Understanding the reasons for academic stress in Hong Kong via photovoice: Implications for education policies and changes

Understanding the reasons for academic stress in Hong Kong via photovoice: Implications for education policies and changes

• Tsang, Kwok Kuen Beijing Normal University
• Lian, Yi The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 41(2), 356-367, 2021

Routledge

2021

• A 人的成長與發展
  • AC 社化；自我概念；自尊、身份認同、感性、情緒、羣性與德性的發展
• N 學生與學生服務
  • NC 學生特徵和境況；學生意見與態度、學生適應問題

Academic Stress Student Voice Photovoice Examination Demand Learning Experience

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• 未指定或無法歸類

The aim of this study is to investigate the reasons for academic stress in Hong Kong and provide recommendations to the government on ways to alleviate this problem. Using photovoice, 15 undergraduate students from a private community college in Hong Kong were invited to take and discuss photographs regarding their lived experiences of learning. Thematic analysis is applied to generate themes from the photovoice data. The results suggest several possible reasons for academic stress, including examination demands, school administration and parents. However, the underlying social reason for academic stress may be the internal contradictions of the education system. That is, the education system purports to value all-round and whole-person education but subordinates this worthy goal to examination results. Thus, the results of the study suggest that the government should address this internal contradiction by considering educational, economic and cultural factors when planning educational policies and/or changes. Copyright © 2020 National Institute of Education, Singapore.

• 英文

期刊論文

• 02188791

• 10.1080/02188791.2020.1772719

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/tc/bibs/42d562d9

2023-02-06