The Adoption Features of Government Initiatives for the Curriculum Reform in Hong Kong Schools

Autor/inn/en	Wong, Ping-Man; Cheung, Alan
Titel	The Adoption Features of Government Initiatives for the Curriculum Reform in Hong Kong Schools
Quelle	In: Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 43 (2015) 5, S.828-849 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1741-1432
DOI	10.1177/1741143214535743
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Government Role; Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Principals; Elementary Secondary Education; Questionnaires; Faculty Development; Likert Scales; Statistical Analysis; Computer Software; Student Projects; Teaching Methods; Information Technology; Numeracy; Civics; Moral Development; Scheduling; Critical Thinking; Skill Development; Communication Skills; Language Skills; Reading Skills; National Curriculum; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lehrerverhalten; Principal; Schulleiter; Fragebogen; Likert-Skala; Statistische Analyse; Schulprojekt; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Informationstechnologie; Rechenkompetenz; Staatsbürgerkunde; Moralische Entwicklung; Disposition; Kritisches Denken; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Kommunikationsstil; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Hongkong
Abstract	This article is one of a series of papers generated from the Curriculum Reform study in Hong Kong with the purpose of understanding the impact of government's role in the change process of the reform. This paper specifically examines the 17 government initiatives in the Curriculum Reform in terms of their adoption percentages of schools from before 2000 to 2006-7. These initiatives can be regarded as "soft" measures of the Government, supplementing the hard policies on the Curriculum Reform. The adoption of these initiatives in schools reflects the extent of implementation of reform items and therefore should be crucial to the success of the Curriculum Reform. The study illustrates the impact of the government on the phase of adoption in the change process. The findings suggested that whereas the government initially played an important role in adoption of these initiatives it was not able to raise the adoption percentages further towards the end of the study. Other features of adoption and their impacts on policy and change are also discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01