Case studies of the implementation of civic education in Hong Kong secondary schools

Case studies of the implementation of civic education in Hong Kong secondary schools

• Fok, Shui Che Janet The Hong Kong Institute of Education

2004

Pacific Circle Consortium 28th Annual Conference: Civic Values and Social Responsibility in a Global Context (2004: The Hong Kong Institute of Education)

• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QD Secondary Education
• P Social Context of Education
  • PC Society & Education
• P Social Context of Education
  • PE Law & Education ; Politics & Education

Development of Subject Knowledge Secondary Education

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Secondary Education

For the past 150 years, the government of Hong Kong has had no clear-cut policy on the implementation of moral and civic education in schools. So far, the Education and Manpower Bureau (previously the Education Department) has issued two Guidelines for schools' reference: the 1985 Guidelines and the 1996 Guidelines on Civic Education in Schools. The 1996 Guidelines seek to prepare young people to be responsible and participating citizens. To understand how civic education is implemented in Hong Kong schools, in 1999-2000, a working group of the Hong Kong Institute of Education carried out case studies of five secondary schools of different background. The study focused on the following areas: aims, curriculum planning and information, deployment of resources and teacher training, problems encountered and conductive factors. The conclusion is that school tradition, consensus of teaching staff, teachers' attitude and cooperation, teacher expertise, teaching resources and students' attitude are the main factors affecting the effectiveness of civic education.

Paper presented at the Pacific Circle Consortium 28th Annual Conference: Civic Values and Social Responsibility in a Global Context

• English

Conference Papers

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/3dfd9fd6

2015-03-17