Hong Kong's Chinese history curriculum from 1945 : politics and identity / Flora L.F. Kan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kan, Flora L. F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Secondary--Curricula--China--Hong Kong.

Education, Secondary.

China--History--Study and teaching (Secondary)--China--Hong Kong.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines how the aims, content, teaching, learning and assessment of the Chinese history curriculum have evolved since 1945. It describes how Chinese history became an independent subject in secondary schools in Hong Kong despite the political sensitivity of the subject, how it consolidated its status during the colonial period, and how it has faced threats to its independence since the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997.

Contents:

Politics, society and education in Hong Kong : a brief historical overview

The emergence of Chinese history as an independent subject (1945-74)

Consolidation of Chinese history as an independent subject (1974-97)

A period of crisis and opportunity for Chinese history as an independent subject (1997-2005).

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-178) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

988-8180-26-6

1-282-70893-7

9786612708930

988-8052-31-4

OCLC:

650586903