Seeing families as policy actors: exploring higher-order thinking reforms in Singapore through low-income families' perspectives

• Published in: Journal of education policy Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 205 - 225
• Main Authors: Chiong, Charleen, Lim, Leonel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 04.03.2022
• Subjects: Accountability; Critical Thinking; education policy reforms; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Equal Education; Family Involvement; Family Role; Foreign Countries; governmentality; Low Income Students; low-income families; Neoliberalism; policy actors; Policy Analysis; Policy Formation; Thinking Skills; Singapore

Empirical policy analyses have hitherto largely focused on how formal institutions and agents (such as schools and ministries) formulate and enact policy. Less considered is the role and perspectives of families in mediating education policy. This paper discusses the importance of viewing families a...