Education in Malaysia Developments and Challenges /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Samuel, Moses (Editor), Tee, Meng Yew (Editor), Symaco, Lorraine Pe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 39
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; International and Comparative Education.

This book examines Malaysia’s educational landscape, providing a contemporary study of key themes that have emerged in this multicultural, multi-ethnic society, as it attempts to shift from a middle-income to a high-income nation. Combining contributions by scholars from various fields—such as econo...

Table of Contents:

• 1 The educational landscape of Malaysia
• 2 Race-based policies and practices in Malaysia's education system
• 3 Education and politics in Malaysia
• 4 Development of higher education in Malaysia: Issues and challenges
• 5 Educational policies and practices in Malaysia
• 6 Teachers and teaching in Malaysia
• 7 Changes in the Malaysian school curriculum from the pre-independence years until the new millennium
• 8 The role of indigenous languages in schools: The case of Sarawak
• 9 Skills training and vocational education in Malaysia
• 10 Reflections on the state and future of Malaysia's education.