This book discusses educational reforms in the Asia-Pacific region and evaluates their impact on learning. The central argument highlights the importance of understanding reforms and learning within their historical, political and sociocultural contexts.

This book focuses on learning and teaching as the core business of higher education and explores reformative efforts in response to the influences of globalised processes in three advanced economies in the Asia-Pacific region: Japan, Hong Kong and Australia. This is a significant book as it adds to limited discussions on the globalisation of learning debates, and scholarly reflections on the links between globalised processes and changing educational practices, critical to understanding the current challenges and options available for charting future development for universities in the...