Asian Education and Development Studies: Volume 9 Issue 4

Principal leadership preparation towards high-performing school leadership in Malaysia

Donnie Adams, Ashley Ng Yoon Mooi, Vasu Muniandy

The purpose of this paper is to examine the Malaysian National Professional Qualification for Educational Leaders (NPQEL), a principal leadership preparation programme and the…

Conceptualising quality following conflict: Afghanistan’s higher education policy

Daniel Couch

The purpose of this paper is to examine the dominant conceptualisation of quality in Afghanistan’s higher education strategic planning and policies, and consider the implications…

Concepts of quality in independent accreditation in Kyrgyzstan

Chynarkul Ryskulova

The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept, criteria and definitions of quality of higher education from the perspectives of the leadership of three new independent…

Differences in international accreditation: Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan

Martha Merrill

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to count the number of international program accreditations at universities in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan; and second, to understand…

Quality assurance in Afghan higher education: achievements and challenges

Anthony Welch, Attaullah Wahidyar

The purpose of this paper is to review the development of quality assurance (QA) processes in higher education in Afghanistan and chart and assess the current achievements and…

Youth activism, state-contained participation and democratic legitimacy in Singapore

Chiew-Siang Bryan Ho

This research is concerned with youth activism in Singapore historically and the importance of legitimacy for understanding the further development of youth activism and…

The invaluable experience : Martin Singer and Concordia's extraordinary path to open China's door to the world

Kenneth Lan

This writing examines the remarkable career of the founding East Asian scholar at Montreal's Concordia University. He was the individual who did more than merely a college…

Taxing land rent, lowering other taxes – the case of Hong Kong

Lok Sang Ho, Gary Wai Chung Wong

The purpose of this paper is threefold: to study if Hong Kong’s fiscal revenue is closely related to land rent; to assess if a fiscal regime relying on taxing land rent is good…

The Myth of “Hong Kong Nationalism”

Jeff Hai-chi Loo

The persistent growth of ‘nativists’ in Hong Kong not only highlighted people's consideration over mainlandization, it also stimulates Beijing's nerve on national security. This…

Contentious politics and democratization in Hong Kong: Explaining growing demands for self-determination

Stephan Ortmann

The purpose of this paper is to explain why many activists in Hong Kong have shifted from demanding democracy to independence while, at least for a short time, there have been…

Using experiential learning of NGOs to enhance active citizenship education in school curriculum: Case study of Hong Kong secondary schools

King Man Eric Chong

The purpose of this paper is to analyse and evaluate the implementation of an empathy model of experiential learning in real-life sites, with the help of NGOs, for developing…

Localist challenges and the fragmentation of the pan-democratic camp in Hong Kong

Jermain T.M. Lam

The purpose of the paper is to analyze the challenges brought by the localist faction to the traditional democratic camp in order to examine the risks and opportunities for the…

Reducing e-waste in China's mobile electronics industry: the application of the innovative circular business models

Alastair Marke, Carmen Chan, Gozde Taskin, Theo Hacking

The objectives of this research are to (1) fill the evidence gap of circular business activities and (2) enrich the knowledge base about the drivers of and barriers to circular…