Teacher education in a postcolonial Hong Kong: Forms, drivers, influences, and agency

Teacher education in a postcolonial Hong Kong: Forms, drivers, influences, and agency

Teacher education as an ongoing professional trajectory: Implications for policy and practice

• Campbell, Paul The Education University of Hong Kong

• Mifsud, Denise University of Bath
• Day, Stephen P. University of the West of Scotland

Cham

Springer

2023

• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MA Professional Education for Teachers

Teacher Agency Postcolonial Forms Drivers Influences

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

With the unique character of Hong Kong in a postcolonial context, where eastern philosophies and approaches meet those of the west, it could be presumed that it is an ideal system for generating innovative ideas and practices (Bautista et al. in Int J Res Educ 46:203–260, 2022; Lu and Campbell in Practice 3:67–72, 2021). However, understanding the role, influence, and impact of teacher education as a career-long pursuit in Hong Kong remains both contested and under-theorised (Bautista et al. in Int J Res Educ 46:203–260, 2022). While Hong Kong enjoys a complex and sophisticated teacher education infrastructure which includes a range of opportunities and legislated time to dedicate to the varied forms of teacher education throughout a teachers’ career, such opportunities are frequently reported on as a being too demanding, rigid, or unrelated to practice (Lu and Campbell in Practice 3:67–72, 2021; Pang et al. in Asia Pac J Educ 36:231–247, 2016). This chapter begins by exploring the context of Hong Kong, and the nature and functions of teacher education. Following this, varying conceptualisations of teacher education, professional learning, and agency, with a particular focus on Hong Kong, are explored. Finally, this chapter explores new ways of understanding the role of teacher agency in the context of teacher education and the implications of this for policy, practice, and research as we imagine the future possibilities of teacher education and education more broadly. Copyright © 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

• English

Book Chapters

• 9783031286193

• 10.1007/978-3-031-28620-9_3

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2024-08-08