Hong Kong Junior Secondary Students' Changing Conceptions of Mainland China

Autor/inn/en	Lam, Chi Chung; Lai, Edith; Wong, Janice Lai Yin
Titel	Hong Kong Junior Secondary Students' Changing Conceptions of Mainland China
Quelle	In: International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 21 (2012) 3, S.223-246 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1038-2046
DOI	10.1080/10382046.2012.698083
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Junior High School Students; Student Attitudes; Concept Formation; Geography Instruction; World Geography; Semi Structured Interviews; Developing Nations; Knowledge Level; Information Sources; Mass Media; Travel; Secondary School Curriculum; Internet; China; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Schülerverhalten; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Weltkunde; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Wissensbasis; Information source; Informationsquelle; Massenmedien; Travelling; Reisen; Reise; Hongkong
Abstract	This study attempted to investigate Hong Kong junior secondary students' conceptions of China before and after the 1997 handover of Hong Kong to China, with a view to finding out any changes in their conceptions, and if any, the factors that might have contributed to these changes. The study found that, over the years from 1997 to 2009, students still viewed China as backward in many aspects, and still held superficial, fragmentary and even contradictory and inaccurate conceptions of China, but their conceptions were getting more positive and deeper in 2009 than 12 years ago. This paper maintains that students' greater exposure to China's development in various aspects through various information sources played a prominent role in shaping their conceptions of China. The implications for learning and teaching are discussed. (Contains 5 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10