The Politics of Education Reform in China's Hong Kong

Bibliographic Data

ID19901694
AuthorsSonny Shiu-Hing Lo (0000-0002-6496-5974), Chung Fun Steven Hung (Education University of Hong Kong)
Year2022
Publication date2022-01-27
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePolitics of Education Reform in China's Hong Kong (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781003147268
OpenAlexW4210259480
ISBN9781003147268
Open LibraryOL35870699M
LanguageEN
Citations received5

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

China · Political science · Politics · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law

Tools

Open DOI