This chapter tells the story of national development in Malaysia from the perspective of the development of the middle class, the professions and professional leadership. It focuses on the intellectual leadership provided by the professions, with particular reference to the teaching profession. In Malaysia, the teaching profession had always produced leaders who were the early freedom fighters and who now provide intellectual leadership in contemporary society. The chapter argues that the teaching profession, with approximately 400,000 teachers serving under the Ministry of Education and thousands more serving in other Ministries, State Governments and in private sector educational institutions, constitute the basis of the growth of the salaried middle class in Malaysia. The chapter evaluates the capacity and willingness of the teaching profession to provide foundational leadership values for itself as well as for other professions.
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Bajunid, I.A. (2008). The Development of Educational Leaders in Malaysia: The Creation of a Professional Community. In: Johnson, D., Maclean, R. (eds) Teaching: Professionalization, Development and Leadership. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8186-6_13
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