TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lo,Shiu Hing
AU  - Hung,Chung Fun Steven
TI  - The politics of education reform in China's Hong Kong
T2  - Routledge contemporary China series
SN  - 9781000566284
U1  - 370.951 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Educational change
KW  - China
KW  - Hong Kong
KW  - EDUCATION / Administration / General
KW  - bisacsh
N2  - Education reform has become a highly political issue in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) since the transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China (PRC). Lo and Hung focus on the political struggles among stakeholders, including the government of Hong Kong, the Catholic Church, parents, students, teachers, the central authorities of Beijing, and even the bureaucratic politics between Beijing, the Hong Kong government and the Examination Authority. They examine the key elements of education reform in the HKSAR, including language and curriculum reform, national security education, civic and patriotic education, the rise of the pro-Beijing education elites and interest groups, and the revamp of examination questions and examination authority. The entire education reform in the HKSAR has pushed the Hong Kong education system toward a process of mainlandization, making Hong Kong's education system more similar to the mainland system with emphasis on political "correctness" in the understanding of Chinese national security, history and culture. Highlighting the political struggles among the various stakeholders, this book is essential for scholars of Hong Kong and China, especially those with an interest in the relationship between education and politics
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003147268
ER  -