Chinese politics, globalization, and social education in the 'world city' of Hong Kong

Chinese politics, globalization, and social education in the 'world city' of Hong Kong

• Merryfield, Merry M.
• Lo, Tin Yau Joe The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Po, Sum Cho The Hong Kong Institue of Education

2006

Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: Education Research in the Public Interest (2006: San Francisco, CA)

• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GE Social Sciences, Business & Law

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

This study documents how the social education curriculum in Hong Kong has changed since Hong Kong's return to the People's Republic of China in 1997. Employing qualitative methods of classroom observations, interviews, and documentary analysis, the researchers found changes in mandated topics in the curriculum (such as increased attention to global issues, global economic connections, Chinese identity), pedagogy (such as strategies for active learning), resources (such as materials from UNICEF) and attitudes (such as empathy for people in less developed parts of the world). The findings also include a comparison of local versus international schools, changes in teacher education courses, and teachers' perspectives on issues they face today.

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: Education Research in the Public Interest

• English

Conference Papers

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/fc50b382

2015-07-29