MOE Written Textbooks are even more Biased and Partisan Towards the PAP
The SDP had written to the Ministry of Education (MOE) for permission to conduct talks to students in schools. The MOE turned down the request saying that "schools are neutral places for learning and not platforms for partisan politics”. The MOE also stated that the history textbook cited by the SDP as being partisan towards...
与我国青年对话:共同培养、创造未来
未来数月,新加坡民主党将进行这项工作。我们将联系学校与大学,启动一个与我国青年的对话,谈论有关他们所关注的国家课题以及他们的未来。目的是让政治与政策的制定过程更贴近我国学生,从而挑战他们去针对新加坡所面对的问题进行深思熟虑的分析。 民主党希望借此激发学生群体,公开讨论不同的社会和政治观点,并为青年提供不同的观点,以此鼓励他们进行批判思考。 2013年,当时的教育部高级政务部长英兰妮女士说过:“我们需要各方的协作,以重新思考、寻求,并开发途经去加强我们学生的思考发展,特别是在创意方面,也就是俗称的‘创见性思考’。” 倘若目标是为了培养我们学生具备独立思考,那么接触不同的视角观点是不可或缺的条件。如果目标是为了培养创造性思维,教育制度就必须注入开放式的发问空间。 随着新加坡的进步与未来的发展,国家更需要能够进行公开讨论的人民,而公开讨论的先决条件就是提供所需的资讯以及技能,以加强人民的好奇心。 在一个瞬息万变的世界里,创意和创新能力是重要的资产,也因此促使对更多,而不是更少的,公开的、具活力的讨论的需求。如果要做到这一点,最好的起点莫过于推动我们的学生拥有发问的动力。 民主党将致函征询教育部与学校的同意与学生进行对话。 2月2日 Read More →
Ministers’ Silence on Benjamin Lim’s Suicide Troubling
The SDP expresses our deepest sympathies to the family of Benjamin Lim. His suicide is a tragedy that could have been avoided. There is a reason why the law and society treat minors differently from adults: They are presumed to not possess the full maturity in thought and deed as adults. Common sense would have indicated to...
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