Education in Cambodia : from year zero towards international standards / Vincent McNamara, Martin Hayden, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McNamara, Vincent David, editor.

Hayden, Martin, 1950- editor.

Series:

Education in the Asia-Pacific region ; v. 64.

Education in the Asia-Pacific region ; volume 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Cambodia.

Education.

Education and state--Cambodia.

Education and state.

School improvement programs--Cambodia.

School improvement programs.

Cambodia.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and color).

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, 2022.

Summary:

This book is the most comprehensive account yet published about the education system in Cambodia. It covers all system levels and draws upon the knowledge and insights of a wide range of leading Cambodian and foreign scholars. The book focuses on how the system has developed and is making progress. Significant achievements over the past two decades are evident, but many problems remain, including the poor quality of teaching, research and institutional management. Under-funding is an ongoing obstacle, but so too is a bureaucratic culture of resistance to change, a history of weak governance, and an anti-reform sentiment deriving from a teacher-centred and exam-driven curriculum. Achieving international standards must now be the systems highest priority. To this end, the system must rid itself of conservatism, complacency and manipulation by parochial vested interests.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Education in Cambodia: An Overview

Part 1 Issues at the Sector Level

Chapter 2 Early Childhood Education in Cambodia: Current Challenges and Development Trends

Chapter 3 Primary School Education in Cambodia: In Search of Quality

Chapter 4 Progress with Reforming Secondary Education in Cambodia

Chapter 5 Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Cambodia 1970-2020

Chapter 6 Higher Education in Cambodia: The Constraining Effects of Traditional Values

Part 2 Cross-Sector and Policy Issues

Chapter 7 The Teaching Profession in Cambodia: Progress To Date and Ongoing Needs

Chapter 8 Cambodia National Assessment: A Summary of Ten Years of Student Achievement Results

Chapter 9 School Leadership in Cambodian Schools

Chapter 10 Capacity Development in Cambodia: The Challenge of Changing an Educational Culture

Chapter 11 Policy-based Budgeting: Financing Priority Education Reforms in Cambodia

Chapter 12 (Higher) Education Policy and Project Intervention in Cambodia: Its Development Discourse

Chapter 13 Reforming Cambodian Universities: Building Best Practice at the Royal University of Phnom Penh

Chapter 14 Accrediting Higher Education Institutions in Cambodia: A Baseline Study of Graduate School Programs

Part 3 Stakeholder Inclusion Issues

Chapter 15 Cambodian Women and Girls: Challenges to and Opportunities for Participation in Higher Education

Chapter 16 Multilingual Education for Ethnic Minorities in Cambodia.

Notes:

Includes index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: EDUCATION IN CAMBODIA.

ISBN:

9789811682131

9811682135

OCLC:

1319858885

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.