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Youth culture educational reform and pedagogy

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conference contribution
posted on 2008-01-01, 00:00 authored by James Campbell
The discourse of globalisation and the knowledge economy are now front and centre of the ever changing discourse of youth and youth identity. Educational reform in Malaysian society is seeking to engage the problems of globalization and the need for reform in schooling as a prerequisite for social and economic development. The education of youth is as a critical prerequisite for national advancement and development. The syllogism that structures debate with respect to globalization, youth and education is that reform to teaching technique will lead to improved competencies in students and this in turn will lead to improvements in human capital thus leading to economic and social advancement. Missing from such a simple approach is an understanding of youth culture in its multiple forms as now being productive of capacities, knowledge’s and attitudes that are arguably often far in advance of what is taught in schools. This argues that often the action in terms of cognitive growth, glocalised competencies, collaboration, cross cultural dialogue and innovative creativity are found in youth cyber communities, popular cultural movements often portrayed as problematic or troublesome. Proper educational strategies in Malaysian schooling society require teachers to learn from their students and engage innovative pedagogy not as something to be taught top down in rote fashion, but as something that is genuinely open, interactive and dialogical. This paper will discuss this theoretical issue with specific reference to Malaysian examples and policy initiatives.

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Putrajaya Marriott Hotel, Malaysia

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  • Yes

Start date

2008-12-16

End date

2008-12-17

Language

eng

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E2 Full written paper - non-refereed / Abstract reviewed

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2008, Universiti Kebangsaan, Putrajaya

Title of proceedings

ICYR 2008 : Developing a Global Generation : Directions and Challenges

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