Education Reform in Hong Kong: Issues of Consistency, Connectedness and Culture

Creator

Chris Dowson
Peter Bodycott
Allan Walker
David Coniam

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

May 2000

Abstract

Since the early 1990s, the pace of educational reform in Hong Kong has accelerated and broadened to incorporate almost all areas of schooling. The reforms introduced during this period can be subsumed under what has generally been labelled the quality movement. In this paper, we review and comment on a number of policy reform initiatives in the four areas of "Quality Education," English Language Benchmarking, Initial Teacher Training and the Integration of Pupils with Special Needs into Ordinary Classrooms. Following a brief description of each policy initiative, the reforms are discussed in terms of their consistency, coherence and cultural fit.

Keywords

Education--Hong Kong, Educational change

Extent

15

Geographic Location

Hong Kong

Volume

8

Issue

24

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00168

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Dowson, Chris; Bodycott, Peter; Walker, Allan; and Coniam, David, "Education Reform in Hong Kong: Issues of Consistency, Connectedness and Culture" (2000). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 47.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/47