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...

Table of Contents:

• Levels and Sub-sectors
• Preschool Education
• Primary and Secondary Schooling
• Higher Education
• Teacher Education
• Lifelong Learning and Adult Education
• Political, Economic and Social Issues
• Church, State and Education
• Higher Education, Imperialism and Colonial Transition
• Higher Education and the Labour Force
• Language and Education
• Curriculum Policies and Processes
• Curriculum Reform
• Civic and Political Education
• Secondary School History Curricula
• Secondary School Mathematics Curricula
• Conclusions
• Methodology and Focus in Comparative Education
• Continuity and Change in Education.