Journal Articles

The junior secondary history curricula in Hong Kong and Shanghai: A comparative study

Title:
The junior secondary history curricula in Hong Kong and Shanghai: A comparative study
Authors:
- Lo, Joe Tin Yau Hong Kong Institute of Education
Source:
Comparative Education, 40(3), 343-361, 2004
Publisher:
Routledge
Year Published:
2004
Education Categories:
- P Social Context of Education
  - PB Comparative Education
- G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  - GF Humanities & Arts
Keywords:
Foreign Countries Comparative Analysis History Instruction China China (Shanghai) Hong Kong
Region:
- Hong Kong
- Shanghai
Period:
- 1997.7 onwards
Level:
- Secondary Education
Abstract:
Since 1997, Hong Kong's reintegration with China has been founded on the principle of 'One Country, Two Systems', which serves to guarantee the sustainability of the capitalist system in Hong Kong under the rule of the socialist motherland. This paper is an intra-cultural and inter-regional comparative study of the curricula of two systems (socialist and capitalist) under one country, using the junior secondary History curricula in Shanghai and Hong Kong as a case study. In addition to tracing the differences and similarities, divergences and convergences in the junior secondary History curricula of the two systems, the paper also generates proposals for the future improvement of History education in both cities.
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Language:
- English
Document Type:
Journal Articles
ISSN:
- 03050068
DOI:
- 10.1080/0305006042000274836
Permalink:
https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/810c1173
Entry Date:
2010-09-27