scholarly journals Excellence and equity in high-performing education systems: policy lessons from Singapore and Hong Kong / Excelencia y equidad en sistemas educativos de alto rendimiento: lecciones de las políticas educativas en Singapur y Hong Kong

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saravanan Gopinathan ◽  
Michael H. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
High Performing

scholarly journals Examining High-performing Education Systems in Terms of Teacher Training: Lessons Learnt for Low-performers

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Erkan Çer ◽  
Ekrem Solak
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Teacher Training Programs ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Selection Of

The quality of a teacher plays one of the most important roles in the achievement of an education system. Teachertraining is a multi-dimensional process which comprises the selection of teacher candidates, pre-service training,appointment, in-service training and teaching practices. Therefore, this study focuses on teacher training processes inSingapore, Shanghai-China, Hong Kong-China and Turkey and aims to discover the reasons for success in Program forInternational Student Assessment (PISA) by relating it with teacher training processes. Singapore, Shanghai-China,Hong Kong-China were chosen to study because their educational systems were ranked among the high-performingeducational systems in 2016. This study was a qualitative research and document analysis method was used to collectdata about the relevant countries' teacher training processes. The result of the study suggested some practicalconsiderations for teacher training programs in low-performing education systems about the selection of teachercandidates, pre-service training, appointment, in-service training and teaching practices.

Rethinking the notion of the high-performing education system: A Daoist response

2021 ◽  
pp. 174549992098369
Author(s):  
Charlene Tan
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Alternative Interpretation ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Mutual Learning ◽  
System A ◽  
High Performers ◽  
Major Implication

This article challenges the dominant notion of the ‘high-performing education system’ and offers an alternative interpretation from a Daoist perspective. The paper highlights two salient characteristics of such a system: its ability to outperform other education systems in international large-scale assessments; and its status as a positive or negative ‘reference society’. It is contended that external standards are applied and imposed on educational systems across the globe, judging a system to be high- or low- performing, and consequently worthy of emulation or deserving of criticism. Three cardinal Daoist principles that are drawn from the Zhuangzi are expounded: a rejection of an external and oppressive dao (way); the emptying of one’s heart-mind; and an ethics of difference. A major implication is a celebration of a plurality of high performers and reference societies, each unique in its own dao but converging on mutual learning and appreciation.

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