Contributors
List of Tables
Series General Editor's Foreword
Introduction
Education and the Social Context
The Decolonization of Hong Kong Education	p. 3
Hong Kong Education within Historical Processes	p. 39
Hong Kong Education in an International Context: The Impact of External Forces	p. 83
Education and Politics
Educational Policymaking in Hong Kong: The Changing Legitimacy	p. 97
Preparing Pupils as Citizens of the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong: An Analysis of Curriculum Change and Control during the Transition Period	p. 117
Education and Social Stratification
Egalitarianism and the Allocation of Secondary School Places in Hong Kong	p. 149
The Schooling of Girls in Hong Kong: Progress and Contradictions in the Transition	p. 167
Educational Issues: Language and Labor
Cantonese, English, or Putonghua--Unresolved Communicative Issue in Hong Kong's Future	p. 183
The Teaching of Putonghua in Hong Kong Schools: Language Education in a Changing Economic and Political Context	p. 203
Educational Expansion and the Labor Force	p. 215
Comparative Perspectives: One Country, Two Educational Systems
Pressure for Educational Excellence in China: Implications for Education in Hong Kong	p. 235
On the Characteristics, Strong Points, and Shortcomings of Education in Hong Kong: A Mainland Chinese Educator's View of Education in Hong Kong	p. 253
Education in Hong Kong and China: Toward Convergence?	p. 265
Appendices	p. 273
Appendix A: Education System of Hong Kong	p. 274
Appendix B: The Policymaking and Administrative Bodies of Education	p. 275
Appendix C: Chronological Framework	p. 276
Appendix D: Chronology of Important Documents Regarding Hong Kong Education	p. 282
Appendix E: A Comparison of the Educational Systems of the PRC and Hong Kong	p. 285
Selected References	p. 287
Index	p. 305
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