When both local and foreign math publishers in Singapore—with the backing of government-linked businesses or organizations, and positive feedback from thousands of homeschoolers overseas—aim to influence or impose their ways of teaching and learning elementary school math around the world—they desire to grow in power and profits to an eager global audience that is keen to emulate Singapore’s math success at home.
Just as the principles of McDonaldization has been applied to the church and religion, mathepreneurs aren’t shy to apply the grobalization of Singapore math to colonize math education around the globe.
by Numerati June 21, 2025
Get the The Grobalization of Singapore Mathmug. When more and more countries around the globe are fast embracing the Singapore math curriculum, or part of it, so as not to be left behind educationally and economically, as they copycat or emulate the best educational practices used by local math educators and tiger parents, who have helped put the “fine” city of Singapore on the world’s math education map.
Like the democratization of music, the democratization of Singapore math ought to force math educators in the city-state to embrace the courage imperative, by turning barriers into breakthroughs, or obstacles into opportunities, if they want to maintain an asymmetric advantage over their counterparts in other high GDP economies.
by Numerati January 14, 2025
Get the The Democratization of Singapore Mathmug. normal (sing-uh-pore), local (sing-guh-pore) A country smaller than a city with its pros and cons, no natural disasters and little violent crime, but where the students are tortured to study and exercise and where the ruling party is authoritarian and there is still racism and sexism but less prevalent in gen z. Most pop culture is not local. Also we don’t say lah in every sentence
Hey ah Beng, I heard you got come back to Singapore right?
Ah Beng- Abuden i only stay in Thailand to vape
Walao eh cibai so addicted! Come back lah
Ah Beng- Abuden i only stay in Thailand to vape
Walao eh cibai so addicted! Come back lah
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Get the Singapore Slingmug. by EasternEuropeanSlavLover July 22, 2025
Get the singaporemug. Susan: What are you using on your face? Your skin looks amazing!
Me: Its my new face cream, guaranteed to not leave a singapore on the face!
Susan: Black people age so nicely.
Me: Right! Look at Cletus, he ain't got a singapore on his skin!
Me: Its my new face cream, guaranteed to not leave a singapore on the face!
Susan: Black people age so nicely.
Me: Right! Look at Cletus, he ain't got a singapore on his skin!
by Polly Tatum November 16, 2021
Get the Singaporemug. A mélange or rojak of the best math methodologies and pedagogies from the East and the West, which has given local students in the “fine” city of Singapore an asymmetric or unfair advantage over their peers overseas—when even their weaker students fare better than the global average.
Singapore Math has sprung up a cottage industry in math education, as millions of homeschoolers worldwide realized that wallet-friendly, brain-unfriendly math titles have helped their children hone their problem-solving skills.
by Numerati December 15, 2024
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