Education and Society in Hong Kong and Macao Comparative Perspectives on Continuity and Change /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bray, Mark (Editor), Koo, Ramsey (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: CERC Studies in Comparative Education ; 7
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Education, general.; International and Comparative Education.

Hong Kong and Macao have much in common. The dominant populations in both territories are Cantonese-speaking Chinese; both are small in area; both are urban societies; both have been colonies of European powers; and both have undergone political transition to reunification with China. Yet in educati...