ABSTRACT
This chapter applies a time-space lens to explore how time and space relations are inherently and often invisibly connected to power and social inequalities with real, material impacts within and on educational institutions. The author draws on what he regard as the complementary notions of the "timescape" – a concept developed in sociology and environmental studies – and "power-geometry" – a concept developed in critical geography. The People's Action Party (PAP) has led the country since 1959. Singapore has a democratic parliamentary system, based initially on the British political system but with mandatory voting. It's also important to understand how education is positioned in the national timescape. Prospects for a small nation like Singapore were fairly grave after it broke away from Britain in 1962 and from Malaysia in 1965. Time-space analysis offers ways of thinking about educational change and how historic features of education might be de-linked.
