Education and Society in Hong Kong and Macao Comparative Perspective

Hong Kong and Macao have much in common. The dominant populations in both territories are Cantonese-speaking Chinese; both are small in area; both are urban societies; both have been colonies of European powers; and both have undergone political transitio

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CERC Studies in Comparative Education Titles in the series include: 1. Mark Bray & WO. Lee (eds.) (2001): Education and Political Transition: Themes and Experiences in East Asia. Second edition. 2. Mark Bray & W.O. Lee (eds.) (1997): Education and Political Transition. Implications of Hong Kong Change of Sovereignty. 3. Philip G. Altbach (1998): Comparative Higher Education: Knowledge, the University, and Development. 4. Zhang Weiyuan (1998): Young People and Careers: A Comparative Study of Carters Guidance in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Edinburgh. 5. Harold Noah & Max A. Eckstein (1998): Doing Comparative Education: Three Decades of Collaboration. 6. T. Neville Postlethwaite (1999): International Studies of Educational Achievement: Methodological Issues. 7. Mark Bray & Ramsey Koo (eds.) (2004): Education and Society in Hong Kong and Macao: Comparative Perspectives on Continuity and Change. Second edition. 8. Thomas Clayton (2000): Education and the Politics of Language: Hegemony and Pragmatism in Cambodia, 1979-1989. 9. Gu Mingyuan (2001): Education in China and Abroad: Perspectives from a Lifetime in Comparative Education. 10. William K. Cummings, Maria Teresa Tatto & John Hawkins (eds.) (2001): Values Education for Dynamic Societies: Individualism or Collectivism. 11. Ruth Hayhoe & Julia Pan (eds.) (2001): Knowledge Across Cultures: A Contribution to Dialogue Among Civilizations. 12. Robert A. LeVine (2003): Childhood Socialization: Comparative Studies of Parenting, Learning and Educational Change. 13. Mok Ka-Ho (ed.) (2003): Centralization and Decentralization: Educational Reforms and Changing Governance in Chinese Societies. 14. WO. Lee, David L. Grossman, Kerry J. Kennedy & Gregory P. Fairbrother (eds.) (2004): Citizenship Education in Asia and the Pacific: Concepts and Issues. 15. Alan Rogers (2004): Non-Formal Education: Flexible Schooling or Participatory Education?

Books from No. 13 in the series are co-published by Springer and the Comparative Education Research Centre of The University of Hong Kong.

CERC Studies in Comparative Education 7

Second Edition

Education and Society in Hong Kong and Macao: Comparative Perspectives on Continuity and Change

Edited by

Mark Bray & Ramsey Koo

A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

ISBN-10 ISBN-13 ISBN-10 ISBN-13

1-4020-1143-1 (PB) 978-1-4020-1143- 6 (PB) 1-4020-3405-9 (HB) 978-1-4020-3405-3 (HB)

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First edition published 1999 Comparative Education Research Centre The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China

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