Rethinking critical patriotism: a case of constructive patriotism in Social Studies teachers in Singapore

Chua, Shuyi; Sim, Jasmine B.‐Y.

doi:10.1080/02188791.2016.1142425

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“…But before addressing the context of Singapore, it is important first to clarify that having a good opinion of patriotism does not necessarily mean that teachers were uncritical about it. It could just as well mean that they have a different definition of it (Chua and Sim, 2016). For example, these teachers clearly saw patriotism in a more civic than a critical sense (Chua and Sim, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Usually, they have been triggered by political transitions or crises that make scholars question the nature of citizens’ devotion to their countries. These scholars typically write from a liberal point of view, which espouses democratic thinking and liberalism, and opposes authoritarian and conservative ideas (Chua and Sim, 2016). For example, the most prominent theoretical constructs on patriotism in the education field are Westheimer’s (2009) democratic and authoritarian patriotism, Staub’s (2003) constructive and blind patriotism, and Merry’s (2009) critical and loyal patriotism.…”

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Postmodern patriotism: teachers’ perceptions of loyalty to Singapore

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Sim

2017

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore humanities teachers’ perceptions of patriotism in Singapore by addressing two questions. First, what are teachers’ understandings of patriotism? Second, what are teachers’ attitudes toward patriotism as a quality of good citizenship? Design/methodology/approach The qualitative case study approach was used, with semi-structured interviews and classroom observations as data sources. The participants were four teachers from diverse backgrounds with distinct perceptions of patriotism. Data analysis methods included writing teacher profiles and thematic coding. Findings Teachers were generally positive toward patriotism and understood it in four ways: cosmopolitan, nationalistic, social-movement and person oriented. These themes were not mutually exclusive but distributed across the participants in varying extents. These findings show that patriotism is susceptible to individual meaning-making, and there are different scales and expressions of patriotism. Research limitations/implications The results from this small case study cannot be generalized. However, owing to globalization, it is likely that alternative ways of understanding patriotism might become more widespread and salient in citizenship education. Hence, the authors recommend that more studies be conducted on larger samples and using other methods. Originality/value This study goes in-depth into a case where teachers had positive feelings toward patriotism, and it draws on the context of Singapore to understand how and why this is so. It also revealed conceptions of patriotism that differ from the more common constructs in the educational literature, suggesting that people from post-colonial countries with different histories, might conceive of patriotism differently from others.

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Postmodern patriotism: teachers’ perceptions of loyalty to Singapore

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2017

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“…Patriotism and national pride have become a tradition of the Vietnamese nation. Patriotism education aims to form and develop students' personalities about love for the country, loyalty, and aspiration to serve the interests of the Fatherland and the people [50].…”

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Vietnamese Students' Perceptions of Moral Values: An Assessment by Students at An Giang University

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“…We use the qualitative instrumental case study to study critical patriotism in teachers (Chua and Sim, 2017).…”

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“…In Singapore, critical patriotism is enacted with a different spirit: one favoring consensus as opposed to confrontation, one favoring gradual change over radical change (Chua and Sim, 2017).…”

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Utilization of active and passive constructions in English academic writing

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By its nature, AW represents adversity compared to other types of writing. It owns the characteristics of more notable patterns and language usage compared to other writing styles such as literary works, news, etc. Without discriminating the language used, this kind of writing generally bears similarities across languages due to the description and representation of scientific concepts. Therefore, there stands a must that objectivity is observed in AW as much as possible. In terms of language usage, diverse structures may be seen to be used in varied frequencies. Within this study, articles written in English and published in scientific journals covered by high ranking field indices such as Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index/Health Sciences Library, and American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information were perused depending on their related fields classified as the Social Sciences, Natural and Applied Sciences, and Health Sciences, and then active/passive dispersion of these articles was identified through descriptive content analysis. The results suggest that active structure usage (61%) in overall analysis outnumbered that of passive (39%); the decline in its utilization depending on fields is rather significant, in that while the gap between active (74%) and passive (26%) usage in Social Sciences is rather wide in favor of active construction, we can observe a significant narrowing of the divide in Natural and Applied Sciences (60% active, 40% passive), and Health Sciences (51% active, 49% passive). The findings of this descriptive study may contribute to prospective research carried out in the specified fields in AW.

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Rethinking critical patriotism: a case of constructive patriotism in Social Studies teachers in Singapore

Cited by 11 publications

References 14 publications

Postmodern patriotism: teachers’ perceptions of loyalty to Singapore

Postmodern patriotism: teachers’ perceptions of loyalty to Singapore

Vietnamese Students' Perceptions of Moral Values: An Assessment by Students at An Giang University

Utilization of active and passive constructions in English academic writing

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