Asia's High Performing Education Systems

<p>Education officials specialist leaders and teachers have all been involved in different ways to bring about school reform in Hong Kong. This book is a very current and relevant analysis of this reform highlighting the way in which agencies have cooperated in bringing about change over the last several decades. Through a process of wide-ranging decision-making collaboration and consensus among key bodies and agencies of change some important developments have occurred. The reforms collectively have had and are continuing to have a major impact upon schooling in Hong Kong.</p><p>This volume represents a range of authors and specialists involved in a number of different reforms covering themes such as historical policy contexts new curriculum approaches changing pedagogies school leadership implementation and change and assessment and evaluation. This is a very topical book which provides a probing analysis of how an Asian education system has been able to reach and maintain a very high performing level.</p>