Kindergarten Education Scheme in Hong Kong: Policy measures, rhizomatic connections and early childhood teacher education

Kindergarten Education Scheme in Hong Kong: Policy measures, rhizomatic connections and early childhood teacher education

• Yuen, Wai Kwan Gail The Education University of Hong Kong

Children and Society, 2020

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

2020

• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QB Pre-school Education, Child Caring Facilities, Maternal & Infantile Health Facilities
• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MA Professional Education for Teachers

Deleuze Early Childhood Teacher Education Market Policy Professionalism

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Pre-Primary Education

Using Deleuze and Guattari's concept of rhizome, this study examines the key measures of the Kindergarten Education Scheme introduced by the Hong Kong government in 2017 after a large‐scale advocacy movement. It argues that these measures have expanded the power of the neoliberal imaginary through producing an enhanced market apparatus and an apolitical teaching profession. The neoliberal expansion reflects the manifestation of different kinds of rhizomatic connections to reterritorialise the field. This study calls for the rethinking of teacher educators’ ethical responsibility in addressing the complexity of teacher work frequently neglected by policy and the policy/practice divide in teacher education. Copyright © 2020 National Children's Bureau and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

• English

Journal Articles

• 09510605

• 10.1111/chso.12426

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/b033e07c

2021-01-15