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This book assesses the impact of globalization on the education systems of key East Asian countries, including China, Hong Kong, Japan, and the "tiger economies" of South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore, examining how the increasingly interdependent economic system has driven policy change and education reform. It discusses how policy makers have responded to changes required in educational outcomes in order to equip their societies for new global conditions and explores the impact of new approaches and ideologies related to globalization, such as marketization, privatization, governance changes, managerialism, economic rationalism and neo-liberalism, making comparisons across the region. Based upon in-depth research, fieldwork, literature analysis, policy document analysis and personal reflections of academics serving in the education sector, this volume recounts heated debates about the pros and cons of education restructuring in East Asia. The discussions on national responses and coping strategies in this volume offer highly relevant insights on how globalization has resulted in restructuring and draws lessons from comparative public policy analysis and comparative education studies.
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Education Reform and Education Policy in East Asia This book assesses the impact of globalization on the education systems of key East Asian countries, examining how the increasingly interdependent economic system has driven policy change and education reform. It discusses how policymakers have responded to changes required in educational outcomes in order to equip their societies for new global conditions; it explores the impact of new approaches and ideologies related to globalization, such as marketization, privatization, governance changes, managerialism, economic rationalism, and neoliberalism; and it makes comparisons across the region. The countries covered are China, including Hong Kong, Japan, and the “tiger economies” of South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore. Based upon indepth research, fieldwork, literature analysis, policy document analysis, and the personal reflections of academics serving in the education sector, this volume recounts heated debates about the pros and cons of education restructuring in East Asia. The discussions of national responses and coping strategies in this volume offer highly relevant insights into how globalization has resulted in restructuring and draw lessons from comparative public policy analysis and comparative education studies. Ka Ho Mok is a chair professor in East Asian Studies and director of the Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Bristol. He was previously associate dean and convener of the Comparative Education Policy Research Unit at the City University of Hong Kong. His recent books include Centralization and Decentralization: Educational Reforms and Changing Governance in Chinese Societies (Kluwer, 2003) and Globalization and Marketization: A Comparative Analysis of Hong Kong and Singapore (Edward Elgar, 2004). Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies 1. Environment, Education and Society in the Asia-Pacific Local traditions and global discourses David Yencken, John Fien and Helen Sykes 2. Ageing in the Asia-Pacific Region David R. Phillips 3. Caring for the Elderly in Japan and the US Practices and policies Susan Orpett Long 4. Human Rights and Gender Politics Asia Pacific perspectives Edited by Anne Marie Hilsdon, Martha Macintyre, Vera Mackie and Maila Stivens 5. Human Rights in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan Ian Neary 6. Cultural Politics and Asian Values The Tepid War Michael D. Barr 7. Social Policy in East and Southeast Asia Education, health, housing and income maintenance M. Ramesh 8. Sino-Japanese Relations Facing the past, looking to the future? Caroline Rose 9. Directors of Urban Change in Asia Edited by Peter J.M. Nas 10. Education Refo