Decolonizing the History Curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore /
Kevin Blackburn and ZongLun Wu.
- vi, 201 pages ; 24 cm.
- Educational history and development in Asia .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- History in the imperial curriculum of Malaya and Singapore (1899-1930s) -- Teaching history and imperial citizenship in the 1930s -- The beginnings of the "decolonization" of colonial education (1942-1952) -- Creating an "Asia-centric" history syllabus for a Malayan nation (1952-1959) -- Tensions over a common national history in the early postcolonial state (1959-1965) -- The formation of a "Malaysian-centric" history syllabus -- Separation and a "Singapore-centric" history syllabus -- Conclusion.
9781138391659 RM702.00
2018058378
Education--History.--Malaysia Education--History.--Singapore Education--Curricula--Malaysia. Education--Curricula--Singapore. History--Study and teaching--Malaysia. History--Study and teaching--Singapore. Postcolonialism--Malaysia. Postcolonialism--Singapore.
Malaysia--History--Study and teaching--Malaysia. Singapore--History--Study and teaching--Singapore.