Series Editors' ForewardForeward by F. Michael Connelly1. Introduction Section 1 - Globalization, Curriculum Reform, Vision and Discourses2. Globalization, the State and Curriculum Reform S. GOPINATHAN and Mardiana ABU BAKAR3. Aims of Schooling For The 21st Century: The Desired Outcomes of Education Jason TAN4. A Vision of Schooling for the 21st Century: Thinking Schools and Learning Nation Aaron KOH Section 2 - Translating Reform Initiatives into Programmes, School Subjects and Operational Frameworks5. National Education: Framing the Citizenship Curriculum for Singapore Schools Jasmine B-Y. SIM6. Recontextualising Critical Thinking in the Singapore Curriculum Leonel LIM7. Teach Less, Learn More: Lost in TranslationJuin Ee TEO, Zongyi DENG, Christine Kim Eng LEE and Christina LIM-RATNAMSection 3 - Enacting Reform Initiatives in Classrooms8. Visible Learning and the Enacted Curriculum in Singapore David HOGAN, Dennis KWEK, Phillip TOWNDROW, Ridzuan abdul RAHIM, Teck Kiang TAN, Han Jing YANG and Melvin CHAN9. Working Through The Layers: Curriculum Implementation in Language Education Rita Elaine SILVER, Xiaolan CURDT-CHRISTIANSEN, Susan WRIGHT and Madonna STINSON10. National and Global Citizenship Education: Case Studies from Two Singapore Social Studies ClassroomsLi-Ching HO11. Enacting Teach Less, Learn More in Mathematics Classrooms: The Case of Productive FailureManu KAPUR and Huey Woon LEESection 4 - International, Comparative and Future Perspectives12. Singapore's School Curriculum for the Future: Beyond National Development?Kerry J KENNEDY13. Reforming Curriculum in Singapore and Hong KongS. GOPINATHAN and Michael H. LEE14. The Development of a Future-oriented Citizenship Curriculum in Singapore: Convergence of Character and Citizenship Education and Curriculum 2015 Wing On LEEConclusion15. The Singapore Curriculum: Convergence, Divergence, Issues and Challenges Zongyi DENG, S. GOPINATHAN and Christine Kim Eng LEE