Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education
About the Book Series
In Asia, schooling, teaching and learning are undergoing major changes as a consequence of wider economic, social, cultural and political movements. The success of some Asian countries in international education benchmarks has redirected attention to the region. This is counterbalanced by other countries that are struggling to educate their citizens in the midst of political instability, ideological and religious tensions, poverty and natural disasters. In spite of such broad differences across countries in Asia, pioneering and innovative research is being conducted that is of increasing interest to researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and governments worldwide.
The Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education book series will examine key theoretical and empirical research on the changing institutional and cultural contexts of Asian education. The series aims to establish a strong platform for the critical discussion of educational practices and pedagogies in Asia, and is open to Asian and international researchers with a focus on the region. Interdisciplinary research is welcomed, including education, social sciences, psychology, organisational studies, economics, history, political science, cultural studies, and language and literacy.
Ideologies of English in Taiwan’s Language Schools: Storying Identity, Power, Privilege and Hope
1st Edition
By Amanda J. Fiore
October 02, 2025
This timely, critical book presents an accessible glimpse into the beliefs and ideologies of English that govern Taiwan’s private language schools. Drawing on the original analysis of over sixty hours of in-depth interviews with 43 teachers and students, as well as the author’s personal experience ...
Getting Schools to Work Better: Educational Accountability and Teacher Support in India and China
1st Edition
By Yifei Yan
July 31, 2025
Yifei Yan’s ambitious multi-method case study of government middle schools in Beijing and Delhi provides fresh insights into how educational accountability can be designed to work, in part and as a whole. Getting schools to work better is a challenge just about everywhere. Many policy experts ...
The Political Economy of Education Reforms in Vietnam
1st Edition
Edited
By Minh Quang Nguyen, James Albright
August 26, 2024
This book, drawing on a political economic perspective of education development, is a comprehensive account of the question "why some education systems flourish while others falter." It provides a state-of-the-art review of the Vietnamese way of education development, figuring out the pitfalls, ...
Education in Malaysia: Developments, Reforms and Prospects
1st Edition
Edited
By Donnie Adams
May 27, 2024
This book examines Malaysia’s ambitious reform agenda and educational landscape, drawing upon the eleven key shifts in the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025. It provides a comprehensive plan for a rapid and sustainable transformation of the Malaysian education system, and what is needed in ...
Educational Innovation in Vietnam: Opportunities and Challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
1st Edition
Edited
By Trung Tran, Cuong Huu Nguyen, Loc Thi My Nguyen
May 27, 2024
This edited collection, one of the first to be written chiefly by Vietnamese scholars, explores innovation in Vietnamese education under the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Vietnam is considered a booming country with its continued economic rise, and the contributors explore one of ...
Malaysian Indians and Education: Reimagined Development Opportunities
1st Edition
Edited
By Rajendran Nagappan, Hena Mukherjee
May 27, 2024
This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview and discussion of the issues surrounding the Malaysian Indian community’s educational development. Malaysian Indian citizens who make up seven per cent of the population have their own set of strengths and weaknesses, while facing deep-seated ...
The Privatisation of Higher Education in Postcolonial Bangladesh: The Politics of Intervention and Control
1st Edition
By Ariful H. Kabir, Raqib Chowdhury
January 29, 2024
This book problematises contemporary realities of the political dimension of the privatisation of higher education in Bangladesh. By exploring the complexities of neoliberalism as an economic and ideological doctrine, a mode of governance, and as a policy package, it considers the ‘post’ ...
Risk Society and Education in Post-Disaster Fukushima
1st Edition
By Kaoru Miyazawa
September 25, 2023
In response to the explosion of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in March 2011, this book examines how the concept of a risk society was handled in the various education programs implemented in post-disaster Fukushima. The explosion and subsequent radiation contamination that affected the ...
STEM Education from Asia: Trends and Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Tang Wee Teo, Aik-Ling Tan, Paul Teng
September 25, 2023
Asia is the largest continent in the world. Five out of the top ten high performing economies in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 are located in Asia. Why do Asian students perform so well in STEM-related subjects? This book answers this by examining the STEM education...
School Leadership in Malaysia: Policy, Research and Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Tony Bush
May 31, 2023
This new book provides a comprehensive overview of school leadership in Malaysia, at a time when effective leadership is widely recognised to be an essential component of successful schools. It is also timely because leadership is regarded as a vital element in the Government’s ambitious ...
Families, the State and Educational Inequality in the Singapore City-State
1st Edition
By Charleen Chiong
April 14, 2023
Focusing on Singapore’s education system from an equity perspective, Chiong’s book describes the often unheard perspectives of socio-economically disadvantaged families in Singapore. The performance of Singaporean students on international education benchmarking tests has been widely recognised. ...
Tamils, Social Capital and Educational Marginalization in Singapore: Labouring to Learn
1st Edition
By Lavanya Balachandran
January 09, 2023
Labouring to Learn examines academic mobility pathways among ethnic minority Tamil youths in public secondary schools and vocational institutions in Singapore. This book qualitatively examines the interactive effects of race and class on the educational performance of these youths through the lens ...