From decolonization to ethno-nationalism a study of Malaysia's school history syllabuses and textbooks 1905-2020
"Santhiram's critique of history education in Malaysia's school system, past and present is both valuable and timely. His study reaffirms that history's considerable value as an educative and academic undertaking is too often hijacked by political elites. This study is a salutary...
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Petaling Jaya
Strategic Information and Research Development Centre
2021
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Table of Contents:
- Role of history in education
- A brief survey of the education policy relating to the school system (1786-1957)
- History teaching in the English medium schools (1905-1957)
- History teaching in post-independence period (1957-1978)
- Towards new horizons: the syllabus of 1978
- Emergence of ethno-nationalistic history teaching (1978-2020)