Policy Trajectories in Myanmar’s Education Reform and the Relationship Between Policymakers and Policy Actors

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dc.contributor.advisorStraubhaar, Rolf
dc.contributor.authorAung, Thu Ya
dc.contributor.committeeMemberArar, Khalid
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKoschoreck, James
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMartinez, Melissa A.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-02T13:00:16Z
dc.date.available2022-09-02T13:00:16Z
dc.date.issued2022-08
dc.description.abstractMyanmar has been undertaking education reforms since 2012. Tensions have arisen between central-level policymakers and teachers’ union leaders regarding the implementation of some reforms. While this give-and-take between policymakers and teacher activists has been reported somewhat in the news media, the academic literature on these developments is scarce. This study explores the motivating factors behind these tensions and conducts a critical analysis of the power dynamic between policymakers and policy actors during the reform process. Policymakers’ authoritarian ways of implementing education policies and other systemic factors have created tensions between those two groups. That, in turn, has exerted a negative impact on reform activities, particularly the new curriculum rollout. I also discuss socio-cultural and politico-economic factors that have shaped the relationship between the two groups and the reform.
dc.description.departmentCounseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology
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dc.format.extent119 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationAung, T. Y. (2022). <i>Policy trajectories in Myanmar’s education reform and the relationship between policymakers and policy actors</i> (Unpublished dissertation). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/16106
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectCritical policy analysis
dc.subjectEducation policy
dc.subjectEducation reform
dc.subjectMyanmar
dc.subjectBurma
dc.titlePolicy Trajectories in Myanmar’s Education Reform and the Relationship Between Policymakers and Policy Actors
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.departmentCounseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology
thesis.degree.disciplineSchool Improvement
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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