Is Liberal Studies a Political Instrument in the Secondary School Curriculum? Lessons from the Umbrella Movement in Post-Colonial Hong Kong

Autor/inn/en	Fung, Dennis Chun-Lok; Lui, Wai-Mei
Titel	Is Liberal Studies a Political Instrument in the Secondary School Curriculum? Lessons from the Umbrella Movement in Post-Colonial Hong Kong
Quelle	In: Curriculum Journal, 28 (2017) 2, S.158-175 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0958-5176
DOI	10.1080/09585176.2016.1275727
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Curriculum; Foreign Countries; Liberal Arts; Political Influences; Political Issues; Social Change; Activism; Civil Disobedience; Secondary School Teachers; Controversial Issues (Course Content); Student Participation; Questionnaires; Semi Structured Interviews; Democracy; Politics of Education; Secondary School Students; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Hong Kong; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Politischer Faktor; Sozialer Wandel; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Ziviler Ungehorsam; Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Fragebogen; Demokratie; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Sekundarschüler; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Hongkong
Abstract	This paper examines whether Hong Kong teachers and students perceived Liberal Studies and its ongoing curriculum review as politically driven during and after the Umbrella Movement, a large-scale civil disobedience campaign that took place in September 2014. The findings presented herein show that both groups disagreed with the claim that Liberal Studies was used as a political instrument to instigate students' participation in the protest movement. Moreover, they also reveal that teachers have maintained their neutrality towards controversial issues related to politics during Liberal Studies lessons. Whilst the participating teachers and students considered the government's proposed reform of Liberal Studies to be politically motivated, they held differing attitudes towards the addition of more China-related elements to the subject. On the basis of these results, this paper analyses the potential role of Liberal Studies in the democratisation of local society. It also provides an indication of the curriculum's dynamic nature, explanation of students' resistance to the review policy and suggestions for the subject's future development. (As Provided).
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