Journal Articles

Civic education guidelines in Hong Kong 1985-2012: Striving for normative stability in turbulent social and political contexts

Title:
Civic education guidelines in Hong Kong 1985-2012: Striving for normative stability in turbulent social and political contexts
Authors:
Source:
Theory and Research in Social Education, 2019
Publisher:
Routledge
Year Published:
2019
Education Categories:
Keywords:
Civic Education Guidelines Content Analysis
Region:
- Hong Kong
Period:
- 1980s
- 1990-1997.6
- 1997.7 onwards
Level:
- Unknown or Unspecified
Abstract:
The dynamic of how civic education is framed during turbulent periods is illuminated through analysis of three Hong Kong official civic education curriculum guidelines (1985, 1996, 2012). Guidelines are publicly available, officially sanctioned statements of purpose that have particular relevance for education professionals and are used around the world to characterize educational initiatives. Our focus is on guidelines written during periods in which there was colonial hegemony by the United Kingdom (1985), an attempt to promote liberal democracy by the Hong Kongese (1996), and an assertion of Chinese nationalism (2012). We argue that guidelines about civic education are similar across these times of political turbulence. There are shifts in the content of the guidelines, but fundamental differences are not made explicit. The documents are not aligned with a theoretical framework of colonialism, liberal democracy, or Chinese nationalism, but rather, they are pragmatically oriented. The guidelines are signifiers of attempts to achieve normative stability. Copyright © 2019 College and University Faculty Assembly of National Council for the Social Studies.
Language:
- English
Document Type:
Journal Articles
ISSN:
- 00933104
DOI:
- 10.1080/00933104.2019.1676854
Permalink:
https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/75af384f
Entry Date:
2020-04-27