A Study of Resource Allocation and Utilization in School Education in Hong Kong
A Study of Resource Allocation and Utilization in School Education in Hong Kong

Author: Wai-Man Lam

Publisher: Open Dissertation Press

Published: 2017-01-27

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781374670044

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This dissertation, "A Study of Resource Allocation and Utilization in School Education in Hong Kong" by Wai-man, Lam, 林惠敏, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: A Study of Resource Allocation and Utilization in School Education in Hong Kong Abstract The HKSAR government has attached great importance to education and made substantial commitment in terms of resources. To support the Education Reform launched in 2000, the government has been pouring enormous resources into the early implementation of a number of priority items. In addition to the reform package, it has proceeded with other capital-intensive education initiatives related to the primary and secondary school education. These well-intended education policies and reforms have not been favourably perceived or effectively implemented. The present study is aimed at examining the interaction of the educational policies underlying the resource allocation in school education in Hong Kong, and explicating the interaction of the seemingly conflicting, divergent educational policies since 1997. A close scrutiny of the empirical and documentary evidence will reveal how the changing socio- economic and political context and, the more important, shifting and competing values underlying the educational policy initiatives and changes have resulted in the present misallocation of public resources in the school education in Hong Kong. Of close significance to this policy evaluation study is the expansion of the private school sector, hence with the Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) and Private Independent Schools (PISs) as the core components. 1The analysis will employ Deborah Stone's framework of political decision making, structured around the problematic phenomena, problem definitions, value interpretations underlying the policies and the policy solutions. Given the analysis, the study will examine if, and how, the policy paradox has been resolved, and explore the impact of privatization and marketization on allocation of resources in the school education. 2 DOI: 10.5353/th_b3859785 Subjects: Resource allocation Education, Elementary - Government policy - China - Hong Kong Education, Secondary - Government policy - China - Hong Kong

Research on the Balance of Educational Resources Allocation and Spatial Layout
Research on the Balance of Educational Resources Allocation and Spatial Layout

Author: Li Ran

Publisher:

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781032577517

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"Based on the spatial perspective, this book takes the urban area of Xi'an, China, as the main research region and studies the balance of resource allocation, focusing on educational resources and school layout. The author constructs a mathematical model to measure the level and types of resource allocation and regional differences in primary schools and uses GIS spatial analysis to explore the efficiency and fairness of school spatial layout. The book suggests a better way for the balanced development of basic education in Xi'an city. It also provides theoretical foundations, analytical methods, and empirical support for the study of balanced public resource management in public service, urban planning and urban geography. This book is suitable for students and scholars of tourism management, regional planning, facilities and urban management and those interested in resource allocation in Chinese urban areas in general"--

Making Sense of Education in Post-Handover Hong Kong
Making Sense of Education in Post-Handover Hong Kong

Author: Thomas Kwan-Choi Tse

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-11-10

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1317439384

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Since 1997 when Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, a string of education reforms have been introduced to improve the quality of education and maintain Hong Kong’s economic competitiveness in the age of globalization. This book provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of major issues and challenges faced by the education system, ranging from pre-school to higher education. It analyses the prospects for educational development in Hong Kong. It further addresses how the Hong Kong government has responded to the perceived challenges of the external environment and internal forces and explains the rationales for the actions taken. Not only does it review how the reform initiative challenges have been dealt with, it also reviews how effective these initiatives are and its implications on future directions.

School Improvement
School Improvement

Author: Zijian Li

Publisher: Nova Publishers

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9781594549441

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School improvement is at the centre of educational reform and is perceived by many as a key to social and economic advance. It contributes to determining the personal fulfilment and career paths of individual students and consequently engages the interest of parents and community members. It is an ever-present commitment of teachers and managers in schools. Policy makers and politicians at international, national and local levels devote much time and effort to their search for better schools. School improvement has also attracted the attention of researchers and scholars in many countries. They have been drawn from various disciplines and fields within the educational studies community, including psychology, sociology, history, evaluation, and studies in curriculum and assessment. There is now an established body of findings from studies conducted in many contexts. This book brings together leading experts drawn from many countries and several continents, reflecting diverse approaches to educational policy and practice, evaluation and research. Variations between countries and between local communities within countries are highlighted. The possibilities and difficulties inherent in transferring evidence from one educational system, at a number of levels, to another are clearly discussed. What emerges from the cross-national and cross-cultural evidence are several significant threads, currently under active investigation, including: school structure and management, classroom organisation, school leadership, teacher training and staff development, curriculum and assessment, community involvement, lifelong learning and special provision for students with special educational needs. "School Improvement: International Perspectives" is written for national educational policy makers, teachers and student teachers, governing bodies and parents from various levels of schooling, and university researchers and scholars.

Education in Hong Kong, 1941 to 2001
Education in Hong Kong, 1941 to 2001

Author: Anthony Sweeting

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Published: 2004-07-01

Total Pages: 712

ISBN-13: 9789622096752

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It provides comprehensive coverage of developments in formal and informal education in Hong Kong from the end of 1941 to the beginning of the new millennium. As was true of its predecessor, each Part of this book is subdivided into three sections: Commentary, Chronicle, and Evidence. Such an organization facilitates flexible reading. Readers primarily interested in analysis, interpretation, and the identification of themes are likely to focus initially on the Commentary sections and to move, as they feel stimulated, to the relevant entries in the Chronicle and/or items of Evidence. Readers who seek either more encyclopedic understanding or detailed answers to specific questions may well wish to focus primarily or at least initially on the Chronicle sections, and then to search for substantiation in the Evidence section or for amplification in the author's Commentary. At times, some readers may wish to browse through the Evidence sections, reaching possibly serendipitous discoveries. Academic and general readers are likely to be particularly interested in Part I of the book, which deals with education in Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation, a topic that has received only very rare and generalization-bound treatment in other publications. The author offers insights into all levels of education. His conceptual scope incorporates many types of education - including the mainstream academic education, technical education, teacher education, special education, physical education, civic education, education that focuses on morals, that which focuses on culture, and the various sorts of non-formal and informal education.

Blended Learning. New Challenges and Innovative Practices
Blended Learning. New Challenges and Innovative Practices

Author: Simon K.S. Cheung

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-05-25

Total Pages: 493

ISBN-13: 3319593609

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Blended Learning, ICBL 2017, held in Hong Kong, China, in June 2017. The 42 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 100 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections named: Keynotes; Experiences in Blended Learning; Strategies in Blended Learning; Assessment for Blended Learning; Computer-Support Collaborative Learning; Improved Flexibility of Learning Processes; Open Educational Resources; Pedagogical and Psychological Issues.