Building a connected classroom: Teachers' narratives about managing the cultural diversity of ethnic minority students in Hong Kong secondary schools

Building a connected classroom: Teachers' narratives about managing the cultural diversity of ethnic minority students in Hong Kong secondary schools

• Hue, Ming Tak Dept. of Special Education and Counselling, Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Kennedy, Kerry John Faculty of Education and Human Development, Hong Kong Institute of Education

Pastoral Care in Education, 31(4), 292-308, 2013

Routledge

2013

• N Students & Student Services
  • NG Student Discipline
• N Students & Student Services
  • NO Minorities & Immigrant Students
• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QD Secondary Education
• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RE School Management, School-Parents Relationship

Minorities Education Cultural Pluralism School Discipline Parent-Teacher Cooperation Teenagers Secondary Education Education (Secondary) Hong Kong China Classroom Behaviour Cultural Diversity Ethnic Minority

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Secondary Education

Many Hong Kong schools are concerned about their growing numbers of ethnic minority students. When these students are enrolled in Hong Kong secondary schools, how their cultural diversity is catered for becomes critical. This article examines how teachers narrate the cultural diversity of ethnic minority students, who come from Pakistan, India, Nepal, the Philippines and Thailand. Qualitative data were collected from interviews, through which the narratives of twenty-four teachers from four secondary schools were explored. The study showed that to address cultural diversity, a 'connected' classroom should be established by promoting interpersonal relationships, developing adaptive teaching strategies, keeping the balance between guidance and discipline and strengthening home-school collaboration. Implications for the development of teacher education will be presented.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 02643944

• 10.1080/02643944.2013.811697

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/6e632560

2014-09-17