The “teacher as a colony”: Cambodian cases of fabrication and self-empowerment

• Main Authors: Ogisu, Takayo, Saito, Eisuke
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Teachers—Cambodia; Teaching—Cambodia; Student-centered learning—Cambodia; Cambodia—Colonial influence; Education; Educational Methods
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/411
• Institution: De La Salle University

In many Asian countries, neo-liberal policies tend to be introduced under a hierarchical bureaucratic structure and in a top-down manner, which multiplies pressure on teachers. This is also the case in Cambodia, the focus of this study, where child-centred pedagogies are introduced, resulting in tea...