Problems and Practices in Promoting Global Education in Hong Kong Primary Schools: A Case Study

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sum-cho Po ◽  
Merry Merryfield ◽  
Tin-yau Lo Joe
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Education In Hong Kong

scholarly journals Media Use and Protest Mobilization: A Case Study of Umbrella Movement Within Hong Kong Schools

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 205630511876335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna SC Chu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
Student Leaders ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Opinion Expression ◽  
Communication Practices ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Education In Hong Kong

This study aims to examine the roles of social media in protest mobilization through the case of Umbrella Movement. Instead of focusing in the occupied sites, the study chose to look at mobilization efforts and confrontations within Hong Kong secondary schools. In-depth interviews were conducted with 14 students, teachers and principals from four schools, with an aim to identify how members in schools used different media for information sharing, opinion expression and mobilization. It also reconstructed what actually occurred in the tactful negotiations between school authorities and student leaders during the movement. The findings of this study suggest that how different communication practices are mediated in particular social and cultural contexts remain to be relevant and important, as the stress on “harmony” in local education settings illustrate in this case study. The strong adherence to political neutrality and professionalism suggest that schools could hardly provide the kind of idealistic civic education stated in curriculum documents. The findings prompted for a critical reading of how apolitical civic education in Hong Kong schools constrained a social movement that was supposedly led by the youth.

Who really leads and manages the curriculum in primary schools? A Hong Kong case‐study

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Chi‐Kin Lee ◽  
Clive Dimmock ◽  
Tai‐Yuen Au Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Primary Schools

What Teachers Should and Shouldn't Do During Online Teaching

2021 ◽  
pp. 166-186
Author(s):  
Ka Long Roy Chan
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Online Teachers ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Mixed Feeling ◽  
Education In Hong Kong

COVID-19 has influenced teaching all across the globe. The massive use of online learning has created a problem with teachers because of the differences between face-to-face teaching and online teaching. In this chapter, a discussion on how traditional face-to-face teaching differs from online teaching will be shown. How education in Hong Kong is affected by COVID-19 is also summarized. Additionally, the result of a case study in a linguistics course in a university in Hong Kong will be shown to demonstrate the attitudes of students regarding online learning. The mixed-method case study, which consists of survey data of 100 students and semi-structured interviews of eight students, showed that students hold a general mixed feeling towards online learning because of its drawbacks, such as lack of interactions despite the convenience that online learning provides. This chapter ends with a list of suggestions for online teachers.

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