Religion in Hong Kong education: Representation in liberal studies textbooks

Religion in Hong Kong education: Representation in liberal studies textbooks

• Jackson, Liz Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong

Asian Anthropology, 14(1), 43-56, 2015

Routledge

2015

• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GJ Interdisciplinary
• P Social Context of Education
  • PF Religion & Education; Philosophy & Education ; Educational Thought

Religion Religious Diversity General Education Curricula (Courses of Study) Educational Publishing Curriculum Education Hong Kong Islam

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education
• Secondary Education

Hong Kong's Liberal Studies curriculum (implemented in 2009) aims in part to teach young people about diversity in society, including cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity. This essay considers how religions and religious diversity are represented in Liberal Studies, analyzing how minority forms of religion are visible and invisible in the four most popular Liberal Studies textbook sets. The analysis will answer the questions of (1) how Hong Kong's religious diversity is expressed in the textbooks and (2) how different religions are depicted in relation to the society overall. Textbooks are the primary source material teachers use, particularly in new subjects, as reflections of prevalent attitudes, beliefs, and norms, and as formal sources of curriculum content. This essay therefore provides a glimpse of the latent knowledge about religious diversity in the educational publishing and decision-making community of Hong Kong, relating gaps in text coverage to the subject's aim of developing student understanding and appreciation of diversity.
[Copyright of Asian Anthropology is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1683478X.2015.1025595]

• English

Journal Articles

• 1683478X

• 10.1080/1683478X.2015.1025595

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/24293fd4

2015-10-16