Asian Education Podcast

Tara de Mel on Sri Lanka’s Educational Challenges Sri Lanka has experienced a succession of acute crises over the past five decades, from terrorist insurgencies to ethnic civil war and, most recently, an economic emergency intensified by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Throughout this period, education has been intimately intertwined with the island’s various social and political problems. E...

Paul Morris on education in Hong Kong In this episode, Professor Paul Morris of the UCL Institute of Education in London talks to Edward Vickers about education in Hong Kong. Before moving to London in 2007, Paul spent almost 30 years in Hong Kong as an academic and teacher educator, culminating in a five-year spell as President of the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd; now the Education Uni...

In this initial episode of the Asian Education Podcast recorded on 11 February 2023, the three co-hosts discuss the rationale and focus of the podcast as well as their backgrounds and experiences related to education policy and practice in Asia and beyond. 0. Introduction (00:00-03:05) 1. Why the Asian Education Podcast? (03:06 – 06:32) What is the rationale for having a podcast that discusses edu...