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Kuah-Pearce, Khun Eng; Fong, Yiu-Chak – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2010
This paper explores the construction of local and national identities among secondary school students in post-colonial Hong Kong. As a Chinese society that has undergone a prolonged period of British colonial rule, the reunification of capitalist Hong Kong with the motherland under socialism in 1997 has set the context for a negotiation of…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy
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Bray, Mark – Comparative Education, 1997
Identifies major differences and similarities between educational change during Hong Kong's political transition and during postcolonial transitions elsewhere. Notes that parallel operation of multiple education systems in one country is quite common, and that Hong Kong educational reforms began well ahead of political transition. Examines…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Educational Change
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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