Globalization, Localization and Individualization
Focusing on the impact of globalization on education, this book explores innovative reforms in the Asia-Pacific Region and beyond. It presents a new paradigm that integrates contemporary research and international insights, introducing fresh concepts, frameworks, and theories aimed at reengineering educational systems to better address local development challenges.
Adapting to the evolving demands of the 21st century, the book examines global educational paradigm shifts. It covers diverse topics including contextualized multiple intelligences, integrated learning, and the impact of globalization on national education. Additionally, it addresses teacher effectiveness and development, school-based management, and systemic education reform, providing a comprehensive overview of contemporary pedagogical challenges and innovations.
This book reviews and analyses the issues and policies of internationalization and exportation of higher education and investigates the strategies and models of education hub development in the context of globalization, with Hong Kong in the Asia-Pacific region as a case study. It examines the close relationship between education hubs and higher education, as well as the strategic functions of an education hub in the future development of a society in a competitive global environment. It also analyses the major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of Hong Kong’s higher education in relation to its potential for exporting higher education to Asian markets. In particular, it reviews the current state of higher education services offered by Hong Kong in three target markets and their segmentation and proposes the most appropriate market entry strategies for education service providers.