Imagining school autonomy in high-performing education systems: East Asia as a source of policy referencing in England

Imagining school autonomy in high-performing education systems: East Asia as a source of policy referencing in England

• You, Yun University College London
• Morris, Paul University College London

Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 46(6), 882-905, 2016

Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd

2016

• P 香港教育各層面與外地之比較
  • PB 香港教育各層面與外地之比較
• R 教育政策與管理
  • RE 學校內部管理、學校與家長之關係
• R 教育政策與管理
  • RG 教育改革︰各項報告書及指引，施政報告

School Autonomy East Asia England Policy Borrowing Referencing PISA Success Reform Discourses Politics

• Hong Kong
• East Asia
• England

• 1997.7 onwards

• 專上教育

Education reform is increasingly based on emulating the features of world-class' systems that top international attainment surveys and, in England specifically, East Asia is referenced as the inspiration' for their education reforms. However, the extent to which the features identified by the UK Government accord with the situation within East Asia is problematic. This paper examines the relationship between the English representation and the reality' of East Asian education systems, using school autonomy as an illustrative example. We focus on Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai, which are cited extensively to legitimate policies providing greater autonomy for schools in England. We argue firstly that the English representation has been largely discursive and inaccurate; has failed to recognise the variations across the region; and has been selected to endorse the Government's ideological preferences. Secondly, the scope, form and nature of school autonomy vary markedly, and are operationalised in each society in ways reflecting the prevailing sociopolitical priorities.

• 英文

期刊論文

• 03057925

• 10.1080/03057925.2015.1080115

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/tc/bibs/c471d680

2017-03-21