Westernization has been broadly utilized by the Taiwanese government as a strategy to
achieve modernization. Since the 1990s, Taiwan has undergone various educational …

This book under review combines theoretical as well as policy-oriented discourse of
Taiwan's education reforms since 1990s in a context of global–local encounter, coupled with …

As Western modernity has achieved global proportions, the race for development in non-
Western countries feeds back and reinforces the compulsive attempt to" keep up," in a …

For twenty-six years, beginning in 1968 when the govemment implemented a national pro
gram of nine year compulsory citizen education, l there were no major changes in Taiwan's …

Recent comparative education policy studies show that even though there seems to be
similar patterns and trends in higher education reforms in East Asian societies, the recently …

Educational reform is an issue of global importance. Taiwan, like many other countries, has
designed educational reform initiatives to support increased educational quality. In 1994 …

Education reforms worldwide in the last half century have been typically associated with
major social events that were taking place at the time (Levin 2001). After World War II …

This paper explores indigenization and globalization, the double issue of curriculum and
identity as a dialectical contradiction that characterizes the ambivalence of “Taiwanese …

Background: This paper analyses the role of, and approach to, policy referencing and
borrowing in Hong Kong's recent reforms that culminated in the creation of its New …

The past two decades have witnessed three important international trends: an increase in
the number of democratic states; economic globalization; and educational reforms in light of …