Promoting Outcomes Based Educational Reforms: Lessons from Hong Kong’s Experience
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Where Hong Kong does feature in international scholarship its characteristics have often been selectively raided to confirm generalised propositions such as the value of free markets, the benefits of whole class instruction, or of cultural homogeneity and/or imperialism. As with all stereotypes they hide as much as they reveal. The tendency to portray Hong Kong in a somewhat stereotyped and clichéd way is unfortunate, for this Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China provides a fascinating context for exploring a range of educational issues.
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تاریخ انتشار 2003