John Chi-Kin Lee is Vice President (Academic) and Chair Professor of Curriculum and Instruction of the Hong Kong Institute of Education. He was former Dean of Education of the Chinese University of Hong Kong as well as Guest/Adjunct Professor in more than twenty universities in Mainland China.

Brian J. Caldwell is Managing Director of Educational Transformation Pty. Ltd. He is Professor Emeritus and a former Dean of Education at the University of Melbourne.

This volume discusses education within the context of globalization and examines what is occurring in schools and systems of education in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Australia, Taiwan and United Kingdom.

Section I: Educational Reforms and Changing Schools: International and Asia-Pacific Perspectives

1. Changing schools in Asia-Pacific societies in a global society

2. Educational reforms and school improvement in China

3. Educational reforms and school improvement in China Hong Kong

4. Educational reforms and school improvement in Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)

5. Educational reforms and school improvement in Australia

6. Educational reforms and school improvement in Singapore

Section II: Issues in Educational Reforms

7. School Choice: Privatization and Decentralization of Schooling

8. School Improvement, Curriculum and Teaching Innovations

9. Accountability and assessment measures

10. Responses of the Government and the Educational Profession to the Educational Reform Agenda and Policies

Section III: Reflections on Educational Issues and Creations of Future Leaders and Schools

11. Future educational reform policies and measures in China, Australia, Taiwan and Singapore

12. Future schools, leadership development and school education in China, Australia, Taiwan and Singapore

Notes

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