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The History of Higher Education in Thailand

Confronting Challenges

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Authors:
  1. Penpisoot Kwan Maitrarat

    1. Faculty of Education, Mahasarakham University, Muang District, Thailand

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  2. Roger Openshaw

    1. College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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  3. Margaret Walshaw

    1. Institute of Education, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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  • Explores the history of higher education in Thailand
  • Examines the decision making processes relating to the purpose, character of and access to higher education
  • Analyses the push and pull between equity and excellence in the education system

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: “…A Kind of Noveau Export Commodity” (Luke, 2005)

    • Penpisoot Kwan Maitrarat, Roger Openshaw, Margaret Walshaw
    Pages 1-23

  3. “…Giving Them New Knowledge” (Interviewee)

    • Penpisoot Kwan Maitrarat, Roger Openshaw, Margaret Walshaw
    Pages 25-56

  4. “… In Accordance with the Manpower Needs of the Country” (Nimmapheminda, 1970)

    • Penpisoot Kwan Maitrarat, Roger Openshaw, Margaret Walshaw
    Pages 57-86

  5. “…A Volatile Context for Policy Change” (Lao, 2015)

    • Penpisoot Kwan Maitrarat, Roger Openshaw, Margaret Walshaw
    Pages 87-115

  6. “…Fundamentally the Wrong Medicine” (Sydney Morning Herald, 2010)

    • Penpisoot Kwan Maitrarat, Roger Openshaw, Margaret Walshaw
    Pages 117-152

  7. “…An Obsession Towards the Culture of Borrowing” (Lao, 2015)

    • Penpisoot Kwan Maitrarat, Roger Openshaw, Margaret Walshaw
    Pages 153-183

  8. “…A Dichotomy Between Two Values” (Openshaw and Walshaw, 2019)

    • Penpisoot Kwan Maitrarat, Roger Openshaw, Margaret Walshaw
    Pages 185-198

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 199-217
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About this book

This book explores the history of higher education in Thailand, and the ways in which excellence and equity have played out over time. Classed as a developing country, Thailand has implemented wide-reaching legislative and regulatory responses relating to the purpose, character of and access to higher education. The authors investigate these changes by interrogating the mechanisms and reciprocities that have operated at the international level to trigger this decision making, and acknowledge that these changes have often run up against long-standing cultural norms and ideologies. Thailand has a highly stratified society, and maintains a strong commitment to the preservation of Thai identity and traditional values: tensions and pressures are likely to arise when history, culture and ideology are not aligned with political decree. Importantly, the push and pull between equity and excellence within the education system are likely to lie at the heart of those tensions. 


Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Education, Mahasarakham University, Muang District, Thailand

    Penpisoot Kwan Maitrarat

  • College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

    Roger Openshaw

  • Institute of Education, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

    Margaret Walshaw

About the authors

Penpisoot Kwan Maitrarat is Lecturer at Mahasarakham University, Thailand and has worked in education at Thai universities since 2009. Her specialist research areas are the history of education, Thai culture and society, and social studies. 


Roger Openshaw holds a Personal Chair in History of Education from Massey University, New Zealand. Retired in July 2012 after nearly 40 years of service at Massey, he remains actively engaged in education history research.


Margaret Walshaw is Professor Emerita at Massey University, New Zealand. Her specific research interest is in developing theory to explain processes in education that might lead to a clearer understanding of effective and equitable practices.




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The History of Higher Education in Thailand

  • Book Subtitle: Confronting Challenges

  • Authors: Penpisoot Kwan Maitrarat, Roger Openshaw, Margaret Walshaw

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Excellence and Equity in Global Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79076-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79075-2Published: 20 October 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79078-3Published: 21 October 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-79076-9Published: 19 October 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2947-5945

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-5953

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 217

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Higher Education, History of Education, International and Comparative Education

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