1. Editorial: Educational Research for Policy and Practice

   • Colin Power

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 6

2. Educational Reform and Research in Hong Kong: A Request for Comprehensive Knowledge

   • Yin Cheong Cheng
   • Mo Ching Magdalena Mok
   • Kwok Tung Tsui

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 21

3. Educational research in India: Policy and Practice

   • M.S. Khaparde

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 33

4. Educational Research for Policy and Practice in Japan – With Particular Reference to Youth Education

   • Taro Numano
   • Yoshiyuki Nagata
   • Mariko Ichimi Abumiya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 50

5. Secondary Education and Research in New Zealand

   • Robyn Baker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 63

6. Education Research for Policy and Practice: Secondary Education Reforms in Sri Lanka

   • Indira Lilamani Ginige

   OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 77

7. Secondary Education Reform and Educational Research in the Asia-Pacific Region

   • Rupert Maclean

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 98

8. The Self-Taught Higher Education Examination in China: As Manifested in the Educational Service and National Examination

   • Guijuan Gao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 112

9. Focussing the Teacher's Gaze: Primary teachers reconstructing assessment in self managing schools

   • Mary Hill

   OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 125

10. The Emergence of Private Higher Education in Vietnam: Challenges and Opportunities^*

    • Pham Lan Huong
    • Gerald W. Fry

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 141