Colonialism and secondary technical education in Hong Kong: 1945-1997

Colonialism and secondary technical education in Hong Kong: 1945-1997

• Lau, Wai Wah Dept. of Chinese History, Kowloon Technical School
• Kan, Flora L. F. Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong

Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 63(2), 171-189, 2011

London

Routledge

2011

• P Social Context of Education
  • PA History of Hong Kong Education
    • PAB History of Hong Kong Education (1945-1997.6)
• P Social Context of Education
  • PA History of Hong Kong Education
    • PAC History of Hong Kong Education (1997.7-)

Colonialism Education Systems Educational History Educational Policy Secondary Education Socioeconomic Background Technical Education Technical Schools Historical Treatment

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Secondary Education

This study examines the influence of the colonial experience (1945-1997) on the planning of secondary technical education in Hong Kong. Specifically, the origins of secondary technical institutions and their positioning in secondary education are examined. Primary source materials are used as the basis of investigation and analysis, supplemented by secondary sources. The study finds that the origins and form of secondary technical education in Hong Kong mirrored those of secondary technical education in the British tripartite school system (grammar, technical, and modern). The breakdown of the tripartite school system in Britain might have led the colonial government not to adopt the full British model of secondary technical education. Nevertheless, the British tripartite school system had a long-term impact on the development of secondary technical schools in Hong Kong. Following the end of colonial rule, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government initiated education reform, which brought an end to curriculum differentiation by school types (grammar, technical, and prevocational) and replaced it with comprehensive education.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 13636820

• 10.1080/13636820.2011.561929

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