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Linking Theory To Practice In Public Affairs Education: Tradition And Innovation, Laila El Baradei Oct 2019

Linking Theory To Practice In Public Affairs Education: Tradition And Innovation, Laila El Baradei

Faculty Journal Articles

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E-Waste Shouldn’T Be Waste: A Study On The Practices, Perceptions, And Policies On E-Waste In Urban Arusha, Tanzania, Melanie Mckenzie Oct 2019

E-Waste Shouldn’T Be Waste: A Study On The Practices, Perceptions, And Policies On E-Waste In Urban Arusha, Tanzania, Melanie Mckenzie

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This study examines the e-waste stream in urban Arusha, answer the questions of where electronics go, how people usually dispose of them, if people are aware of the impacts of e-waste, and what next steps are necessary. The study took place in November 2019 in urban Arusha, Tanzania. Through snowball and convenience sampling in 4 quotas (community members, electricians, business members, and a policy maker), the study finds that there is no place for the proper disposal of e-waste in Arusha. Many electronics are disposed of improperly by being put into the landfill or burned. Most participants were unaware of …


How To Be Singaporean: Becoming Global National Citizens And The National Dimension In Cosmopolitan Openness, Wen Li Thian Mar 2019

How To Be Singaporean: Becoming Global National Citizens And The National Dimension In Cosmopolitan Openness, Wen Li Thian

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

This paper looks at how cosmopolitanism is practised amongst Singaporeans who have experienced Singapore’s education reform in the 1990s. Cosmopolitanism in Singapore is tied to state-intervention with a national orientation. To complement Singapore’s push towards cosmopolitanism, the education reform in the 1990s promoted the idea of a national citizen with a global orientation. I looked at 40 Singaporeans born after the year 1990 to investigate cosmopolitan attitudes that have emerged from the tensions between cosmopolitanism and nationalism. To meet the state’s ideals of cosmopolitanism, these Singaporeans employed strategies to practice a particular form of cosmopolitan openness which prioritise national interests. …


The ‘Seven S’ Approach To Subject-Based Banding In Schools, David Chan Mar 2019

The ‘Seven S’ Approach To Subject-Based Banding In Schools, David Chan

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

In an invited commentary, SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute Director Professor David Chan discussed the issues surrounding the replacement of streaming at secondary school with the subject-based banding system. He explained how we can approach issues by reflecting on what he called the "Seven S" elements of education.


Technology Integration In Education In Egypt / دمج التكنولوجيا في التعليم في مصر, Alaa Afdal Mogheith, Aya Ahmed Wahb, Lobna Abdallah Yassin Jan 2019

Technology Integration In Education In Egypt / دمج التكنولوجيا في التعليم في مصر, Alaa Afdal Mogheith, Aya Ahmed Wahb, Lobna Abdallah Yassin

Papers, Posters, and Presentations

Our policy paper focuses on exploring the introduction of the tablets to the first secondary stage in the national educational system. Furthermore, it tackles the implementation processes that are now taking place in Egypt.