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The Influx of International Baccalaureate (IB) Programmes into Local Education Systems in Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea
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Lee, Moosung; Kim, Hyejin; Wright, Ewan – Educational Review, 2022
This comparative analysis aims to capture the complex roles and positionings of the International Baccalaureate (IB) in conjunction with local education systems in Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea. Our analysis focused on how the IB's institutional legitimacy is presented in the three societies. We conducted a documentary analysis of texts on…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
Exploring Organisational Stratification and Technological Pedagogical Change: Cases of Technology Integration Specialists in Hong Kong International Schools
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Woo, David James – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2015
An international school may make organisational choices that divide the school by curriculum, grade-level, language and location. This article explores how a school's organisational stratification impacts how the school supports changing teaching and learning practices through technology. The article draws from case data of technology integration…
Descriptors: Educational Change, International Schools, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods
Educational Choice and Marketization in Hong Kong: The Case of Direct Subsidy Scheme Schools
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Zhou, Yisu; Wong, Yi-Lee; Li, Wei – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2015
Direct subsidy scheme (DSS) schools are a product of Hong Kong's market-oriented educational reform, mirroring global reform that champions parental choice and school marketization. Such schools have greater autonomy in matters of curricula, staffing, and student admission. Although advocates of the DSS credit it with increasing educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Educational Change, School Choice
Parents' Choice of Early Childhood Education Services in Hong Kong: A Pilot Study about Vouchers
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Yuen, Gail; Grieshaber, Susan – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2009
The introduction of a voucher scheme for early childhood education in Hong Kong has resulted in significant changes in the field. This article reports data from a pilot study that aimed at understanding better how parents chose an early childhood education service following the introduction of a voucher scheme in Hong Kong. Eighty-six Chinese…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Focus Groups, Young Children, Educational Change
The Hong Kong School Curriculum and the Political Transition: Politicisation, Contextualisation and Symbolic Action.
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Morris, Paul; Chan, K. K. – Comparative Education, 1997
Three case studies of changes in civics education, social studies, and liberal studies (emphasizing critical thinking about controversial issues) demonstrate that Hong Kong's political transition to Chinese sovereignty has significantly affected the intended curriculum but not the implemented curriculum, which has been strongly influenced by…
Descriptors: Civics, Consciousness Raising, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
New Labour's Policies for Schools: Raising the Standard?
Docking, Jim, Ed. – 2000
This book, which is designed primarily for undergraduate and graduate students of education, contains 12 papers devoted the New Labour's policies for schools in the United Kingdom. "Introduction" (Jim Docking) presents an overview of the book's contents and lists questions to help evaluate the effectiveness of New Labour's educational…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Comparative Analysis