Exploring school ethos: An investigation of children's human rights in two secondary institutions in Hong Kong

Exploring school ethos: An investigation of children's human rights in two secondary institutions in Hong Kong

• Lo, Yan Lam The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Leung, Yan Wing The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Yuen, Wai Wa Timothy The Hong Kong Institute of Education

Intercultural Education, 26(3), 192-209, 2015

Routledge

2015

• P Social Context of Education
  • PC Society & Education
• N Students & Student Services
  • NC Charactieristics & Conditions of Students; Opinion & Attitudes of Students, Problems of Adjustment

Human rights friendly school ethos Children's rights in schools Human rights education Children's rights education Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

From 2009 to 2011, the authors launched the Basic Law Education Project: Education for Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Hong Kong. This article focuses on a subset of the overarching data-set and discusses the findings that resulted from a comparative analysis of two participating schools. A survey was deployed to assess the extent to which a human rights friendly ethos existed in several institutions. Randomly selected students and all teachers from both schools were invited to participate. The collected data revealed noteworthy trends in mean scores between teachers and students in areas such as equal and fair treatment; protection of and appeal for rights; and feelings of being loved, respected, and blessed. School mission and leadership style appeared to account for significant differences. Additionally, we offer recommendations for practices that may improve human rights ethos in schools.
[Copyright © 2015 Taylor & Francis.]

• English

Journal Articles

• 14675986

• 10.1080/14675986.2015.1048078

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/c1474c49

2015-09-17