Anthropological Study of Educational Administration and Ethnic Education in Myanmar

本研究项目试图对缅甸的教育行政和民族教育进行人类学分析。缅甸在1948年独立之前经历了英国的殖民统治，此后一直试图维持一个多民族的民族国家，其中一个重要的政治口号是珍惜联邦团结，同时缅甸化（Myanmarnization）。缅语和文学占多数，是国家学校教育政策的中心。因此，在缅族化的压力下，少数民族不得不向下一代教授自己的语言。从现在开始，任何一个民族学家都有必要不仅在教育领域，而且在文化和宗教领域继续研究缅族化现象。

This research project is an attempt to present an anthropological analysis of educational administration and ethnic education in Myanmar (Burma). Myanmar experienced British colonization before the Independence in 1948, since then tries to maintain a multi-ethnic nation state, one of which important political slogan is to cherish union solidarity along with Burmanization (Myanmarnization). Bamar language and literature as majority is at the center of the national school education policy. Therefore ethnic minorities have to teach their own languages to the next generation under the pressure of Burmanization. It is necessary for any ethnologist to continue to study Burmanization phenomenon not only in educational context but also in cultural and religious ones from now on, too.