TY - JOUR
T1 - Ensuring Acceptability and Feasibility
T2 - The Challenges of Educational Policy Reform in Malaysia
AU - Bush, Tony
AU - Ng, Ashley Yoon Mooi
AU - Too, Wei Keong
AU - Glover, Derek
AU - Chay, Josephine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021/6/10
Y1 - 2021/6/10
N2 - This article reports research on the implementation of the Malaysia Education Blueprint, 2013–2025, drawing on 49 extended interviews with senior policy makers at federal, state and district levels, and school principals, informed by a systematic review of international and Malaysian literature. The findings show that the reforms are poorly understood by officials and school leaders, leading to partial and unenthusiastic enactment. The paper concludes that such ambitious reforms need to be acceptable, to ensure “ownership” of the reform agenda, and feasible, to avoid disenchantment by officials, school leaders and teachers.
AB - This article reports research on the implementation of the Malaysia Education Blueprint, 2013–2025, drawing on 49 extended interviews with senior policy makers at federal, state and district levels, and school principals, informed by a systematic review of international and Malaysian literature. The findings show that the reforms are poorly understood by officials and school leaders, leading to partial and unenthusiastic enactment. The paper concludes that such ambitious reforms need to be acceptable, to ensure “ownership” of the reform agenda, and feasible, to avoid disenchantment by officials, school leaders and teachers.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85107769333&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15700763.2021.1933063
DO - 10.1080/15700763.2021.1933063
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85107769333
SN - 1570-0763
VL - 22
SP - 314
EP - 329
JO - Leadership and Policy in Schools
JF - Leadership and Policy in Schools
IS - 2
ER -
