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ERIC Number: EJ549623
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
Church, State and Education: Catholic Education in Hong Kong during the Political Transition.
Tan, John Kang
Comparative Education, v33 n2 p211-32 Jun 1997
Draws on interviews and published sources to examine Catholic educational policies and issues in Hong Kong, 1984-97, in the context of relationships between the Hong Kong Catholic Church and three authorities: colonial government, Chinese government, and Vatican. Discusses conflicts between Roman Catholicism and Communism, and language of instruction and civic education in Catholic schools. Contains 53 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Christianity, Civics, Colonialism, Communism, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Ideology, Language of Instruction, Politics of Education, Social Change
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: China; Hong Kong
Note: Special number (19): Education and Political Transition: Implications of Hong Kong's Change of Sovereignty.