TY  - GEN
T1  - Decolonizing the history curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore
T2  - Educational history and development in Asia.
A1  - Blackburn, Kevin, 1965-
A1  - Wu, ZongLun
LA  - English
PP  - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1198088114
AB  - 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.
CN  - LA1236
SN  - 9780429749407
SN  - 0429749406
SN  - 9780429422584
SN  - 042942258X
SN  - 9780429749391
SN  - 0429749392
SN  - 9780429749414
SN  - 0429749414
SN  - 9781138391659
SN  - 1138391654
SN  - 9781138391659 (hardback)
KW  - Education : Malaysia : History.
KW  - Education : Singapore : History.
KW  - Education : Curricula : Malaysia.
KW  - Education : Curricula : Singapore.
KW  - History : Study and teaching : Malaysia.
KW  - History : Study and teaching : Singapore.
KW  - Malaysia : History : Study and teaching : Malaysia.
KW  - Singapore : History : Study and teaching : Singapore.
KW  - Postcolonialism : Malaysia.
KW  - Postcolonialism : Singapore.
KW  - Éducation : Malaisie : Histoire.
KW  - Éducation : Singapour : Histoire.
KW  - Programmes d'études : Malaisie.
KW  - Programmes d'études : Singapour.
KW  - Histoire : Étude et enseignement : Malaisie.
KW  - Histoire : Étude et enseignement : Singapour.
KW  - Singapour : Histoire : Étude et enseignement : Singapour.
KW  - Postcolonialisme : Malaisie.
KW  - Postcolonialisme : Singapour.
KW  - EDUCATION : Elementary.
KW  - EDUCATION : History.
KW  - EDUCATION : Curricula.
KW  - EDUCATION : Research.
KW  - Education
KW  - Education : Curricula
KW  - History : Study and teaching
KW  - Postcolonialism
KW  - Study skills
KW  - Malaysia
KW  - Singapore
KW  - History
ER  -