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A Quiet Revolution
Singapore's World Class Educational System
| Length: | 60 min |
| Released: | 2011 |
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A Quiet Revolution shines a light on Singapore—often considered to have the best education system in the world—to illustrate how the system produces such powerful results and how it differs from the American educational system.
In Singapore, there is an acknowledgment that not everyone is “college material,” and an emphasis toward steering students into the appropriate training or educational course. The film follows the inspiring stories of two Singaporean school children facing the highest-stakes exam of their lives, one that determines where they will attend secondary school. In such a credential-driven society, it is a grade that stays with students for life. The film captures the rigorous studying, the tears, the passes and the failures, to form a surprising picture of how success-focused Singaporeans handle academic shortcomings and such a system’s effect on children’s psyches.
In Singapore, there is an acknowledgment that not everyone is “college material,” and an emphasis toward steering students into the appropriate training or educational course. The film follows the inspiring stories of two Singaporean school children facing the highest-stakes exam of their lives, one that determines where they will attend secondary school. In such a credential-driven society, it is a grade that stays with students for life. The film captures the rigorous studying, the tears, the passes and the failures, to form a surprising picture of how success-focused Singaporeans handle academic shortcomings and such a system’s effect on children’s psyches.
Association for Asian Studies, 2012
