ISBN:
9781138390782
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 206 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Asia's transformations 53
Series Statement:
Asia's transformations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Segawa, Noriyuki National identity, language and education in Malaysia
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausgabe Segawa, Noriyuki, author National identity, language and education in Malaysia
Dissertation note:
Dissertation University of Sydney 2009
DDC:
306.44/9595
Keywords:
Language and education
;
Language policy
;
Education and state
;
Multiculturalism
;
Assimilation (Sociology)
;
National characteristics, Malaysian
;
Nation-building
;
Malaysia Ethnic relations
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Malaysia
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Sprache
;
Bildung
;
Malaiisch
Abstract:
Language and education policies : shifting between assimilation and multiculturalism, 1957-present -- Ethnic politics, electoral bargaining and negotiation -- The nexus between development strategies and fluctuating policies -- Malay preferential policies and nation-building -- Search for a middle ground : soft assimilation language and education policies, 1960s-1980s -- Search for a middle ground : accommodative multiculturalism language and education policies, 1990s-present -- New approach towards national integration.
Abstract:
"Explores the ways in which language and education policies have contributed to the development of national integration in Malaysia, by examining whether and how policies have succeeded in forming a middle ground. Considered through the lenses of policy-making structure and achievement, this volume examines the relationships between the formation of a middle ground in language and education policies and the political structure, economic growth strategies and social system. It then goes on to explore the extent to which these policies have contributed to national integration whilst providing a valuable discussion on the complexities involved in developing a consistent policy framework. Drawing on research surveys of Malay proficiency amongst ethnic Chinese people, it ultimately demonstrates how the unification of education streams has contributed to the spread of the Malay language as a major medium of inter-ethnic communication within the Chinese community"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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