Abstract
In 1997 the status of Hong Kong will change. It will cease being a colony of the United Kingdom and become a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The article attempts to demonstrate that, due to historical, economic and cultural factors, the task of achieving appropriate change in Hong Kong education to prepare for this event is problematic and highly complex. This suggestion, however, is not that the education system will not be affected by the events surrounding ‘1997’, for the relationship between education and social change is profoundly reciprocal. Hong Kong's society and education system will interact and change because of the events of this and the next decades.
Zusammenfassung
1997 wird sich der Status von Hongkong ändern. Es wird nicht mehr eine Kolonie Großbritanniens sein, sondern eine Verwaltungsregion der Volksrepublik China mit Sonderstatus. Dieser Artikel versucht nachzuweisen, daß die Aufgabe, eine angemessene Änderung im Schulwesen Hongkongs zur Vorbereitung auf diesen Wandel herbeizuführen, wegen der historischen, ökonomischen und kulturellen Gegebenheiten problematisch und vielschichtig sein wird. Dies heißt aber nicht, daß das Schulsystem durch die mit dem Jahr 1997 verbundenen Ereignisse nicht beeinflußt wird, da die Beziehung zwischen Erziehung und sozialem Wandel stark wechselseitig ist. Die Gesellschaft und das Erziehungssystem Hongkongs werden sich durch die Ereignisse dieses Jahrzehnts und der folgenden gegenseitig beeinflussen und verändern.
Résumé
Le statut de Hong-Kong va changer en 1997. Ce territorie cessera alors d'être une colonie du Royaume-Uni pour devenir une région administrative spéciale de la République populaire de Chine. Le présent article s'efforce de montrer que, en raison des facteurs historiques, économiques et culturels, la réalisation du changement approprié dans le système éducatif de Hong-Kong devant préparer à cet événement est une tâche problématique et fort complexe. Cependant, on pense que le système d'éducation sera touché par les événements de “1997”, étant donné que la relation entre l'éducation et le changement social est profondément réciproque. La société et le système éducatif de Hong-Kong vont agir en interaction et se transformer à la suite de ces événements et de ceux qui vont se produire dans les années à venir.
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O'Brien Friederichs, J. Whose responsibility? The impact of imminent socio-political change on Hong Kong education. Int Rev Educ 37, 193–209 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00599679
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