Teachers' stories of children coping with family situations and family changes: A Hong Kong hybrid case

Teachers' stories of children coping with family situations and family changes: A Hong Kong hybrid case

• Luk-Fong, Pattie Yuk Yee Dept. of Special Education and Counselling, Hong Kong Institute of Education

Education 3-13, 39(4), 415-427, 2011

Routledge

2011

• A Human Growth & Development
  • AF Family & Development, Family Relationship, Reproduction & Child Rearing, Family Education, Parental Involvement

• Hong Kong
• Kuala Lumpur
• Singapore

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

This paper examines teachers' stories of children's coping with changing family situations such as divorce or family separation which can induce discontinuities in their lives. Using the case of Hong Kong, a place where 'East meets West' in cultures and family relationships, this paper argues for the use of the concept of hybridities in understanding the experiences of children in changing family situations. Teachers' stories show that children in changing family situations are facing new kinds of difficulties from the mixing of modern family forms and traditional family values. Implications to teacher education, policy and practice are suggested.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 03004279

• 10.1080/03004271003776843

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/efb6d521

2014-10-28