When reform hits reality: The bottleneck effect in Hong Kong primary schools

When reform hits reality: The bottleneck effect in Hong Kong primary schools

• Cheng, Yin Chong Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Walker, Allan Faculty of Education, Chinese University of Hong Kong

School Leadership & Management, 28(5), 505-521, 2008

Routledge

2008

• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QC Primary Education
• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RH Supervisors, School Principals & Administrators

Foreign Countries Instructional Leadership Principals Elementary Education School Administration Educational Change Educational Policy Policy Analysis Barriers Performance Factors Educational Assessment Educational Indicators Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education

A lack of analysis and research into primary education in general, and primary school leadership in particular, has left primary practitioners exposed like never before to the vagaries of policy-makers and unpredictable contextual pressures. The purpose of this article is to initiate discussion on the state of primary school leadership in Hong Kong since 2000. It attempts to explore some of the major reforms and other contextual factors impacting primary school leaders and comment on the challenges which accompany these. It further proposes that when initiatives confront the existing structural and cultural make up of primary schools they are blocked by what we call the bottleneck effect. The article also attempts to explain and illustrate this effect and what it means for primary school principals. It is hoped that the analysis serves to highlight interest in primary school leadership in Hong Kong and stimulate research in the area locally and internationally.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 13632434

• 10.1080/13632430802499994

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2010-09-27