The Hong Kong Reader: Passage to Chinese Sovereignty: Passage to Chinese Sovereignty by Gerard A. Postiglione & Ming K. Chan

Author:Gerard A. Postiglione & Ming K. Chan [Postiglione, Gerard A. & Chan, Ming K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ethnic Studies, Social Science, Peace, Political Science, Regional Studies, General
ISBN: 9781315488356
Google: SckYDQAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 32207228
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-09-16T00:00:00+00:00

Trajectories for Educational Change: Limited Options

We can identify three broad options or orientations relating to school politics and educational change in Hong Kong’s transitional period. Each deals in a different way with reconciling emerging problems. The first option, most likely in the short run, sees a maintenance of the status quo. The second hinges on increased democratization of the society, which would bring the pluralism of Hong Kong schools more into the forefront of the reform process, resulting in a less consensus-bound, more conflict-prone reform process. The third option envisions the replacement of the influence of one central government by another, and sees the shoring up of traditional consultative mechanisms for ensuring support for educational changes, with greater influence exerted by those individual schools and groups of schools having or building closer ties with mainland institutions.

The potential role of education in Hong Kong in solving the complex problems that will emerge during the recovery of sovereignty by China will be determined by the specific characteristics of the transitional society. Whether education will work toward reconciling or heightening the contradictions between capitalism, socialism, and patriotism, and whether schools will assume a new role in political socialization and the preparation of popular political leaders will also depend in part on the dual identities reflected in the cultural ethos of Hong Kong, as well as on how selected contextual features are brought to bear on education. Before examining these contextual features, we will review the basic characteristics of Hong Kong education, including the organization of selection, governance, policy, and reform.

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