Globalization and education : the quest for quality education in Hong Kong / edited by Joshua Ka-ho Mok and David Kin-keung Chan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mok, Ka-Ho, 1964-

Chan, David K. K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--China--Hong Kong.

Education.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Other Title:

Quest for quality education in Hong Kong

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book adopts the wider perspective of globalization in order to examine and critically reflect upon the origin, evolution and development of the Quality Education Movement in Hong Kong.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Contributors; Introduction; PART ONE Theoretical Framework and Historical Context; 1. Economic Rationalism, Managerialismand Structural Reform in Education; 2. The Quest for Quality Education:The Quality Assurance Movementin Hong Kong; PART TWO - Approaches toQuality Education; 3. Multi-models of Education Qualityand Principal Leadership; 4. Managerialism and ISO 9000:Its Relevance to Quality Education; 5. Culture and Quality Education: EthicalLeadership and School Organization; PART THREE Policy Change andEducation Reform

6. A Critical Review of the QualityEducation Movement in Hong Kong7. Towards 'School Management Reform':Organizational Values of GovernmentSchools in Hong Kong; 8. Student Learning and the Quest forQuality Education: A Case Study ofSecondary Schools in Hong Kong; 9. A Reflection on Quality Assurance inHong Kong's Higher Education; PART FOUR Reflection and Conclusion; 10. Policy Implications of Adopting aManagerial Approach in Education; 11. Reflections on the Impact ofGlobalization on EducationalRestructuring in Hong Kong; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-70432-X

9786612704321

988-220-144-X

OCLC:

655789548