Olejar Books

In the wake of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, various reform initiatives, policies and programs have been carried out in different countries within the Asia-pacific region. All these reformative efforts aim to restructure different aspects of schooling in order to promote learning and to prepare students for future challenges in globalised economies. These reformative measures challenge traditional practices, established arrangements and deep-seated assumptions related to different aspects of learning. This book discusses educational reforms in the Asia-Pacific region in light of student learning, clarifies concepts, and evaluates the implementation and impact on the learning processes. The central argument highlights the importance of understanding reforms and learning within their historical, political and sociocultural contexts. This book sheds light on the disputable nature of reforming learning and the significance of contextualising the complex relationship between reforms and learning.