This article is one of a series of papers generated from the Curriculum Reform study in Hong Kong with the purpose of understanding the impact of government's role in the change process of the reform. This paper specifically examines the 17 government initiatives in the Curriculum Reform in terms of their adoption percentages of schools from…

Stresses the need to add moral and spiritual dimensions to global education in order to counterbalance the current accent on material and intellectual achievement. Examines the role of the United Nations in educational development around the world--specifically in teaching about global problems, interdependency, alternative futures, and…