Liberal Arts for Asians

Liu, Petrus; Lye, Colleen

doi:10.1080/1369801x.2015.1126194

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“…The transpacific collaboration was part of a 'global hub' strategy that seeks to improve the position of Singapore in the global knowledge economy without abandoning the limits its government imposes on academic freedom. While the founding president of Yale-NUS College praised 'globally aware citizens' who can be 'more innovative contributors to the economy and society' (Lewis, 2016: 49), his critics rebuked that Yale-NUS runs on a marketized notion of liberal education, an elite education used as a way of getting ahead in the global competition for talent, not as a tool for social critique (Liu, Lye, 2016). When the traditional ideal of liberal learning has been hegemonized by a neoliberalized education, a 'functionalist creativity' replaces the true spirit of the liberal arts education (Newfield, 2017).…”

Section: Example 2: Liberal Education Vs the Neoliberal Artsmentioning

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Notes on liberal (arts) education discourse

Kontowski

2019

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The following essay discusses liberal (arts) education from critical discourse analysis perspective. After a historical and philosophical introduction, three examples of liberal education discourse are discussed: 1) ‘liberal arts’ vs. ‘liberal education’, 2) ‘liberal arts’ and ‘neoliberal arts’ and 3) descriptions of liberal education at Wagner College in 1970 and 2013. The article concludes with a general reflection on liberal education in the current educational landscape and a tentative agenda for using the critical discourse analysis toolbox in further studies.

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Section: Example 2: Liberal Education Vs the Neoliberal Artsmentioning

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Notes on liberal (arts) education discourse

Kontowski

2019

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“…Although Yale-NUS was established to promote critical education and discussions with a liberal arts programme, the institution was internationally criticised as a misfit in its academic environment. Academics were concerned about the institution's academic independence when it came to upholding the open exchange of ideas (Liu & Lye, 2016;Nasir, 2016).…”

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Homo academicus unfolds: Singapore's media discourse of social scientist's role

Wong¹

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Media discourse plays a crucial place in portraying the image of social scientists' roles in society. However, the literature is dominated by science communication examples and models in the western world. Current studies have not fully grasped the cultural account in under-studied Southeast Asian contexts. This thesis analyses the gap between news media and scholars' portrayals of social scientists' roles in Singapore's instrumental Social Science history, constrained media and academic landscapes. This research describes and compares both accounts using media discourse analysis of Singapore's Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehood. I identify social scientists' roles and characterisations, showing the media's consistent depiction of the objective-instrumentalist stance. I argue that the news media's portrayal emphasises the instrumental orientation of social scientists' roles and avoids academic language and social-political critiques. This research contributes a cultural account of news media's portrayal of social scientists' roles in a Southeast Asian context.

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Political citizenship experiments: young people’s quotidian politics and (a)political subjectivities in East Asian liberal arts universities

Cheng

2022

International Studies in Sociology of Education

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Liberal Arts for Asians

Cited by 6 publications

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Notes on liberal (arts) education discourse

Notes on liberal (arts) education discourse

Homo academicus unfolds: Singapore's media discourse of social scientist's role

Political citizenship experiments: young people’s quotidian politics and (a)political subjectivities in East Asian liberal arts universities

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