Hong Kong university teachers' conceptions and articulation of teacher care: Towards building a model of caring pedagogy

Hong Kong university teachers' conceptions and articulation of teacher care: Towards building a model of caring pedagogy

• Tang, Anne L. L. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Walker-Gleaves, Caroline Newcastle University

Higher Education, (0), -, 2021

Springer

2021

• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MF Characteristics & Conditions of Educational Workers

Teacher Care Caring Pedagogy Ethics of Care Vygotsky’s Relational Zone Higher Education

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

This paper addresses university teachers' conceptions and articulation of teacher care as informed by their teaching practice within the Hong Kong university context. The research is predicated upon the perspectives of caring university teachers identified through a systematic process of reputational-case selection, and their narrations analyzed by thematic analysis. Three overarching themes, 'humanitarian caring whole-person education', 'student-centred caring teaching' and 'invisible caring acts', were identified. Based on the overarching themes, we propose a model of 'caring pedagogy of student-centredness and invisible care'. This study contributes to enriching the existing literature on teacher care and caring pedagogy from university teachers' perspectives. We advocate the integration of care into pedagogy, whilst university administrators could provide more institutional support for practising caring pedagogy for the benefits of our students. Copyright ©2021 Springer.

• English

Journal Articles

• 00181560

• 10.1007/s10734-020-00675-3

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/69e5bbf2

2022-05-12