LEADER 03547oam 2200505I 450 001 9910793501703321 005 20190524112641.0 010 $a0-429-74941-4 010 $a0-429-74940-6 010 $a0-429-42258-X 035 $a(CKB)4100000008207228 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5771605 035 $a(OCoLC)1101173692 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1101173692 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780429422584 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008207228 100 $a20190514d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu---unuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDecolonizing the history curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore /$fKevin Blackburn and ZongLun Wu 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, NY :$cRoutledge,$d[2019] 215 $a1 online resource (209 pages) 225 0 $aRoutledge Studies in Educational History and Development in Asia 311 $a1-138-39165-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- History in the imperial curriculum of Malaya and Singapore (1899-1930s) -- Teaching history and imperial citizenship in the 1930s -- The beginnings of the "decolonization" of colonial education (1942-1952) -- Creating an "Asia-centric" history syllabus for a Malayan nation (1952-1959) -- Tensions over a common national history in the early postcolonial state (1959-1965) -- The formation of a "Malaysian-centric" history syllabus -- Separation and a "Singapore-centric" history syllabus -- Conclusion. 330 $aDecolonizing the History Curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore is a unique study in the history of education because it examines decolonization in terms of how it changed the subject of history in the school curriculum of two colonized countries - Malaysia and Singapore. Blackburn and Wu's book analyzes the transition of the subject of history from colonial education to postcolonial education, from the history syllabus upholding the colonial order to the period after independence when the history syllabus became a tool for nation-building. Malaysia and Singapore are excellent case studies of this process because they once shared a common imperial curriculum in the English language schools that was gradually 'decolonized' to form the basis of the early history syllabuses of the new nation-states (they were briefly one nation-state in the early to mid-1960s). The colonial English language history syllabus was 'decolonized' into a national curriculum that was translated for the Chinese, Malay, and Tamil schools of Malaysia and Singapore. By analyzing the causes and consequences of the dramatic changes made to the teaching of history in the schools of Malaya and Singapore as Britain ended her empire in Southeast Asia, Blackburn and Wu offer fascinating insights into educational reform, the effects of decolonization on curricula, and the history of Malaysian and Singaporean education. 606 $aEducation$zMalaysia$xHistory 606 $aEducation$zSingapore$xHistory 607 $aMalaysia$xHistory$xStudy and teaching 607 $aSingapore$xHistory$xStudy and teaching$zSingapore 615 0$aEducation$xHistory. 615 0$aEducation$xHistory. 676 $a372.8909595 700 $aBlackburn$b Kevin$f1965-$0946333 702 $aWu$b ZongLun 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793501703321 996 $aDecolonizing the history curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore$93775630 997 $aUNINA