Sunset of the Empire in Malaya
A New Zealander's Life in the Colonial Education Service
In this rich and rewarding memoir, T.K. Taylor describes his experiences in schools from Kuala Lumpur to Johore Bahru. Full of vivid anecdote and sharply observed historical detail, his writing takes us from his first days spent adapting the Western curriculum to local schools' needs to his time as Chief Education Officer for Selangor state, showing the role of education in the transition to independence. Taylor's career began in 1946, when he was appointed as Senior Master in English at King Edward VII High School in Taiping, a city of over 50,000 in the North near the Thai border. He rose through the ranks, becoming Head Master at English H…
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- ISBN: 978-0-85771-715-3
- EAN: 9780857717153
- Produktnummer: 22574544
- Verlag: I.B.Tauris
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 164 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 12'382 KB
Über den Autor
T.K.Taylor is a retired member of HM Overseas Civil Service in Malaya.
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