Developing students' critical thinking skills through visual literacy in the New Secondary School Curriculum in Hong Kong

Developing students' critical thinking skills through visual literacy in the New Secondary School Curriculum in Hong Kong

• Cheung, Chi Kim
• Jhaveri, Aditi Dubey

Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 36(3), 379-379, 2016

Routledge

2016

• D Curriculum
  • DE Secondary Education Programmes

Education Literacy Education Reform Internet Culture Learning Critical Thinking Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Secondary Education

This paper argues that the planned introduction of visual literacy into the New Secondary School Curriculum can play a crucial role in enabling students to think critically and creatively in Hong Kong's highly visual landscape. As Hong Kong's educational system remains entrenched in long-established and conventional pedagogies, the primacy given to the written word is in sharp contrast with the pragmatic roles that visual images play in students' day-to-day life. Hong Kong is well-known for its extremely high level of Internet / broadband penetration and media saturation, yet visual literacy is still in a state of infancy in Hong Kong. Therefore, from a curricular standpoint, as Hong Kong society relies to a greater degree than ever before on visual communication strategies, it is vital that visual literacy be integrated as part of the new curriculum under the current educational reforms. As contemporary Hong Kong culture becomes increasingly dependent on the visual environment, developing visual literacy to enhance students' learning can be an important step in the future towards a more successful implementation and development of the New Secondary School Curriculum.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 02188791

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2016-10-11