Roger Openshaw

The History of Higher Education in Thailand

Confronting Challenges

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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 stron… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Walshaw, Margaret / Maitrarat, Penpisoot Kwan

ISBN: 978-3-030-79076-9
EAN: 9783030790769
Produktnummer: 37778315
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 217 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 2'403 KB

Über den Autor

Penpisoot Kwan Maitrarat is Lecturer at Mahasarakham University, Thailand and has worked in education at Thai universities since 2009. Her specialist research areas are the history of education, Thai culture and society, and social studies. Roger Openshaw holds a Personal Chair in History of Education from Massey University, New Zealand. Retired in July 2012 after nearly 40 years of service at Massey, he remains actively engaged in education history research.Margaret Walshaw is Professor Emerita at Massey University, New Zealand. Her specific research interest is in developing theory to explain processes in education that might lead to a clearer understanding of effective and equitable practices.