MALAYSIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
By RHODA HABTEMICHAEL
General Characteristics of Agricultural, Industrial, and Information Age Educational Systems
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Agricultural Age Educational System: invention of writing with need to keep recordes of planting and harvests, taxation and barter, in agricultural age; education limited to an elite. (Erlier focus on oral traditions--from elders, during hunting and gathering)
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Industrial Age Educational System: mass bublic eduction: simialr standards for all, which was considered middle class seen as foundation for a democracratic society educational institution have monopoly on learning
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Information Age Educational System: diversified educational models necessary to meet diverse needs of students of all ages and different racial, ethinc, and cultural backgrounds; lifetime learning necessary to keep updated in one's field, as technolagical and social changes escalate; retraining of industrial workers necessary; community and corporate learning centers, in addition to traditional educational institutions;also distance learning, computer/multimedia/interactive educational packages, internet, and virtual reality as additional tools for learning
Information/Data on Malaysia's Educational System : in malaysia, most students are required to learn other languages. Educational system over the years had made a five fold increase (improvement) in enroling students. They have primary, high schools, seven unversities in Malaysia,and more than 30 other institutions of higher learning. they also have adult correspondence courses
Conclusions on Malaysia (Whether Primarily Agricultural, Industrial, or Information Age Re: Its Educational System): Malaysian educational system is clearly an information age. They have a diversified educational models to meet the necessary diverse need of their students or workers
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