Journal Articles
Teacher professionalism in educational reform: The experiences of Hong Kong and Shanghai
- Teacher professionalism in educational reform: The experiences of Hong Kong and Shanghai
- Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 37(1), 53-68, 2007
- Routledge
- 2007
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- Hong Kong
- Shanghai
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- 1990-1997.6
- 1997.7 onwards
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- Unknown or Unspecified
- Beginning in the 1990s, the education departments of Hong Kong and Shanghai began to actively initiate reform with a focus on the quality of education. In reviewing the implementation of educational reform in these two societies, the authors found that Hong Kong teachers tended to only adopt those policies which they felt were beneficial for students' learning, whereas Shanghai teachers tended to conform more to the state's requirements. Teachers in Hong Kong strongly expressed their frustration over the intensification of their work, while teachers in Shanghai seldom expressed disagreement over the state initiatives. Concerning the meaning of teacher professionalism, teachers in Hong Kong were more able than their counterparts in Shanghai to develop their own interpretations. However, at the same time, teachers' work in Hong Kong was still being monitored by the emerging schooling market, while the work of Shanghai teachers was monitored by the state. Teachers' work in both societies can be interpreted as 'confined professionalism'. In addition, in both of the two societies teachers' awareness of their professionalism was comparatively weak. Further empowerment in this area is needed. [Copyright of Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057920601061786]
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 03057925
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/59e3adb7
- 2011-03-24
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