Union response to the accountability discouse in education policy: a case study of Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union.

• Other Authors: Chik, Pun-shing.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Xianggang jiao yu zhuan ye ren yuan xie hui.; Teachers' unions; Teachers' unions > China > Hong Kong; Educational accountability; Educational accountability > China > Hong Kong; Education and state > Evaluation; Education and state > China > Hong Kong > Evaluation
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5889955; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-322608

Chik Pun-shing. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 120-127). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.4 === Chapter 2 --- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND --- p.10 === Chapter 2.1 --- The provision of mass education --- p.10 === Chapter 2.2 --- Llewellyn Report --- p.13 === Chapter 2.3 --- The pursuit of quality --- p.17 === Chapter 2.4 --- Chapter summary --- p.20 === Chapter 3 --- THEORETICAL BACKGROUND --- p.22 === Chapter 3.1 --- Policy discourse --- p.22 === Chapter 3.2 --- Conceptualization of accountability --- p.26 === Chapter 3.3 --- Teacher unionism --- p.30 === Chapter 3.4 --- Chapter summary --- p.34 === Chapter 4 --- RESEARCH DESIGN --- p.36 === Chapter 4.1 --- Research aim --- p.36 === Chapter 4.2 --- Research method --- p.38 === Chapter 4.3 --- Limitations of the study --- p.44 === Chapter 4.4 --- Chapter summary --- p.46 === Chapter 5 --- CAPITALISTIC BACKLASH AGAINST EQUALITY --- p.47 === Chapter 5.1 --- no local demand for equality --- p.47 === Chapter 5.2 --- Equality policy imported --- p.48 === Chapter 5.3 --- Policy makers' disbelief in equality --- p.49 === Chapter 5.4 --- Equality for prosperity --- p.51 === Chapter 5.5 --- Unionists' quest for equality --- p.55 === Chapter 5.6 --- Redefining the rule of the game --- p.61 === Chapter 5.7 --- Chapter summary --- p.66 === Chapter 6 --- ACCOUNTABLE FOR MANAGEMENT INSTEAD OF QUALITY --- p.67 === Chapter 6.1 --- In the name of public fund --- p.67 === Chapter 6.2 --- Managerial accountability preserved --- p.70 === Chapter 6.3 --- Quid pro quo accountability --- p.71 === Chapter 6.4 --- Cultivating quality values --- p.71 === Chapter 6.5 --- Cultural re-engineering --- p.73 === Chapter 6.6 --- Quality indicators --- p.74 === Chapter 6.7 --- Negligible measures for the Unionists --- p.76 === Chapter 6.8 --- Necessary check and balance --- p.77 === Chapter 6.9 --- Grassroots quest for reform --- p.79 === Chapter 6.10 --- "Materialistic ""Pegging Salary on Effectiveness""" --- p.82 === Chapter 6.11 --- Chapter Summary --- p.85 === Chapter 7 --- DISCURSIVE AND DISCIPLINARY PROFESSIONALISM --- p.86 === Chapter 7.1 --- The state disciplines without counter-action --- p.86 === Chapter 7.2 --- Professionalism： Normalize or empower --- p.91 === Chapter 7.3 --- Professionalism for control --- p.95 === Chapter 7.4 --- """Plain"" professionalism" --- p.99 === Chapter 7.5 --- The Union road to professionalism --- p.102 === Chapter 7.6 --- The mass line --- p.103 === Chapter 7.7 --- Political struggle --- p.106 === Chapter 7.8 --- Chapter summary --- p.108 === Chapter 8 --- CONCLUSION --- p.110 === Chapter 8.1 --- Capitalistic imperative versus value addition --- p.110 === Chapter 8.2 --- State control versus the quest for autonomy --- p.112 === Chapter 8.3 --- Professional discourse versus empowerment --- p.114 === Chapter 8.4 --- Implications of this research --- p.116 === Chapter 9 --- APPENDIX --- p.119 === Chapter 9.1 --- List of abbreviations --- p.119 === Chapter 10 --- REFERENCES --- p.120