UID:
almafu_9961162031702883
Format:
1 online resource (368 p.)
ISBN:
1-4725-4446-3
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1-78402-762-6
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1-299-10421-5
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1-4411-7334-X
Series Statement:
Education around the world series
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Series Editor Preface, Colin Brock (University of Durham, UK) -- Contributors -- 1. Education and Issues in South East Asia: A Regional Overview, Lorraine Pe Symaco (University of Malaya, Malaysia) -- 2. Brunei Darussalam: Planning for Educational transformation and ICT in Education, Murray Brown (Educational Consultant, Brunei Darussalam) and Haji Abdul Rahim Derus (Ministry of Education, Brunei Darussalam) -- 3. Cambodia: From Dependency to Sovereignty - Emerging National Leadership, Vincent McNamara (Educational Consultant, Cambodia) -- 4. Cambodia: Evolving Quality Issues in Higher Education, Luise Ahrens (University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia) and Vincent McNamara (Educational Consultant, Cambodia) -- 5. Indonesia: The Challenges of Quality and Equity in Education, Mark Heyward (Educational Consultant, Indonesia) and Sopantini (University of Tasmania, Australia) -- 6. Indonesia: Islamic Higher Education - Periphery within Periphery?, Anthony Welch (University of Sydney, Australia) and Saefudin Syafi'i (University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia) -- 7. Lao PDR: The Great Transformation, Richard Noonan (Independent Researcher, Laos), Phouvanh Phommalangsy (University of Queensland, Australia) and Inthasone Phetsiris (Ministry of Education and Sports, Loas) -- 8. Malaysia: Ethnocracy and Education, Moses Samuel (University of Malaya, Malaysia) and Meng Yew Tee (University of Malaya, Malaysia) -- 9. Malaysia: The Education of Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children, Hema Letchamanan (Taylor's University, Malaysia) -- 10. Myanmar: Governance, Civil Society and the Developments in Education, Richard Martin (Educational Consultant, Australia) -- 11. The Philippines: Education Issues and Challenges, Lorraine Pe Symaco (University of Malaya, Malaysia) -- 12. The Philippines: Higher Education and Development, Lorraine Pe Symaco (University of Malaya, Malaysia) -- 13. Singapore: Education in Transition, Letchmi Devi Ponnusamy (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) and Saravanan Gopinathan (UniSim, Singapore) -- 14. Singapore: The Malay Ethnic Minority - Playing Perennial Catch-up in Education?, Jason Tan (National Institute of Education, Singapore) -- 15. Thailand: Issues in Education, Chaiyuth Punyasavatsvt (Thammasat University, Thailand) -- 16. Timor-Leste: Education, Decolonisation and Development, Bob Boughton (University of New England, Australia) -- 17. Vietnam: The Education System - A Need to Improve Quality, Martin Hayden (Southern Cross University, Australia) and Le Thi Ngoc Lan (Foreign Trade University, Vietnam) -- Index --
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Also issued in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4742-3547-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4411-0141-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781472544469
