Education Reform and Education Policy in East Asia

<p>This book assesses the impact of globalization on the education systems of key East Asian countries including China Hong Kong Japan and the tiger economies of South Korea Taiwan and Singapore examining how the increasingly interdependent economic system has driven policy change and education reform. </p><p>It discusses how policy makers have responded to changes required in educational outcomes in order to equip their societies for new global conditions and explores the impact of new approaches and ideologies related to globalization such as marketization privatization governance changes managerialism economic rationalism and neo-liberalism making comparisons across the region. </p><p>Based upon in-depth research fieldwork literature analysis policy document analysis and personal reflections of academics serving in the education sector this volume recounts heated debates about the pros and cons of education restructuring in East Asia. The discussions on national responses and coping strategies in this volume offer highly relevant insights on how globalization has resulted in restructuring and draws lessons from comparative public policy analysis and comparative education studies.</p>