Education in Bhutan Culture, Schooling, and Gross National Happiness
Bhutan is a country in the Himalayas with a relatively new education system and a unique governmental philosophy known as Gross National Happiness. This book explores the history, culture, challenges, and opportunities of schooling in Bhutan. It discusses
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Matthew J. Schuelka T.W. Maxwell Editors
Education in Bhutan
Culture, Schooling, and Gross National Happiness
EDUCATION IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION: ISSUES, CONCERNS AND PROSPECTS Volume 36 Series Editors-in-Chief: Professor Rupert Maclean, Office of Applied Research and Innovation, College of the North Atlantic, Qatar Dr Lorraine Pe Symaco, Centre for Research in International and Comparative Education (CRICE), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Editorial Board Professor Bob Adamson, The Education University of Hong Kong, China Dr Robyn Baker, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Wellington, New Zealand Professor Michael Crossley, University of Bristol, United Kingdom Ms Shanti Jagannathan, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines Dr Yuto Kitamura, University of Tokyo, Japan Professor Colin Power, Graduate School of Education, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Professor Konai Helu Thaman, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Advisory Board Professor Mark Bray, UNESCO Chair, Comparative Education Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong, China; Professor Yin Cheong Cheng, The Education University of Hong Kong, China; Professor John Fien, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia; Dr Pham Lan Huong, International Educational Research Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Dr Chong-Jae Lee, Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI), Seoul, Republic of Korea; Ms Naing Yee Mar, GIZ, Yangon, Myanmar; Professor Geoff Masters, Australian Council for Educational Research, Melbourne, Australia; Margarita Pavlova, The Education University of Hong Kong, China; Dr Max Walsh, Secondary Education Project, Manila, Philippines; Dr Uchita de Zoysa, Global Sustainability Solutions (GLOSS), Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Matthew J. Schuelka • T.W. Maxwell Editors
Education in Bhutan Culture, Schooling, and Gross National Happiness
Editors Matthew J. Schuelka School of Education University of Birmingham Birmingham, UK
T.W. Maxwell School of Education University of New England Armidale, NSW, Australia
ISSN 1573-5397 ISSN 2214-9791 (electronic) Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects ISBN 978-981-10-1647-9 ISBN 978-981-10-1649-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-1649-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016948217 © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such na
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