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Mok, Ka-ho – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2005
Purpose: This paper sets out in the wider context of globalization to examine how and what specific reform strategies the Government of the Hong Kong special administrative region (HKSAR) has adopted in reforming its higher education system to enhance the competitiveness of its higher education in the increasingly globalizing economic context.…
Descriptors: Community Services, Higher Education, Global Approach, Governance
Cauldwell, Brit N. – 1990
Hong Kong education is based on an imperialist rhetoric which serves to "domesticate" rather than "liberate" the school population. The importance of memorization is clearly evident in education in Hong Kong. The community's educational system reflects a classical Chinese emphasis on familiarity with a set body of texts and on…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Ethnocentrism