Decolonizing the History Curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. History in the imperial curriculum of Malaya and Singapore (1899-1930s) -- 2. Teaching history and imperial citizenship in the 1930s -- 3. The beginnings of the 'decolonization' of colonial education (1942-1952) -- 4. Creating an 'Asia-centric' history syllabus for a Malayan nation (1952-1959) -- 5. Tensions over a common national history in the early postcolonial state (1959-1965) -- 6. The formation of a 'Malaysian-centric' history syllabus -- 7. Separation and a 'Singapore-centric' history syllabus -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: The historical structure of the Malaysian and Singapore school systems -- Appendix 2: History syllabus from the 1899 Education Code -- Appendix 3: History syllabuses from the Education Codes of 1928 and 1936 -- Appendix 4: Singapore 1958 history syllabus -- Appendix 5: The Federation of Malaya 1959 history syllabus -- Bibliography -- Index.

This unique study in the history of education examines decolonization in terms of how it changed the subject of history in the school curriculum of two colonized countries - Malaysia and Singapore.

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