Reforming Literature Education in Malaysia 1957 2020 - Development of Post-Secondary Literature in English

Lim traces the complexities in construction and implementation of a school subject, namely Literature in English in Malaysia through a focused and grounded narrative where tensions regarding identity, reader response and conceptualisations about literature play out in a postcolonial context.

List of contents

1. Introducing the Malaysian education context 2. Selecting a lens to explore Literature in English as a school subject Preamble: Explorations of Phase One ‘English’ (pre-1957 – 1980) 3. The Higher School Certificate ‘English’ curriculum 4. Glimpses of HSC ‘English’ classroom experiences Preamble: Explorations of Phase Two ‘English’ (1981 – 1999) 5. The Malaysian Higher Education Certificate ‘English’ curriculum 6. Glimpses of Phase 2 ‘English’ classroom experiences Preamble: Explorations of Phase Three ‘Literature in English’ (2000 – 2011) 7. The ‘Literature in English’ curriculum 8. Glimpses of ‘Literature in English’ classroom experiences Preamble: Explorations of Phase Four ‘Literature in English’ (2012 – 2020) 9. SMK Ceria 10. SMK Pendekar 11. Weaving threads together 12. Moving onwards for ‘Literature in English’

About the author

Jia Wei Lim is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, at Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. She has a PhD in education from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Summary

Lim traces the complexities in construction and implementation of a school subject, namely Literature in English in Malaysia through a focused and grounded narrative where tensions regarding identity, reader response and conceptualisations about literature play out in a postcolonial context.

Product details

• Authors: Jia Wei Lim, Jia Wei (Universiti Malaya Lim
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032072142
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3207214-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Routledge Studies in Educational History and Development in Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Malaysia, English, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Literary Criticism & Collections, Secondary Schools, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: English Literature, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Language Study / General