Teachers' professional identity, educational change and neo-liberal pressures on education in Hong Kong

Teachers' professional identity, educational change and neo-liberal pressures on education in Hong Kong

• Tang, Sylvia Yee Fan Dept. of Education Policy and Leadership, Hong Kong Institute of Education

Teacher Development, 15(3), 363-380, 2011

London

Routledge

2011

• P Social Context of Education
  • PC Society & Education
• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MG Identities, Attitudes & Opinion of Educational Workers

Educational Policy Educational Change Teacher Attitudes Teaching Experience Teaching Conditions Teaching Profession Neoliberalism Historical Section

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

Education reforms underpinned by neo-liberal values have been criticised for bringing an adverse impact on teachers' professional identity. This article presents a qualitative study of teachers' professional identity in three historical periods in Hong Kong: Phase 1: 1965-84; Phase 2: 1984-97; and Phase 3: the post-1997 period. By juxtaposing the systemic narratives against the work life narratives of 23 teachers, the study finds the manifestation of the perils of neo-liberal pressures on education in three themes of educational change in Hong Kong: (1) the changing structural conditions of the teaching career; (2) the changing nature of teachers' work; and (3) the changing nature of educational change. The article concludes by suggesting possibilities to counteract neo-liberal pressures on education with the preservation, reclamation and renewal of teachers' 'student-focused' professional identity grounded on teachers' moral agency.
[Copyright of Roeper Review is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13664530.2011.608518]

• English

Journal Articles

• 13664530

• 10.1080/13664530.2011.608518

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/5e61e05e

2013-11-16