Topic: Governance in Singapore
Essential Question: Why is good governance important in Singapore?
Period IIEssential Question: Why is good governance important in Singapore?
Period I
- Follow-up
- Read Textbook pp. 23-60.
- Complete Workbook pp. 13- 30.
- Understanding Goals: How have the principles of governance helped shaped the management of traffic flow in Singapore?
- Measures to control traffic flow
- ALS & Electronic Road Pricing
- Park & Ride Scheme
- Vehicle Quota System
- Performances:
- Read up on these measures. Which do you think is the most effective measure in controlling traffic flow in Singapore?
- What are the principles of governance behind each of these measures?
- Which principle is most prominent?
- Present your arguments in interest groups of 3s each as experts of 1 particular measure.
- Preview: Problems of Population Planning in Singapore
- Post-war baby boom + better healthcare/nutrition = longer life-expectancy = ageing population = high dependency ratio
- Education = Social-economic mobility = late marriages/singlehood = low fertility rate
- Understanding Goals: How have the principles of governance helped shaped population policies in Singapore?
- Statutory measures
- Public education
- Foreign Talent schemes
- Performances:
- What are some implications of the fall in replacement level of births in Singapore?
- How successful are Singapore's population policies in solving this problem?
- What other measures would you introduce to tackle the problem of low birth rates in Singapore?
- Assessment: SBQ practise on Senior Citizens
- a) Study Source A. Why was this photo published in the Straits Times? (5)
- b) Study Source B. What does Source B tell you about the mentality towards the elderly? (6)
- c) Study Source C and D. How similar are the two sources about senior citizens? (7)
- To be submitted on 3 April 1305. Samuel to collect.
