Decolonizing the History Curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore
Author:   Kevin Blackburn ,  ZongLun Wu
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138391659


Pages:   202
Publication Date:   09 May 2019
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Author:   Kevin Blackburn ,  ZongLun Wu
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138391659


ISBN 10:   1138391654
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   09 May 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction 1. History in the Imperial Curriculum of Malaya and Singapore (1899-1930s) 2. Teaching History and Imperial Citizenship in the 1930s 3. The Beginnings of the ‘Decolonization’ of Colonial Education (1942-1952) 4. Creating an ‘Asia-Centric’ History Syllabus for a Malayan Nation (1952-1959) 5. Tensions over a Common National History in the Early Postcolonial State (1959-1965) 6. The Formation of a ‘Malaysian-Centric’ History Syllabus 7. Separation and a ‘Singapore-Centric’ History Syllabus Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

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Kevin Blackburn is Associate Professor in History at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he has taught since 1993. He is the author of Education, Industrialization and the End of Empire in Singapore (2017), and co-author, with Karl Hack, of War Memory and the Making of Modern Malaysia and Singapore (2012). ZongLun Wu studied the development of the Singapore history syllabus during his graduate research at the National Institute of Education in Singapore. He has also taught history in the Singapore schools.

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