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Sim Boon Yee Jasmine

Assistant Professor
62196149
jasmine.sim@nie.edu.sg
CURRICULUM, TEACHING & LEARNING
NIE7-03-54

Dr Jasmine B-Y Sim is Assistant Professor, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Academic Group. Dr Sim is also the Programme Leader for the Masters of Education (Curriculum and Teaching). She was awarded the Australian International Postgraduate Research Scholarship and the International Postgraduate Award in 2003 and subsequently obtained her Ph.D from The University of Sydney. Dr Sim also holds a Master of Education in Learning and Teaching from Harvard University, and a Bachelor of Arts (Upper Class Honours) in English and History from Victoria University of Wellington. She was a recipient of the Ministry of Education Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship and the Singapore Government Scholarship. Prior to joining NIE, Dr Sim taught History and General Paper at Raffles Junior College, and worked in the MoE Curriculum Planning and Development Division and Schools Division. Dr Sim publishes in various journals such as British Journal of Educational Studies, Cambridge Journal of Education, Oxford Review of Education, Educational Review, and Citizenship, Teaching and Learning. Her article, 'Notions of criticality: Singaporean teachers' perspectives of critical thinking in social studies', co-authored with Dr Mark Baildon was chosen as the winner in the Cambridge Journal of Education Best Article Competition, 2010. She is the Principal Investigator of the research project, 'Towards engaged citizens: Understanding Singaporean students' civic knowledge, participation, attitudes, and perceptions' (OER/NIE Research Grant: S$247, 000). Her research interests include civics and citizenship education, democratic and social studies education, critical thinking and school-based curriculum development.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Sim, J. B-Y., & Ho, L-C. (2010). Transmitting national values through social studies: A Singapore case study. IN Lovat, T., Toomey, R., & Neville, C. (EDS.), International handbook on values education and student well-being (PP. 897-917). Dordrecht: Springer.
Sim, J. B-Y. (2010). 'Simple ideological "dupes" of national governments'? Teacher agency and citizenship education in Singapore. IN Kennedy, K. J., W. O. Lee, & Grossman, D. L. (EDS.), Citizenship pedagogies in Asia and the Pacific (PP. 221-242). Dordrecht/Hong Kong: Springer and Comparative Education Research Centre The University of Hong Kong.
Baildon, M., & Sim, J. B-Y. (2010). The dilemmas of Singapore's National Education in the global society. IN Reid, A., Sears, A., & Gill, J. (EDS.), Globalization, the nation-state and the citizen: Dilemmas and directions for civics and citizenship education (PP. 80-96). New York: Routledge.
Adler, S. A., & Sim, J. B-Y (2008). Secondary social studies in Singapore: Intentions and contradictions. IN Grossman, D. L. & Lo, J. T-Y (EDS.), Social education in the Asia-Pacific: Critical issues and multiple perspectives (A volume in Research in social education, Series editor: Merry Merryfield) (PP. 163-182). Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.
Print, M., Leung, Y-W., Sim, J. B-Y., Ikeno, N., & Ishimine, K. (2007). Political education across Asia. IN Lange, D. H. V, & Reinhardt, V. (EDS.), Basiswissen politische bildung (Handbook of political education) (PP. 189-202). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider-Verlag Hohengehren.

EDITORSHIPS OF SPECIAL ISSUE OF JOURNAL

Sim, J. B.-Y., & Low, E. L. (ED.) (2012). Asia-Pacific Journal of Education , Character and citizenship education., Accepted.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Jalil, Z., Chua, S.-H., & Sim, J. B.-Y. (IN-PRESS). What global citizenship means to Singapore primary school students. Curriculum Perspectives, 32,(3), N.A..
Alviar-Martin, T., Ho, L.C., Sim, J. B.-Y., and Yap, P.S. (2012). The Ecologies of Civic Competence: Students' Perceptions from one Singapore School. Asia-Pacific Journal of Education, n.p.,(n.p.), n.p..
Sim, J. B.-Y., & Low, E. L. (2012). Character and citizenship education: A review essay. Asia-Pacific Journal of Education, Accepted,(), N.A..
Ho, L.C., Alviar-Martin, T., Sim, J.B.-Y.,& Yap, P.S. (2011). Civic disparities: Exploring students’ perceptions of citizenship within Singapore’s academic tracks. Theory and Research in Social Education, 39,(2), 203-237.
Ho, L.; Sim, J. B.-Y., & Alviar-Martin, T. (2011). Interrogating Differentiated Citizenship Education: Students' Perceptions of Democracy, Rights, and Governance in Two Singapore Schools. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 6,(3), 265-276.
Leong, K-L., Sim, J. B-Y., & Chua, S-H. (2011). School-based curriculum development in Singapore: Bottom-up perspectives of a top-down policy. Curriculum Perspectives, 31,(1), 46-68.
Sim, J. B-Y. (2011). Social studies and citizenship for participation in Singapore: How one state seeks to influence its citizens. Oxford Review of Education, 37,(6), 743-761.
Sim, J. B-Y. (2011). The burden of responsibility: Elite students' understandings of civic participation in Singapore. Educational Review, DOI:10.1080/00131911.2011.598916,(), N.A..
Sim, B-Y Sim (2010). Social studies, citizenship and participation. Global Education, 40,(2), 58-63.
Sim, J. B.-Y., & Print, M. (2009). Citizenship education: Controlling or empowering teacher understanding and practice. Oxford Review of Education, 35,(6), 705-723.
Baildon, M., & Sim, J. B-Y. (2009). Notions of criticality: Singaporean teacher perspectives of critical thinking in social studies. Cambridge Journal of Education, 39,(4), 407-422.
Sim, J. B-Y., & Print, M. (2009). The state, teachers and citizenship education in Singapore schools. British Journal of Educational Studies, 57,(4), 380-399.
Sim, J. B-Y (2008). What does citizenship mean? Social studies teachers understandings of citizenship in Singapore schools. Educational Review, 60,(3), 253-266.
Nichol, R., & Sim, J. B-Y (2007). Singaporean citizenship, National Education and social studies: Control, constraints, contradictions and possibilities. Citizenship Teaching and Learning, 3,(1), 17-31.
Sim, J.B-Y, & Print, M. (2005). Citizenship education and social studies in Singapore: A national agenda. International Journal of Citizenship and Teacher Education, 1,(1), 58-73.

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

Sim, J. B-Y (2009, October). 2009 International Conference of Social Studies and Citizenship Education, Hangzhou, China. KEYNOTE ADDRESS, Social studies, citizenship and participation in Singapore, Hangzhou, China.

TECHNICAL REPORTS OR MONOGRAPHS

Sim, J. B.-Y., & Alviar-Martin, T. (2012, March). Towards engaged citizens: Understanding Singaporean students’ civic knowledge, participation, attitudes, and perceptions , , 46.