UCL Discovery
UCL home » Library Services » Electronic resources » UCL Discovery

Referencing and borrowing from other systems: the Hong Kong education reforms

Forestier, K; Adamson, B; Han, C; Morris, P; (2016) Referencing and borrowing from other systems: the Hong Kong education reforms. Educational Research , 58 (2) pp. 149-165. 10.1080/00131881.2016.1165411. Green open access

[thumbnail of Forestier et al Referencing and borrowing from other systems_Hong Kong education reforms.pdf]
Preview
Text
Forestier et al Referencing and borrowing from other systems_Hong Kong education reforms.pdf

Download (656kB) | Preview

Abstract

BACKGROUND: This paper analyses the role of, and approach to, policy referencing and borrowing in Hong Kong’s recent reforms that culminated in the creation of its New Academic Structure and the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education. MAIN ARGUMENT: It argues that Hong Kong has gone further than most jurisdictions not just in responding to global influences on education reform, but in taking explicit steps to internationally benchmark its curriculum and assessment, and in involving the global community at multiple levels in the process of education policy planning and implementation. SOURCES OF EVIDENCE AND METHOD: The paper is based on the documentary analysis of policy documents in Hong Kong, and 23 interviews with key stakeholders in the policy network, including policy-makers, practitioners and community leaders. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: While policy referencing and borrowing in the Hong Kong context can, in part, be traced to a colonial legacy, the Special Administrative Region of China demonstrates a collaborative approach to education reform involving local and international engagement that may be relevant to other systems. Its approach was informed by a measured use of policy referencing that involved ‘horizon scanning’ of other systems’ policies and practices; international benchmarking; and engaging international expertise to facilitate implementation.

Type: Article
Title: Referencing and borrowing from other systems: the Hong Kong education reforms
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/00131881.2016.1165411
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2016.1165411
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2016 National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Educational Research on 13 April 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00131881.2016.1165411. Special Issue: International policy borrowing and evidence-based educational policy making: relationships and tensions
Keywords: Policy borrowing, policy referencing, post-colonialism, curriculum reform, international student assessments, PISA
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1494971
Downloads since deposit
1,940Downloads
Download activity - last month
Download activity - last 12 months
Downloads by country - last 12 months

Archive Staff Only

View Item View Item