Education and Colonial Transition in Singapore and Hong Kong: Comparisons and contrasts

As Hong Kong approached its hand-over to Chinese sovereignty, it has been instructive to compare its experience with that in other former British colonies. This article focuses on how education policies in areas such as the medium of instruction and curriculum changed as Singapore moved towards self-government and independence in the 1950s and 1960s. It also compares the changes that took place in Singapore with those currently occurring in Hong Kong. Observations will be made about the likelihood of the 'one country, two systems' concept working in Hong Kong after 1997.     

Higher Education in Hong Kong

This article describes the extraordinary expansion of higher education in Hong Kong which took place from around the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. It considers the factors involved in this expansion with some reference to theories of policy development, and speculates on certain aspects of the situation after the 1997 handover to the People's Republic of China.     

香港中文教育政策述评

香港特区政府以“两文三语”为目标的中文教育政策,是香港总体语言政策的构成部分,文章从推广普通话、推行母语教学、以普通话教授中文及推行简化字等方面对此进行了述评。     

香港职业教育的历史变革初探

香港职业教育发展逾150年。香港职业教育史可分为四个时期:第一时期为香港开埠初期,以工商业及海员训练为主,首所工商学校于1864年由教会成立。第二时期为抗战结束,职校林立,工商业教育发展兴盛。第三时期为20世纪90年代初,当时工业式微,很多职校转型为文化中学,职业学校大减。第四时期踏入21世纪,职校重振旗鼓,推行资历课程,积极与企业合作,培育各行业具有竞争力的专才,获得社会的肯定。     

Development of a Higher Educational Programme in China: The Hong Kong experience

The aim of this paper is to describe the authors' experiences in planning and developing construction-related postgraduate degree programmes for the China Mainland using guided distance learning as the mode of study. The Master/Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management offered by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is presented as a case study. China has a large and expanding market for construction-related postgraduate degree programmes in the next decade because of the projected substantial economic development in the country. It is argued that factors such as cultural contexts, social settings and thresholds of affordability of local Chinese students must be carefully considered before educational programmes of any significance can be launched in the China Mainland. The paper draws upon the authors' experiences in planning and development of the postgraduate programme, to illustrate the major considerations which should be taken into account by the host academic institutions, particularly at the programme planning stage.     

香港地区学生贷款:贷款机构的视角

根据政府对资本市场干预程度的不同 ,香港地区形成了三类教育贷款 ,即政府补贴性贷款、成本回收型教育贷款和盈利性教育贷款。这三类教育贷款在满足不同群体的教育需求上是互补的。香港入息教育款的成本回收率达 71 .4% ,这表明香港的教育贷款已形成了一个良好的资金发放与回收体系 ,1 %的贷款拖欠率亦表明香港已具备了完备的个人信用制度与金融网络体系     

Political education and civic education—The British perspective and the Hong Kong perspective

The decolonisation of Hong Kong takes the form of reversing the sovereignty to the mother country (China) rather than the creation of an independent state. This is unique in the history of global decolonisation. At this juncture, there are widespread social demands for strengthening civic education. The government has responded by promulgating Guidelines on Civic Education in Schools. The present paper compares and contrasts the conceptualisation of political education in England, as represented by the Programme for Political Education, with civic education in Hong Kong.     

Reforming University Education in Hong Kong and Singapore

University education has been thrust into the limelight by policymakers in Hong Kong and Singapore in recent years. Reforming university education thus has become a norm for both city-states. This article reviews and compares some recent developments in the university reforms in both city-states. It argues university education, as a public policy area, is not immune from the profound influence of such concepts as accountability, performativity, quality assurance and market relevance, which prevail in a wider policy context of public sector reforms and governance changes. Hong Kong and Singapore's university reforms are similarly extensive, ranging from the admission mechanisms through to the governance and funding systems. This article has four main sections. The first sketches a paradigm shift in the policymaking process and the changing state-university relationships in the age of globalization. The second reviews and compares some recent developments of the university reforms in both city-states. The third turns to assess the impacts of the reforms on university stakeholders. The final section is the conclusion.     

