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

• Other Authors: Joseph, Cynthia (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxon Routledge 2018
• Series: Routledge critical studies in Asian education
• Subjects: Education > Malaysia; Education and state > Malaysia; Educational change > Malaysia
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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. Using the Ma...

Table of Contents:

• Malaysian geopolitics, ethnoscapes and education policy / Cynthia Joseph
• Malaysia's ethnicized neoliberalism, ethnoscapes and education politics / Cynthia Joseph
• Islamic education in Malaysia: between neo-liberalism and political priorities in light of the Malaysia education blueprint (2013-2025) / Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid and Mohd Haris Zuan jaharuddin
• Poverty and primary education of the Orang asli children / Bemen Win Keong Wong and Kiky Kirina Abdillah
• Beyond the blueprint: exploring educational exclusion through refugee voices / Lucy Bailey
• Mara Junior science colleges and the Malaysia education blueprint: a critical discourse analysis / Mutiara Mohamad
• Assessing the impact of trade liberalization on Malaysia's private higher education / Tham Siew Yean
• Malaysia's higher education policies: impact on access, quality and equity issues / Molly N.N. Lee
• Solidarity in an oppressive world? the paradox of Malaysia Africa interactions in higher education / Sandra Khor Manickam
• African international students in the malaysia education blueprint: experiences of racialization and othering / Frauke-Katrin Kandale
• Malaysian students and graduates of uk universities: international education, social reproduction and mobility / L Lin Sin
• The need for decentralization: a historical analysis of Malaysia's education system / Zairil Khir Johari and Nicholas Chan
• Discourses, voices, contradictions and silences in Malaysia's education reform: about this book and its editor / Rosemary Viete, Susan Plowright, Helen Watt, Miriam Faine and Cynthia Joseph.