Foreword by Peter Fensham. Foreword by Derek Hodson. Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The assessment reform -- 3. Teachers' enactment of the reform -- 4. Alan-the students' companion -- 5. Bob-the teacher with a mission -- 6. Carl-the teacher committed to all-round education -- 7. Dawn-the evolving teacher -- 8. Eddy-the money-hunter -- 9. Hugo-the examiner of a driving test -- 10. Ivor-the police fears to be scolded by his superior -- 11. John-the examination-driven teacher -- 12. Looking across the cases-a preliminary analysis -- 13. Three views of fairness -- 14. Teacher professionalism and policy interpretation -- 15. Ways of seeing and ways of enacting -- Appendix A: A study transversing three bodies of literature. Appendix B: Reflecting on the research methodology. References. Index
Summary
"The conclusions and recommendations made in the book are derived from a study of ten teachers in Hong Kong as they tried to change their practice following a reform of the Hong Kong assessment system. Hong Kong is simply a context that provided the opportunity to gather very rich and informative data on issues pertaining to assessment reforms which also have very wide implications in many countries' contexts."--Jacket
