Policies and Politics in Malaysian Education: Education Reforms, Nationalism and Neoliberalism

ISBN-13: 9781138550308 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 230 str.

Cynthia Joseph

Opis

This book draws on elements of critical social theory, research on globalization, neo liberalism and education, and Malaysian Studies to understand the interplay of globalization, nationalism, cultural politics and ethnicized neoliberalism in shaping the educational reforms in Malaysia.

Recenzje

This is the most important book on Malaysian education for years. It asks why the standard of Malaysian education continues to struggle although the country provides one of the most generous education budgets in the world. It asks why ‘soft racism’ and concealed preference policy continue to hold back half the nation’s talent. Only by asking the hard questions can Malaysia find the answers. -- Simon Marginson, Director of the Centre for Global Higher Education, University College London, and Joint Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education.

O autorze

Cynthia Joseph (Dr), a science graduate, completed a Master in Education in psychology at Universiti Sains Malaysia and a PhD at Monash University, Australia. Until she passed away, she was a Senior Lecturer at Monash University in Australia, and had been active as an executive board member (and President Elect) of a leading international research network of sociologists; she was also on the editorial board of two prestigious journals.