Education in South-East AsiaLorraine Pe Symaco Education in South-East Asia is a comprehensive critical reference guide to education in South East Asia. With chapters written by an international team of leading regional education experts, the book explores the education systems of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam. The diverse range and forms of culture, religion and politics embedded in the region are exhibited in the distinctive education systems that inter-relate in one of the most integrated regions in the world. Including a comparative introduction to the issues facing education in the region as a whole and guides to available online datasets, this Handbook will be an essential reference for researchers, scholars, international agencies and policy-makers at all levels. |
Contents
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From Dependency to Sovereignty Emerging National Leadership | 23 |
Evolving Quality Issues in Higher Education | 47 |
The Challenges of Quality and Equity in Education | 71 |
Islamic Higher Education Periphery within Periphery? | 95 |
The Great Transformation | 115 |
Ethnocracy and Education | 137 |
The Education of Refugee and AsylumSeeking Children | 157 |
Education Issues and Challenges | 191 |
Higher Education and Development | 213 |
Education in Transition | 233 |
The Malay Ethnic Minority Playing Perennial Catchup in Education? | 255 |
Issues in Education | 275 |
Education Decolonization and Development | 299 |
The Education System A Need to Improve Quality | 323 |
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