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标题：Education Policy: A Case Study of Digitizing Education in Malaysia
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作者：Phaik Kin Cheah ; Phaik Kin Cheah ; Ahmad Murad Merican 等
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2012
卷号：69
页码：1714-1718
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.12.119
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractMalaysia's vision to become a developed nation in the year 2020 drives its plans towards digitalisation. As such, education policies in the Malaysia have gradually incorporated information and communication technologies. The Malaysian government's Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) initiative is instrumental in digitizing the nation in various dimensions such as governance, health and education. Planned change is realised in the form of development plans and policies. Planning development is the government's major activity in almost every country. It should also be noted that digitization and information communication technologies initiatives took place and were politically and socially grounded throughout the 1990s during the time of the fourth prime minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad. Globally, emerging economies would have to face the competition with developed nations. Therefore, it is an exigent task in planning change. This study aims to conceptualise digitising education in Malaysia in that context. It then describes the planning machinery and examines the development plans and official reports. This study uses secondary data from texts and documents as well as policy imperatives in Malaysia to problematize the digititalising of education in Malaysia. It was found that Malaysia is going through a series of changes by using development planning and the management of change as a tool to realise its goals towards achieving the status of a high-income developed nation In its quest for modernisation and development in the information age, the government attempts to build a solid foundation to position itself as a developer and supplier of ICT. However, the government also aims to ensure balanced development and growth with equity whereby participation in the knowledge-based economy reflects the ethnic composition and the general demographic characteristics of the population.
关键词：planned change;education policy;Malaysia;ICT in education;developing nation