Of The Action-Learning Outcomes In Singapore, China, Korea, New Zealand And Australia, Jens Mueller, Wee Liang Tan, Hanjun Hu, John Thornton
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
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