1st Edition
Education in Malaysia Developments, Reforms and Prospects
This book examines Malaysia’s ambitious reform agenda and educational landscape, drawing upon the eleven key shifts in the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025.
It provides a comprehensive plan for a rapid and sustainable transformation of the Malaysian education system, and what is needed in shaping the educational reforms in Malaysia, especially post-COVID, through to 2025. The contributors to this volume - scholars, researchers and practitioners who possess a deep and embedded understanding of Malaysian education - focus on the interplay of prevailing and persistent problems, and what is needed in shaping the educational reforms in Malaysia.
As a critical assessment of the Malaysian Education Blueprint reform efforts and policies, this edited book will be of particular interest to educators, scholars, and policymakers on the latest trends and challenges in Malaysian education policy.
1. Malaysian Education System: Progress, standards, and aspirations
Donnie Adams and King Lok Tan
2. Gender equity and the ‘Lost Boys’ in Malaysian education
Mohammad Noman and Amrita Kaur
3. Education transformation of Orang Asli students in Malaysia
Ahmad Zabidi Abdul Razak
4. The gifted and talented education programme in Malaysia: Development, reform, and way forward
Abu Yazid Abu Bakar and Zulkarnin Zakaria
5. Minding the gap between theory and practice to reinforce the delivery of STEM Education
Mageswary Karpudewan
6. Notable new navigations of Malaysian English language education
Adelina Asmawi
7. Quality preschool education for human capital development
Husaina Banu Kenayathulla, Mohd Nazri Abdul Rahman, and Muhammad Faizal A. Ghani
8. Transformation of Islamic education for values-driven Malaysians
Norfariza Mohd Radzi and Zetty Nurzuliana Rashed
9. Fostering national unity in Malaysia: The roles of family and education
Intan Marfarrina Omar, Ahmad Zabidi Abdul Razak, and Faridzah Jamaluddin
10. Moral education and Islamic education: The way forward towards a value-laden society
Vishalache Balakrishnan
11. ICT in Malaysian education: Preparations and milestones
Kenny S.L Cheah
12. Technical and vocational education and training in Malaysia: Reflections, recognition, and renaissance
Donnie Adams and Kenny S.L Cheah
13. Empowering educators to transform learning and teaching
Donnie Adams and Suzieleez Syrene Abdul Rahim
14. Leadership practices of high performing school principals in Malaysia
Zuraidah Abdullah, Ahmad Zabidi Abdul Razak, and Kazi Enamul Hoque
15. Vernacular schools and national unity in a multicultural society
Wendy Yee Mei Tien and Hazri Jamil
16. Education transformation in Malaysia: Equity, funding, and strategic partnership
Zuliana Mohd Zabidi and Donnie Adams
Biography
Donnie Adams obtained his PhD in Educational Leadership from Universiti Malaya and was recently awarded the Emerald Young Researcher Award 2021 by Emerald Publishing and Universiti Malaya’s Excellence Award for Community Engagement in 2019. He is the Editor-in-chief for the International Online Journal of Educational Leadership (IOJEL) and Editor for Cogent Education. He is actively involved in research and development work towards the area of inclusive school leadership and school-wide reformation of inclusive education agenda in Malaysia.
