Towards Community Formation in Southeast Asia? History Education, ASEAN and the Nation-State

• Main Author: Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2017
• Subjects: History instruction; Textbooks; Secondary school curricula; Nationalism; Southeast Asian history; Secondary schools; Cultural identity; Countries; Regional identity; Asian History; History
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/8; https://www.jstor.org/stable/44668403?seq=1
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In 2003 the Association of Southeast Asian Nations declared the establishment of an ASEAN Community. The teaching of regional history is seen as indispensable to the attainment of this goal. Eight country reports commissioned by UNESCO Bangkok in 2013 serve as the basis of an inquiry into history ed...