Decolonizing the History Curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore

Decolonizing the History Curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore
Author: Kevin Blackburn
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2019-05-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0429749414

Decolonizing the History Curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore is a unique study in the history of education because it examines decolonization in terms of how it changed the subject of history in the school curriculum of two colonized countries – Malaysia and Singapore. Blackburn and Wu’s book analyzes the transition of the subject of history from colonial education to postcolonial education, from the history syllabus upholding the colonial order to the period after independence when the history syllabus became a tool for nation-building. Malaysia and Singapore are excellent case studies of this process because they once shared a common imperial curriculum in the English language schools that was gradually ‘decolonized’ to form the basis of the early history syllabuses of the new nation-states (they were briefly one nation-state in the early to mid-1960s). The colonial English language history syllabus was ‘decolonized’ into a national curriculum that was translated for the Chinese, Malay, and Tamil schools of Malaysia and Singapore. By analyzing the causes and consequences of the dramatic changes made to the teaching of history in the schools of Malaya and Singapore as Britain ended her empire in Southeast Asia, Blackburn and Wu offer fascinating insights into educational reform, the effects of decolonization on curricula, and the history of Malaysian and Singaporean education.

Malaysian Development

Malaysian Development
Author: Martin Rudner
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 427
Release: 1994-09-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0773573852

A collection of articles provides sweeping insight into the history and dynamics of Malaysian economic, social and political development addressing such policy issues as the impact of agriculture, education and human resource development.

Development Studies and Colonial Policy

Development Studies and Colonial Policy
Author: Barbara Ingham
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2005-06-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135779961

First Published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Bulletin

Bulletin
Author: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). Bureau of Educational Research
Publisher:
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1928
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Education, Industrialization and the End of Empire in Singapore

Education, Industrialization and the End of Empire in Singapore
Author: Kevin Blackburn
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2016-12-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317190238

Singapore under the ruling People’s Action Party government has been categorized as a developmental state which has utilized education as an instrument of its economic policies and nation-building agenda. However, contrary to accepted assumptions, the use of education by the state to promote economic growth did not begin with the coming to power of the People’s Action Party in 1959. In Singapore, the colonial state had been using education to meet the demands of its colonial economy well before the rise of the post-independence developmental state. Education, Industrialization and the End of Empire in Singapore examines how the state’s use of education as an instrument of economic policy had its origins in the colonial economy and intensified during the process of decolonization. By covering this process the history of vocational and technical education and its relationship with the economy is traced from the colonial era through to decolonization and into the early postcolonial period.

Bulletin

Bulletin
Author: United States. Office of Education
Publisher:
Total Pages: 838
Release: 1929
Genre: Education
ISBN:

World English

World English
Author: Janina Brutt-Griffler
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781853595776

This text traces the history of English language spread from the 18th to the beginning of the 21st century, combining that with a study of its langauge change. It links linguistic and sociolinguistic variables that have conditioned the evolution and change of English, putting forward a new framework of language spread and change.