Southeast Asian Education in Modern History - 9780367583866

Taylor & Francis

Southeast Asian Education in Modern HistorySchools, Manipulation, and Contest\nAuthor(s): Pia Jolliffe, Thomas Bruce\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367583866, 978-0367583866\nSynopsis\nHow particular has Southeast Asias experience of educational development been, and has this led to an identifiably distinct Southeast Asian approach to the provision of education? Inquiry into these questions has significant consequences for our understanding of the current state of education in Southeast Asia and the challenges it has inherited. \n\nThis book contributes to a better understanding of the experience of educational development in Southeast Asia by presenting a collection of micro-historical studies on the subject of education, policy and practice in the region from the emergence of modern education to the end of the twentieth century. The chapters fathom the extent to which contest over educational content in scho.