Excellence and equity in high-performing education systems: Policy lessons from Singapore and Hong Kong

Excellence and equity in high-performing education systems: Policy lessons from Singapore and Hong Kong

• Gopinathan, Saravanan National University of Singapore
• Lee, Michael H. The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Infancia Y Aprendizaje, 41(2), 203-247, 2018

Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd

2018

• P Social Context of Education
  • PB Comparative Education
• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RC Educational Planning & Decision Making Process, Educational Administration
• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RF School Supervision, Accountability & Inspection: Education Indicators, Privatization of School

Education Excellence Educational Disparities Meritocracy Parentocracy Singapore Hong Kong Direct Subsidy Scheme Globalization Curriculum State

• Hong Kong
• Singapore

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

In recent years, both Singapore and Hong Kong have been ranked top in international education rankings. They are widely admired as high-performing education systems (HPES) and, not surprisingly, among the best education systems in the world. The success stories of Singapore and Hong Kong education have aroused widespread attention internationally among different stakeholders, such as policymakers, researchers and practitioners, to investigate if it is possible for their policies and practices to be learned and borrowed by other countries. In this article, we stress the importance of context in understanding policy phenomena and possibilities for policy transfer. The Singapore and Hong Kong education systems are facing critical issues such as the economization of education, educational disparities and the paradigm shift from meritocracy to parentocracy. How well they deal with these policy issues will determine if their present international standing continues into the future. This article provides a critical review of their education policies to explore how these policies can be refined and adjusted in order to cope with the challenges facing both education systems.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 02103702

• 10.1080/02103702.2018.1434043

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/8241d198

2018-12-11