This article uses results from a cross-national analysis of the impact of varying approaches to civic education curriculum delivery on three learning outcomes, to draw conclusions about the value of a government-mandated compulsory, independent subject of civic education in the school curriculum. It starts from the context of Hong Kong, where there have been repeated calls for the government to reform civic education, and compares this context with that of England, where citizenship education was made a statutory subject in 2002. The article then examines from the cases of 25 societies whether a compulsory approach to and/or independent subject of civic education is associated with better learning of civic knowledge, knowledge of democracy, and patriotism. Finding that the impact of curricular approaches is somewhat negligible taking other factors into consideration, the article concludes that civic education reformers should consider the costs of limiting school autonomy in curriculum delivery.
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By reviewing the development of the public examination syllabuses of two religious subjects in Hong Kong, the author traces an increasing emphasis on the study of personal and social issues, which reaches a new level of development in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Ethics and Religious Studies. With reference to moral and civic education, the author also discusses the possible advancements and challenges that might merge with the implementation of the HKDSE subject.
作者回顧兩個宗教科目在香港的公開考試課程上的發展，指出課程愈來愈重視研習個人及社會問題，而且在香港中學文憑的倫理與宗教科中發展至新一個層次。就道德與公民教育方面，作者亦討論了香港中學文憑倫理與宗教科的實施可能會有的機遇及挑戰。
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近年香港特別行政區政府關注文物保育，學校推行文物保育教育之趨勢有增無減，並以校本學習活動為主要形態。學校文物保育教育，現階段是一項有待開發的重要項目，值得教育工作者加以討論。本文嘗試探討文物保育教育與公民教育配合的意義，並反思文物保育教育於學校教育中可以發展的理念層面及其相關的落實策略。
Since the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has been paying more attention on heritage conservation in recent years, there is a trend of developing heritage conservation education among schools in Hong Kong with the main form of its implementation as school-based learning activities. As an important area of education to be explored and utilized, heritage conservation education deserves the discussion among education practitioners. This article aims at exploring the relationship of heritage conservation education and civic education, and examining the framework and the related strategies of the implementation of heritage conservation education in school education.
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德育及公民教育是2001年香港課程改革中四個關鍵項目之一，學校推行德育及公民教育是否成功，對學生的身心發展，以至社會的整體安定繁榮也有著密不可分的關係。政府於2001年就四個學習階段訂下德育及公民教育的課程框架，並在2008年作出修訂。本文以課程決定為討論的切人點，嘗試從內在及外在情景的視角，引用不同學者提出的相關理論作初步探討，並提出對香港德育及公民教育發展的個人觀點。
The Moral and Civic Education is one of four key tasks in the Hong Kong curriculum reform 2001. Whether the implementation of school moral and civic education is successful or not, it will impact the development of the student's body and mind, and even the stability and prosperity of the society as a whole. The government subscribed the moral and civic education curriculum framework in 2001 on four learning phases, and made the revision in 2008. This article attempts to explore the issue in view of curriculum decision making and from internal and external context perspectives together with related theories. Author’s point of view on the future development of Hong Kong moral and civic education will also be made.
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本文剖析了香港於回歸前後國民身份教育的發展，發現因受殖民地教育影響，回歸初期進展不大，近年雖有改善，但欠一架構。筆者提出香港要再建構國民身份教育，以全球、國家和本土三個層次去推行國民身份教育。前瞻香港學校推行國民身份教育，應以加強粵港融合和情意教育為要務。
Through analyzing the development of national identity education in Hong Kong before and after Hong Kong’s return, the article reported that not much progress was made during the beginning period of Hong Kong’s return due to the colonial education’s infl uence. Although national identity education has improved in recent years, it lacks a model. The author proposes that Hong Kong needs to reconstruct its national identity education on global, national and local levels for its implementation. As for promoting national identity education in Hong Kong, schools here should emphasize on closer ties between Guangdong and Hong Kong as well as affective education as key tasks.
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