Reconstructing Hong Kong's civic education in the postnational education era: Rethinking about conceptual, curricular and pedagogical matters

Reconstructing Hong Kong's civic education in the postnational education era: Rethinking about conceptual, curricular and pedagogical matters

• Chong, King Man Eric The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Yuen, Wai Wa Timothy The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Leung, Yan Wing The Hong Kong Institute of Education

Citizenship Teaching and Learning, 10(3), 251-269, 2015

Intellect Ltd Article

2015

• P Social Context of Education
  • PC Society & Education
• P Social Context of Education
  • PE Law & Education ; Politics & Education

Multiple Citizenship Civic Education Guidelines Civil Society Critical Patriot National Identity National Education Indoctrination Political Education

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

This article argues for reconstructing Hong Kong’s civic education in the post-national education era, and puts forward some rethinking on conceptual, curricular and pedagogical matters. This article starts with a brief critical review of the development of school civic education in Hong Kong to set the context. This is followed by a discussion of the MNE controversy. It points out that the shelving of the mandatory subject and reversion to depoliticized school-based civic education is inadequate to address the needs of civic education in Hong Kong. Finally, this article argues in favour of the type of civic education that aims at cultivating politically literate, critically thinking and actively participating citizens, with particular reference to the Civic Education Guidelines from Civil Society. This set of unofficial Guidelines proposes that Hong Kong’s civic education has to be reconstructed both in conceptual, curricular and pedagogical terms accordingly. Hopefully, this article will shed light on the development of civic education in societies that are facing similar challenges in the process of democratization and an upheaval of civic consciousness of the citizenry.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 17511917

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2015-11-05