Journal Articles
Plotting Confucian and disability rights paradigms on the advocacy-activism continuum: Experiences of Chinese parents of children with dyslexia in Hong Kong
- Plotting Confucian and disability rights paradigms on the advocacy-activism continuum: Experiences of Chinese parents of children with dyslexia in Hong Kong
- Cambridge Journal of Education, 44(1), 93-111, 2014
- Routledge
- 2014
- Social Conditions and Policy - Marriage and Family Life Education and Education Policy - Educational Psychology and Learning Ability Population Groups, Population Policy, and Demographics - Disabled Population Groups, Population Policy, and Demographics - Children and Youth Business and Service Sector - Business Management Social Conditions and Policy - Social Movements Social Conditions and Policy - Social Values Culture Ethnicity Dyslexia Parents Dyslexia Parents Children Advocacy Authority Social Values Disabled Activism
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- Primary Education
- Secondary Education
- This study represents an initial effort to understand the advocacy journey of Chinese parents of children with dyslexia in Hong Kong. Qualitative methods involving individual and group interviews were used to solicit detailed recount and perceptions of the experiences of 25 parents. Findings revealed a largely sequenced three-stage journey of parental advocacy: (1) parents' emotional adjustment which involved self-blame and sorrow; (2) parents moving on to advocacy which comprised home-life adjustments, acquisition of knowledge about dyslexia, and seeking support through parent networks; and (3) parents advancing from advocacy to activism with increased knowledge about dyslexia and their conscious integration of Confucian and disability rights paradigms as strategies to interact and negotiate with authorities. This unique approach offers a conceptual framework for examining the interplay of dual or multiple cultural values affecting parent advocates' actions. Their growth as advocates and activists affirmed the conceptualisation of the advocacy-activism continuum. [Copyright of Cambridge Journal of Education is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2013.860084]
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 0305764X
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/ab6ec885
- 2014-06-30
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