Hong Kong Teachers Centre JournalVol. 7 Hong Kong Teachers Centre 2008!"#$%&'()*+,-. Multiple perspectives review on Hong Kong curriculum reform since 1997 Abstract The paper reports the curriculum reform developmental history in the Hong Kong Special Administration Region since 1997 until 2007 by the multi-perspectives of education quality, learning opportunity, learning diversity, and the centralization of curriculum reform. The paper reveals firstly affirmed Hong Kong's education quality has been improved. Secondly, it reveals a question of fair learning opportunity and the learning equality is satisfied in Hong Kong. Thirdly, for the curriculum development, it reveals the numbers of core curriculum have been limited, however, there are choices of elective subjects and apply learning as well as learning approaches and methods been introduced by the reform. The curriculum reform has the good intention in providing learning diversity and opportunity for our students. 1
Finally, the paper points out the curriculum reform initiation and implementation must be careful and consider the affordability of the educators to change. Keywords curriculum reform, curriculum implementation, education quality, learning opportunity 2
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