HONG KONG'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

By Richard Moncure

General Characteristics of Agricultural, Industrial, and Information Age Educational Systems

• Agricultural Age Educational System:

  Invention of writing with need to keep records of planting and harvests, taxation and barter, in agricultural age; education limited to an elite.

• Industrial Age Educational System:

  Mass public education: similiar standards for all, which was considered democratic; and educated middle class seen as foundation for a democracy; traditional educational institutions have monopoly on learning.

• Information Age Educational System:

  Diversied educational models necessary to meet diverse needs of students of all ages and different racial, ethnic, & cultural backgrounds.

Conclusions on Hong Kong (Whether Primarily Agricultural, Industrial, or Information Age Re: Its Educational System)