ADVANCING EDUCATION IN THE WAR CONTEXT: THE COOPERATIONOF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AND THE ASIA FOUNDATIONIN THE YEARS 1956-1975
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https://doi.org/10.18173/2354-1067.2024-0065Từ khóa:
The Asia Foundation, Republic of Vietnam, South Vietnam, education, international cooperationTóm tắt
The prolonged conflicts from the liberation movements to the resistance wars in Vietnam in the twentieth century, primarily against the French and American imperialists, shaped contemporary interests in the military struggle rather than cultural, educational, and other social issues. This subsequently affected research tendencies in Vietnamese and foreign scholars' post-war works, which mainly focused on hostilities. However, Vietnamese society's dynamics and mobilization could not be explained and understood without comprehensive knowledge of other aspects beyond the military. Among all the aspects developed in South Vietnam during the war, the Republic of Vietnam's education made an impression through its unique achievements. By pointing out the premises for building an educational cooperative relationship between the Asia Foundation and the Republic of Vietnam in the years 1956-1975; analyzing critical cooperative activities of the Asia Foundation in South Vietnam in the field of education, which included budget and programs, university personnel, and educational materials; and drawing out the features of educational collaboration in South Vietnam during the war, this study aims to gain insight into the development of the Republic of Vietnam's education, to understand the mutual effects of politics, society, military and education; the distinct essence of education that grew in the war context; and the lingering legacies from the educational collaboration between the Asia Foundation and the Republic of Vietnam education.
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