Civic Education Stuck in a Quagmire: A Critical Review of Civic Education in Hong Kong?

Autor/in	Yuen, Timothy Wai Wa
Titel	Civic Education Stuck in a Quagmire: A Critical Review of Civic Education in Hong Kong?
Quelle	In: Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 15 (2016) 2, S.69-82 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1478-8047
DOI	10.1177/2047173416650447
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Civics; Citizenship Education; Political Issues; Politics of Education; Governance; Mixed Methods Research; Literature Reviews; Teacher Attitudes; Focus Groups; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Liberal Arts; Educational Quality; Controversial Issues (Course Content); Nationalism; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Staatsbürgerkunde; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Politischer Faktor; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Lehrerverhalten; Sekundarbereich; Elementarunterricht; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Nationalismus; Hongkong
Abstract	Civic education is considered as a way to nurture good citizens who work to develop the polity. However, in real politics, education often mirrors instead of shaping the political development. Reviewing civic education of Hong Kong from a historical development perspective, this article explains that civic education has for long been used a tool of governance by the political regimes. This was true not only during the days of colonial rule but is also that after the reversion of sovereignty in 1997. Manipulating civic education as a tool of governance can have far-reaching consequence. In the case of Hong Kong's civic education, the problems due to neglect, deliberate suppression, and twisting around in different historical phases created the problem for the future. Hong Kong's civic education is now stuck in a quagmire, and preparing young people to face the sociopolitical challenges becomes increasingly difficult. Finally, this article makes suggestions for reforming civic education in Hong Kong. To conduct this study, a mixed methodology was adopted which comprised both literature review and qualitative interviews with civic education teachers and teachers of the subject Liberal Studies. Selective discourses of the teachers are reported to inform the understanding of the discussion. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01