Language and the History of Colonial Education
The case of Hong Kong
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3655573 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Sweeting, Edward Vickers (0000-0002-5061-6204) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-40 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026749x04001635 |
| OpenAlex | W2141458466 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
Judith Brown, in her Epilogue to Volume IV of The Oxford History of the British Empire (OHBE), states that of the legacies of the British Empire, the 'most significant of all is the legacy of the school and the university', and in particular the role of English as an international language. Brown's acknowledgement of the importance of colonial education renders all the more striking the lack of attention given to this subject in the OHBE as a whole. For example, while Volume IV contains chapters on 'Gender in the British Empire', 'Critics of Empire in Britain', 'The Popular Culture of Empire in Britain', and 'The British Empire and the Muslim World', education receives barely two dozen references, buried in the text of other chapters. These offer glimpses into the development of literacy in parts of Africa, the expansion of state educational provision in Ceylon, and the concern of Nigeria's colonial authorities regarding the socially and politically destabilizing effects of the spread of Western education; but taken together they provide no overall analysis of colonial education policies, systems of schooling or curricula. Notwithstanding what some have criticised as its ultra-orthodox overall approach, with regard to this particular field the OHBE more-or-less accurately represents the current state of research. Despite a number of interesting forays on the periphery, the history of colonial education remains a vast and largely unexplored field of enquiry: the dark continent of imperial historiography
Acknowledgement · Ancient history · British Empire · Ceylon · Colonialism · Empire · Historiography · History of education · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · Australian History and Society · Classics · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
The Long March to Biliteracy and Trilingualism
Bibliography of Books and Articles Published in English on Colonialism and Imperialism in 2007
Teachers’ Conceptions and Use of Assessment in Student Learning
Language policy and planning in Hong Kong
From great commission to inclusive education
Crafting and Transforming Colonial Empires and Landscapes
The End of Empires and Some Linguistic Turns
One country two systems
Disputes and deliberations over language policy
Historical and comparative perspectives on the medium of instruction in Hong Kong
Local interpretation of global management discourses in higher education in Hong Kong
Stamping ‘Imagination and Sensibility’
An invitation to an interdependent mode of academic engagement in comparative and global education studies
Stakeholders’ perceptions of language variation, English language teaching and language use
Negotiating global citizenship, protecting privilege
Madrasa Reforms and Islamic Modernism in Bangladesh
Transnational Governances in Higher Education
Edutocracy
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2024 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |