2019
DOI: 10.46303/repam.01.01.1
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School, ethnicity and nation-building in post-colonial Myanmar

Abstract: Drawing on concepts of ethnicity and ethnic nationalism, this paper seeks to analyze the reasons and extent to which school education has been utilized to define the newborn nation. This will be done through an analysis of Myanmar’s political history and, subsequently, through an examination of specific educational policies and practices such as the introduction of a one-language policy,  standardized curriculum and textbooks  and teacher-centered pedagogies that have deliberately been used in the attempt to a… Show more

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“…Masa depan suatu bangsa adalah milik mereka yang mempersiapkannya, dan pendidikan menjadi tiket utama untuk mencapai masa depan yang lebih cerah. Sebagai tulang punggung setiap masyarakat, pendidikan sangat mempengaruhi banyak bagian dari politik, ekonomi, dan kesejahteraan negara [1]. Dalam masyarakat saat ini, penekanan yang signifikan ditujukan pada pendidikan karena kualitas pendidikan yang baik akan menjamin sumber daya manusia yang siap untuk berjuang di era informasi [2].…”
Section: Pendahuluanunclassified
“…Masa depan suatu bangsa adalah milik mereka yang mempersiapkannya, dan pendidikan menjadi tiket utama untuk mencapai masa depan yang lebih cerah. Sebagai tulang punggung setiap masyarakat, pendidikan sangat mempengaruhi banyak bagian dari politik, ekonomi, dan kesejahteraan negara [1]. Dalam masyarakat saat ini, penekanan yang signifikan ditujukan pada pendidikan karena kualitas pendidikan yang baik akan menjamin sumber daya manusia yang siap untuk berjuang di era informasi [2].…”
Section: Pendahuluanunclassified
“…This caused the migration of young and working-age Muslims to Europe whose family members have also been later allowed to join them. In more recent decades (particularly since 1990s), many Muslims immigrated to Europe as refugees (Gurer, 2019;Yigit & Tatch, 2017) and asylum seekers mainly from Bosnia and Herzegovina (due to the Balkan wars), Afghanistan, Somalia, Iran, Iraq, and Turkey (Bigagli, 2019;Buijs&Rath, 2006;EUMC, 2006;Westoff & Frejka, 2007). This settlement history of Muslims in Europe has also provided the following major consequences.…”
Section: Background: Muslim Migrants In the Westmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has ushered in a new era of technological advancement and has the potential to transform the future of Indonesia's workforce, welfare, and even its education. As every nation's backbone, education has a significant impact on a nation's politics, economics, and welfare [1]- [3], or in other words, to ensure a better future in the world of digitization [4]. As emergent technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) are continuously transforming the world at an unprecedented pace, education and training in this field is imperative and without it, luddites will get left behind.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%