ERIC Number: EJ756219
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 20
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0032-0684
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Reforming the Curriculum in a Post-Colonial Society: The Case of Hong Kong
Kennedy, Kerry J.; Fok, Ping Kwan; Chan, Kin Sang Jacqueline
Planning and Changing, v37 n1-2 p111-130 Spr-Sum 2006
The current curriculum reform agenda in Hong Kong is enmeshed in the politics of a post-colonial society. Yet, there is not a single view of what post-coloniality means for Hong Kong's school curriculum. This article focuses on analyzing the curriculum reform agenda that has emerged in post-colonial Hong Kong. This agenda was not only post-colonial in time but, as will be argued in this article, also post-colonial in substance. The analysis to follow is focused on three broad areas: (1) The contexts that shaped reform and the nature of the curriculum reform agenda; (2) The vision and reality of the reform agenda, especially from the point of view of policymakers; and (3) The public responses to the reform agenda. (Contains 6 endnotes.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Politics of Education, Foreign Policy, Educational Attitudes, Educational Policy
Department of Educational Administration and Foundations. College of Education, Illinois State University, Campus Box 5900, Normal, IL 61790-5900. Tel: 309-438-2399; Fax: 309-438-8683; Web site: http://education.illinoisstate.edu/planning/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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