Education reform in Hong Kong: The "through-road" model and its societal consequences

International Review of Education

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-55

  Poon, Anita Y K ^a   Wong, Yiu Chung ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION REFORM; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL IMPACT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 38649112308     PISSN: 00208566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11159-007-9073-9     Document Type: Article

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