Curriculum, Schooling and Society in Hong Kong

Paul Morris, Bob Adamson

• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Year: 2010
• eBook ISBN:
  9789882205451
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Curricula

Hong Kong is a fascinating place for the study of curriculum. Its schooling system is influenced by the legacies of a Chinese tradition and British colonialism and was developed at a time when, around the world, that state was taking more responsibility for the education of young people and educational policies were increasingly influenced by the impact of globalization. To this we can add the complexities of Hong Kong as a society—one that has witnessed major political and economic changes over the past 150 years or so, and particularly since the late 1970s. The dynamics produce an intricate interplay of innovation and conservatism, globalization and localization, liberalism and authoritarianism, devolution and centralization, and many other tensions. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to curriculum as a field of study in a way which highlights its inherent dilemmas and complexities by illustrating the diverse ways in which a curriculum can be developed and analyzed. It also presents a specific analysis of the Hong Kong school curriculum and highlights the ways in which the curriculum both reflects and changes in response to broader socio-political shifts.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Curriclum, Schooling And Society In Hong Kong
• copyright page
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• 1. Studying the Curriculum
• 2. Curriculum Policy and Policymaking
• 3. Curriculum Development
• 4. Curriculum Organization
• 5. Teachers, Teaching and the Curriculum
• 6. Learners, Learning and the Curriculum
• 7. Assessing Pupils’ Learning
• 8. Language Policy and the Medium of Instruction
• 9. Evaluating the Curriculum
• 10. Changing the Curriculum
• References
• Index