| Forming the Academic Profession in East Asia: A Comparative Analysis Subjects: Area Studies; Education; Development Studies Environment Social Work Urban Studies; Asian Studies; Education Studies; Higher Education; History of Education; Teachers & Teacher Education; Education; Classroom Practice; School Leadership Management & Administration; South East Asian Studies; Teaching & Learning; Higher Education Management; Study of Higher Education; Teaching & Learning; Educational Change & School Reform; Originally published in 2001, Forming the Academic Profession in East Asia, examines the changing shape of the academic profession in South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore since the colonial period, and as a reflection of both the inherited models of higher education and their redefinition after the colonial period. The analysis takes into account the connections and disconnections between the colonial and postcolonial periods in shaping the academic profession. |