ABSTRACT

Since the 1990s, Singapore has firmly established its reputation in the global education policy space as one of the best education systems in the world. However, existing policy transfer literature on Singapore has been mainly interested in Singapore as a decontextualised, ahistorical case, rather than as a unique player in the global education policy sphere. Analysis of how Singapore’s educational policies and lessons have been exported to other countries tends to focus on the mediating roles of international assessments and global policy actors like the OECD or McKinsey consultants. What has been much less clear is Singapore’s own proactive branding and education export strategies. Guided by the Cultural Political Economy framework, this paper draws attention to how an enabling global education policy context with an insatiable appetite for fast policy lessons has aligned with Singapore’s own initiatives to cultivate and export its brand of educational success.

摘要

自 1990 年代以来，新加坡在全球教育政策领域确立了其作为世界上最好的教育体系之一的声誉。然而，现有的关于新加坡的政策转移文献主要关注新加坡作为一个脱离背景的、非历史的案例，而不是作为全球教育政策领域的一个独特参与者。分析新加坡的教育政策和经验教训如何输出到其他国家往往侧重于国际评估和全球政策参与者（如经合组织或麦肯锡顾问）的调解作用。不太清楚的是新加坡自己积极的品牌和教育出口战略。在文化政治经济学框架的指导下，