Schools and citizenship education in Hong Kong: Teachers' and principals' perceptions in times of stress

Schools and citizenship education in Hong Kong: Teachers' and principals' perceptions in times of stress

• Wong, Koon Lin The Education University of Hong Kong
• Kennedy, Kerry John The Education University of Hong Kong
• Lee, Chi Kin John The Education University of Hong Kong

• P Social Context of Education
  • PC Society & Education
• P Social Context of Education
  • PE Law & Education ; Politics & Education
• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MG Identities, Attitudes & Opinion of Educational Workers
• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RH Supervisors, School Principals & Administrators

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

This preliminary study gathered principals’ and teachers’ views of Hong Kong’s citizenship education as well as the ways it could be facilitated for democratic purposes. On some measures the views of both groups were compared while principals were asked what they did to facilitate democratic citizenship education. The findings revealed principals were more positive than teachers in regard to their schools and citizenship education, and attempted to provide teachers with the autonomy to facilitate civic teaching. Teachers perceived more strongly than principals that the Chinese national government has influenced their schools’ attitude to citizenship education and they showed less confidence than principals in the possibility of nurturing students’ patriotism. Copyright © 2021 AERA21.

Paper presented at the 2021 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA21): Accepting Educational Responsibility, USA.

• English

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https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/a63599c2

2021-08-10