Education in Vietnam / / ed. by Jonathan D. London.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ISEAS Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Chi, Trương Huyền,; Cobbe, Jim,; Fatseas, Marea,; Freire, Alexandre Dormeier,; George, Elizabeth St.,; Hồng, Nguyễn Minh,; Liễu, Trần Thị Bích,; London, Jonathan D.,; Ngọc, Hồ Vũ Khuê,; Quyên, Bùi Thái,; Taylor, Philip,
• HerausgeberIn: London, Jonathan D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (356 p.)

system is at a crossroads. Rapid economic growth has permitted rapid increases in the scale and scope of formal schooling, but there is a prevailing sense that the current education system is inadequate to the country’s needs. Sunny assessments of Vietnam's “achievements” in the sphere of education have given way to a realization that the country lacks skilled workers. Some have even spoken of an "education crisis". These are not abstract concerns. What is occurring in Vietnam's education system today has broad implications for the country’s social, political, economic, and cultural development. Featuring contributions from scholars and policy analysts from within and outside Vietnam, Education in Vietnam addresses key issues pertaining to the political economy of education, the provision and payment for primary and secondary education, and the development of vocational and tertiary education. The book marks an important contribution to existing understandings of Vietnam’s education system and contributes to broader understandings of social conditions and change in contemporary Vietnam.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- 1. Contemporary Vietnam’s Education System: Historical Roots, 1 Current Trends -- 2. Historical Welfare Regimes and Education in Vietnam -- 3. Education, Education Finance, and the Economy -- 4. Market-oriented Education: Private (People-Founded) Upper-Secondary Schools in Hanoi -- 5. School Dropout Trends in Vietnam from 1998 to 2006 -- 6. “They Think We Don’t Value Schooling”: Paradoxes of Education in the Multi-Ethnic Central Highlands of Vietnam -- 7. Higher Education in Vietnam: Boundaries of Autonomy -- 8. Challenges to Higher Education Reform: A University Management Perspective -- 9. Market-led Globalization and Higher Education: The Case of Đà Nẵng University -- 10. Research Institutions, Industry, and Sustainable Development -- 11. WTO Accession, Socioeconomic Transformation, and Skills Development Strategies in Vietnam -- INDEX