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Record Nr.

UNINA9910506404103321

Autore

Maitrarat Penpisoot Kwan

Titolo

The History of Higher Education in Thailand : Confronting Challenges / / by Penpisoot Kwan Maitrarat, Roger Openshaw, Margaret Walshaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030790769

3030790762

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Excellence and Equity in Global Education, , 2947-5953

Disciplina

378.593

378.59309

Soggetti

Education, Higher

Education - History

International education

Comparative education

Higher Education

History of Education

International and Comparative Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The early historical context of higher education in Thailand -- Chapter 3: The People’s Revolution (1932) and its effects -- Chapter 4: Higher education following the first two decades following World War -- Chapter 5: Unprecedented growth and the ‘October Movement’ -- Chapter 6: Exigencies in higher education following a local and a global financial recession -- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the history of higher education in Thailand, and the ways in which excellence and equity have played out over time. Classed as a developing country, Thailand has implemented wide-reaching legislative and regulatory responses relating to the purpose, character of and access to higher education. The authors investigate these changes by interrogating the mechanisms and reciprocities that have



operated at the international level to trigger this decision making, and acknowledge that these changes have often run up against long-standing cultural norms and ideologies. Thailand has a highly stratified society, and maintains a strong commitment to the preservation of Thai identity and traditional values: tensions and pressures are likely to arise when history, culture and ideology are not aligned with political decree. Importantly, the push and pull between equity and excellence within the education system are likely to lie at the heart of those tensions. .