香港学前教育学券计划的理念、实施及作用

2006年,香港政府引入“教育学券制度”,加大对学前教育的投入,让香港地区符合条件的学龄前儿童都能够接受学前教育资助。本文介绍了香港“学前教育学券”计划,并对此计划中体现的教育公平、实施的管理规范、推进过程中对学前教育机构和教师的促进等进行了评析。     

香港高校通识教育课程变革

香港高校自2012年起推行四年新学制以及新的课程架构,其特点为:(1)课程理念与目标已经超出传统学术与智性发展范畴,开始融入与共通能力、态度有关的元素。(2)课程架构以必修课与分布选修结合为主要特征。分布选修的范畴围绕人文与艺术、社会与文化、科学与技术三大知识领域展开,必修科目的内容存在明显差异,有的大学围绕智性探究,有的大学还在智性探究范畴之外增加语言沟通、共通技能、统整融合的元素。(3)课程内容超越知识探究,关注当代社会重要议题以及未来生活需具备的能力与素质。(4)课程发展采取成果为本方法。(5)建立完善的质素保证机制,对通识课程进行定期检讨,从不同渠道搜集持份者意见,对通识课程、教学做出持续改进。     

香港理工大学职业教育课程开发的培训启示

现今市场环境充满变数,企业、甚至高校领袖面对全球化竞争,必须积极迎合客户对产品和服务的要求,创建受客户欢迎的品牌,使自身业绩得以永续持久。相应的,办学、教学全过程也是如此。为了保障持续竞争优势,培养高素质技能型人才,需要良好的文化、制度氛围,要求实施高效率的管理。     

香港职业教育的启示

香港职业教育在建设发展中有许多成功经验值得学习和借鉴.赴港学习的一个星期中,对香港职业教育过去和现在的职教体系、管理方法、教员工作等方面增加了一些理性认识,获得一些启示.     

The Hong Kong School Curriculum and the Political Transition: Politicisation,contextualisation and symbolic action

This paper uses a historical perspective to analyse the impact on the school curriculum of the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty. Whilst the transition has relaxed the criteria used by the state to select school knowledge, it has occurred at a time when the selective and allocative role of schooling has become paramount. Consequently, the transition has had a significant impact on the intended curriculum as a result of attempts by the departing colonial government to reform the curriculum. However, these reforms have had a limited impact on the implemented curriculum, which has been more strongly influenced by the emergence of a market in which schools compete for academically more able pupils.     

A qualitative and postmodern perspective on open learning in Hong Kong

Most educational research in Hong Kong is nested within a top‐down or expert view of the world and there has been little interest in the views of the ordinary citizen. The authors adopted a postmodern perspective and interviewed 110 ordinary citizens in public places (on ferries, in restaurants or parks) about what open learning means to them. Responses were arrayed in four discourses. The authors deconstruct and reflect on the meaning of each discourse. Of the four, only the Idyllic Island discourse involved a positive construction of open learning. The others — the Shameful Inferiority discourse, the Lonely Learner discourse and the Impropriety discourse involved exceedingly perjorative constructions that will pose a considerable challenge for providers of open learning.     

加拿大浸入式双语教育和香港EMI双语教育的比较

加拿大和香港的双语教育都有着悠久的历史.加拿大法语浸入式双语教育和香港EMI双语教育表面上有很大的相似度,然而,从本质上来看,两地的语言环境、双语师资、双语教育的类型以及第一语言和第二语言的相似度之间都有很大的差异.这些差异导致了两地双语教育的效果也大相径庭.通过对两地双语教育的分析比较,对我国大陆开展的双语教学是有借鉴作用的.     

香港中文教育面临的重要抉择

在中小学,用普通话教中国语文科,还是用广东话教中国语文科,这是目前香港中文教育面临的一个重要抉择。政府有关部门将普教中订为长远目标,而至今没有定出全港中小学实现普教中的时间表。普教中好?还是广教中好?学界也有分歧。本文从宏观与微观不同的角度,分析普教中的好处,借鉴了历史上和现实中不同地域中文教育的经验,同时评析了香港社会关于普教中的现状及各种意见。     

An Overview of Bilingual Education in Hong Kong

English is more widely used in Hong Kong than mainland China. The introduction, escalation and declination of English in Hong Kong are examined. Relevant reasons are explored to account for the gradual change of language use. Afterwards, appropriate recom mendations are provided to elevate the status of English as globalization requires communication barriers across diverse cultures to be lifted.