Education and Globalization in Southeast Asia: Issues and Challenges

213 Pages·2017·3.382 MB·English

by  Lee Hock Guan (ed.)

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trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and
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ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Education and Globalization in Southeast Asia : Issues and Challenges.
1. Education and state—Southeast Asia.
I. Lee, Hock Guan.
LC94 A9E21 2017
ISBN 978-981-4762-90-8 (soft cover)
ISBN 978-981-4762-91-5 (e-book PDF)
Typeset by Superskill Graphics Pte Ltd
Printed in Singapore by Markono Print Media Pte Ltd
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii
Contributors ix
Introduction 1
Lee Hock Guan
1. English in Singapore and Malaysia: Common Roots,
Different Fruits 14
Lubna Alsagoff
2. Globalization, Educational Language Policy and
Nation-Building in Malaysia 36
Tan Yao Sua and R. Santhiram
3. Second-Order Change Without First-Order Change:
A Case of Thai Internationalization of Higher Education 59
Pad Lavankura and Rattana Lao
4. Higher Education in Malaysia: Access, Equity and Quality 83
Hena Mukherjee, Jasbir S. Singh, Rozilini M. Fernandez-Chung
and T. Marimuthu
5. Indonesian Higher Education: Gaps in Access and
School Choice 111
Mohamad Fahmi
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6. Increasing Access to and Retention in Primary Education
in Malaysia 142
Lorraine Pe Symaco
7. Primary and Secondary Education in Myanmar:
Challenges Facing Current Reforms 166
Brooke Zobrist and Patrick McCormick
Index 195
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This volume had its origins in the workshop on “Education, Globalization
and the Nation State in Southeast Asia” held on 16–17 October 2014. We
would like to thank the participants who contributed to the workshop and
for devoting their time and energy to prepare the papers for the workshop.
The two-day workshop went smoothly with constructive exchanges and
discussions all round.
We have selected seven papers from the workshop to be revised for
publication in this edited volume. Due to unexpected circumstances, I had
to defer for a period of time the process to revise and prepare the papers
for publication. I would like to offer my apologies to the authors included
in this belated publication.
We would to thank Mr Tan Chin Tiong, Director of the ISEAS –
Yusof Ishak Institute, for his support for the workshop and the Konrad-
Adenauer-Stiftung for their generous financial support for both the
workshop and publication of this book. Finally, many thanks to the ISEAS
Administration staff for their efforts in helping to organize the workshop,
and to ISEAS Publishing for facilitating the publication with efficiency
and professionalism.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Lubna Alsagoff is Associate Professor, English Language and Literature
Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore.
Mohamad Fahmi is Lecturer, Department of Economics, and Researcher,
Center for Economics and Development Studies, Padjadjaran University,
Bandung, Indonesia.
Rozilini Fernandez-Chung is currently Vice-President, HELP University
College (Malaysia), and was formerly with the Malaysian Qualifications
Agency.
Rattana A. Lao is Lecturer, Thai Studies, Pridi Banomyong International
College, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Pad Lavankura is Lecturer, Faculty of Political Science, Ramkhamhaeng
University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Lee Hock Guan is Senior Fellow, Regional Social and Cultural Studies,
ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore.
T. Marimuthu is Adjunct Professor, School of Education and Cognitive
Sciences, Asia e University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and formerly was
Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Patrick McCormick is Head, Yangon Branch Office, École française
d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO), Yangon, Myanmar.
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