Political Economy of Schooling in Cambodia: Issues of Quality and Equity

ISBN-13: 9781137455994 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 245 str.

Yuto Kitamura; D. Brent Edwards; Sitha Chhinh

Opis

The Political Economy of Schooling in Cambodia presents a detailed portrait of the education system in Cambodia. In addition to contextualizing the development of education in Cambodia from a long-term historical perspective, the book addresses issues such as: the local enactment of student-centered pedagogies, the lived experiences of students and teachers, challenges to achieving literacy and numeracy, practices of private tutoring, the rise of education-related civil society and its influence on education policymaking, issues around student dropout, and current themes in higher education and teacher education. This breadth of issues is addressed through recent quantitative and qualitative analyses by scholars long engaged in research in Cambodia. The book's focus on challenges accompanying Cambodia's continued expansion and modernization of its education system makes the findings and lessons presented relevant both within and beyond Cambodia.

Recenzje

"The book is a valuable contribution to the fields of international and development education and of international and comparative education. ... For those familiar with Cambodia, those new to Cambodia studies, those interested in area studies, and those wanting to lean about a specific educational national context, this volume is a good reference. ... A thoroughly good read!" (Phan Le Ha, Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 32 (2), July, 2017)

"This new volume on Cambodian education is an invaluable contribution to Cambodian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, and comparative and international development education. ... it is certainly an exceedingly valuable contribution, filling a huge gap in the literature and providing a comprehensive in-depth research based portrait of contemporary education in post-conflict Cambodia." (Gerald W. Fry, Comparative Education Review, May, 2017)

"The book fills an important niche in the comprehension of Cambodia's unique educational situation. Researchers, students, policymakers, and others who wish to gain an expansive understanding of the situation of education today in Cambodia would benefit from reading it. ... graduate students will find this book helpful in terms of various research methodologies from employing existing data on education to conducting qualitative interviews and quantitative data analyses." (Kelly Grace and Sothy Eng, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Vol. 35 (3), 2016)

O autorze

Thomas Zimmermann, University of Kassel, Germany Bunchhay Ang, Hiroshima University, Japan William C. Brehm, University of Hong Kong Makiko Hayashi, Waseda University, Japan Yukiko Hirakawa, Hiroshima University, Japan Takayo Ogisu, Michigan State University, USA Boret Heng, Hiroshima University, Japan Fata No, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia Naoki Umemiya, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia