Discourses of Schooling in Contemporary Malaysia: Pedagogical Practices and Ethnic Politics

Autor/in	Joseph, Cynthia
Titel	Discourses of Schooling in Contemporary Malaysia: Pedagogical Practices and Ethnic Politics
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Education, 49 (2005) 1, S.28-45 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9441
Schlagwörter	Females; Teaching Methods; Ethnicity; Foreign Countries; Discourse Analysis; Asians; Indians; Educational Environment; Personal Narratives; Self Concept; Politics; Educational Experience; Power Structure; Government Role; Islam; Religion; Educational Policy; High Achievement; Competition; Class Rank; Student Attitudes; Secondary School Students; Track System (Education); Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ethnizität; Ausland; Diskursanalyse; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Inder; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Erlebniserzählung; Selbstkonzept; Politik; Bildungserfahrung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Wettkampf; Schülerverhalten; Sekundarschüler; Leistungsgruppe; Leistungsdifferenzierung
Abstract	This paper examines the notion of schooling and draws on the experiences of Malaysian teenage schoolgirls in contemporary postcolonial Malaysia. Using a critical approach to understandings of schooling, the author unpacks the links between the macro, micro and the personal in examining these girls' negotiations with discourses of schooling. The intra and inter ethnic dynamics between the Malay, Chinese and Indian collectivities problematises the notion of schooling in contemporary Malaysia. The author examines the markers of the discourses of schooling as manifested in the narratives of these girls. These include the pedagogical practices of streaming and ranking, the politics of ethnic identification and the "Chineseness" in the school ethos. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10