Shaping the curriculum: Contexts and cultures

Shaping the curriculum: Contexts and cultures

• Morris, Paul Dept. of Curriculum Studies, University of Hong Kong
• Lo, Mung Ling Dept. of Curriculum Studies, University of Hong Kong

School Leadership & Management, 20(2), 175-188, 2000

Routledge

2000

• F Learning & Teaching
  • FA General Teaching Strategies, Different Instructional Methods

Context Effect Cultural Context Cultural Pluralism Curriculum Development Educational Change Educational Policy Elementary Secondary Education Foreign Countries Policy Formation Politics of Education Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education

This article uses the case of the Target Oriented Curriculum (TOC), a major curriculum reform introduced into Hong Kong primary schools, to explore the interaction of cultures and curriculum reforms. It is argued that the reform emerged from, and was adapted and enacted in contexts or arenas that exhibited very different cultures. We focus on three distinct arenas that affected the reform, and examine within each of these the key interest groups and their shared understandings. The article thus provides an analysis that stresses the fragmented, pluralistic and changing nature of culture within Hong Kong society.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 13632434

• 10.1080/13632430050011416

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/8ad7a47f

2010-09-27