@article{1440588,
      recid = {1440588},
      author = {Xie, Xijin, and Ki, Wing Wah, and Shum, Mark Shiu Kee,},
      title = {Controversies in medium of instruction reform : the  experience of Hong Kong /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      abstract = {The book is an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of the  case of language in education reform and language policy  controversies of Hong Kong over the initial two decades  after 1997. It is a scholarly monograph of conscientious  educators and researchers who have been active during the  education reform, collaborating with different parties on  school development and classroom teaching experiments. This  book provides a multiple-perspective investigation into the  education and language matters. Besides socio-political  perspectives, this book also emphasizes the frontline  educational and practical perspectives. The book explores  the benefits and effective methods of mother-tongue and  multi-lingual teaching that have emerged in the period.  Based on the problematic experience of language purism and  bifurcation in the reform, the book argues for an inclusive  multilingual education policy with mother-tongue as the  core. This book provides potential solutions and good  practices to tackle the complex issues brought about by  medium of instruction policy reforms in post-colonial  times.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1440588},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5784-9},
}