Perceived school and media influences on civic/citizenship education: Views of secondary school principals and teachers in Hong Kong

Perceived school and media influences on civic/citizenship education: Views of secondary school principals and teachers in Hong Kong

• Wong, Koon Lin The Education University of Hong Kong
• Chiu, Ming Ming The Education University of Hong Kong

Citizenship Teaching and Learning, 17(3), 415-436, 2022

Intellect

2022

• P 香港教育各層面與外地之比較
  • PC 社會與教育
• P 香港教育各層面與外地之比較
  • PE 法律與教育；政治與教育
• P 香港教育各層面與外地之比較
  • PG 大眾傳媒與教育、大眾傳媒與兒童和青少年

Citizenship Civic Education Media Media Literacy School Role Student Attitudes

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• 中學教育

This article investigates types of citizenship education in selected schools in Hong Kong with different overarching affiliations (pro-China vs. pro-democracy). After examining schools’ policies (e.g., sister school of China school), we selected four pro-China and two pro-democracy schools. As a highly diverse society, citizenship education in Hong Kong is key to the formation of a ‘good citizen’. To better understand what a ‘good citizen’ means in this context, we interviewed ten teachers, four principals and four vice-principals at six secondary schools. We focused our interviews on key themes around citizenship, schools influence and media influence. These interviews showed that laissez-faire school staff reported acting as facilitators who emphasized knowledge, social concerns and norms of ‘good citizens’ to their students. Mediate diversity staff reported helping students integrate different perspectives. School mission staff reported supporting student engagement via citizen responsibilities and political processes; while pro-China schools emphasized a national China identity, pro-democracy schools emphasized an international view. Staff from all of these schools reported that media negatively influenced students’ values and perspectives. To reduce students’ confirmation bias (only seeking evidence to support the pre-existing views), teachers in all schools taught critical thinking skills and media literacy. The data showed that understanding how schools can nurture student-citizens amid teachers’ concerns around negative media influence can help inform instruction and policies in schools regardless of their affiliation. Copyright © 2022 Intellect Ltd.

• 英文

期刊論文

• 17511917

• 10.1386/ctl_00101_1

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/tc/bibs/d52439d2

2023-03-06