This title was first published in 1992: Explores the implications of the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997 to the People's Republic of China and the political, economic and cultural impact of the social transition on education.
I: Education and the Social Context; 1: The Decolonization of Hong Kong Education; 2: Hong Kong Education within Historical Processes; 3: Hong Kong Education in an International Context: The Impact of External Forces; II: Education and Politics; 4: Educational Policymaking in Hong Kong: The Changing Legitimacy; 5: Preparing Pupils as Citizens of the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong: An Analysis of Curriculum Change and Control during the Transition Period; III: Education and Social Stratification; 6: Egalitarianism and the Allocation of Secondary School Places in Hong Kong; 7: The Schooling of Girls in Hong Kong: Progress and Contradictions in the Transition; IV: Educational Issues: Language and Labor; 8: Cantonese, English, or Putonghua—Unresolved Communicative Issue in Hong Kong’s Future; 9: The Teaching of Putonghua in Hong Kong Schools: Language Education in a Changing Economic and Political Context; 10: Educational Expansion and the Labor Force; V: Comparative Perspectives: One Country, Two Educational Systems; 11: Pressure for Educational Excellence in China: Implications for Education in Hong Kong; 12: On the Characteristics, Strong Points, and Shortcomings of Education in Hong Kong: A Mainland Chinese Educator’s View of Education in Hong Kong; 13: Education in Hong Kong and China: Toward Convergence?
