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Book Contesting Education and Identity in Hong Kong

Download or read book Contesting Education and Identity in Hong Kong written by Liz Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text examines the intersection of youth civic engagement, identity, and protest in Hong Kong, through the lens of education. It explores how education and identity have been protested in Hong Kong, historically and today, and the mark that such contestations have left on education. Many people, particularly outside Hong Kong, were astonished by youth participation in the Umbrella Movement of 2013–2014, and the anti-extradition law protests in 2019. These protests have caused people to consider what has changed in Hong Kong over time, and what education has to do with youth civic engagement and political expression. This book provides an academic, theoretically oriented perspective on the intersection of youth identity and education in Hong Kong. Coming from an educational (and philosophical) orientation, Jackson focuses on areas where greater understanding, and greater potential agreement, might be developed, when it comes to education. This book will be of interest to educational policy makers, curriculum specialists, and educational scholars and students in liberal studies, social studies, civic education, comparative and international education, multicultural education, and youth studies.

Book The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and Religion

Download or read book The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and Religion written by Jo Fraser-Pearce and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and Religion provides the first truly global scan of contemporary issues and debates around the world regarding the relationship(s) between the state, schools and religion. Organized around specific contested issues - from whether or not mindfulness should be practised in schools, to appropriate and inappropriate religious attire in schools, to long-term battles about evolution, sexuality, and race, to public funding - Fraser-Pearce and Fraser carefully curate chapters by leading experts exploring these matters and others in a diverse range of national settings. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and Religion offers a refreshingly new international perspective.

Book HONG KONG TEACHER IDENTITY

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ka-Hing Alexander Chan
  • Publisher : Open Dissertation Press
  • Release : 2017-01-26
  • ISBN : 9781361068830
  • Pages : 138 pages

Download or read book HONG KONG TEACHER IDENTITY written by Ka-Hing Alexander Chan and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Hong Kong Teacher Identity: Perceived and Intended" by Ka-hing, Alexander, Chan, 陳家鑫, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: ABSTRACT Hong Kong teacher Identity: Perceived and Intended submitted by Chan Ka Hing Alexander For the degree of Master of Education at the University of Hong Kong August, 2005 This exploratory study examines the intended and perceived identity of Hong Kong Teacher. This is addressed from a largely psychological perspective in the context of Hong Kong secondary schools engaged in educational reform. The research objectives were to: (1) identify the perceived identities in terms of commitment to education beliefs and teaching career; (2) look at the degree of convergence between the proposed teacher identities proposed by ACTEQ (2003) and the perceived identity of teachers; (3) examine the degree of convergence between perceived identity and professional identity in terms of definitions defined by Deijaard et al.{ 2000). And (4) consider the extent of the teacher's perceived efficacy in student learning. This study looked at three important components of the identity of the Hong Kong teacher, commitment, teaching focus and efficacy. The methodology was interpretive and emphasizing phenomena studied in their natural settings and in terms of the meanings people bring to them. The findings are based on 21 questionnaires and 7 in-depth semi-structured interviews. Findings exposed there are dilemmas and tensions among commitment, teaching focus and efficacy. Most of the teachers exhibited low job satisfactions but were committed to their job. The decline was due to changing working environment and declining learning attitude and academic understanding of students. Other teachers uphold their commitment by taking up reforms and work to their best and maintain commitment despite decline in interest. However, commitment of some teachers increased over time because they recognized commitment is a critical success factor in teaching career. In general teachers were well aware of their noble responsibility and were committed to their job despite low job satisfaction. While majority of the teachers agreed to most values embraced by the ACTEQ identity proposal, they were skeptical about the measures and evaluation designed to facilitate the acquisition of such values. They contested the degree of commitment implied. Moreover, teaching foci have been constrained by emphasis on academic excellence, heavy workload and education reforms, under which it was difficult to take care of individual student differences. Efficacy was a key element to bridge beliefs and practice. Most teachers had a feeling of low efficacy in influencing student's academic results but were more confident in helping students in moral development. Low confidence in influencing students' academic results because (i) students learning are influenced by many factors which are considered to be more powerful than teachers, (ii) The standard curriculum, which cannot take care of individual difference. A dilemma between teachers' beliefs and actual practice has steadily taken its toll on the confidence of teachers. Teachers in Hong Kong have a contrived professional identity. On the one hand, they fully embrace the proposed ideal values but with reservation of the commitment expected. On the other hand, their perceived beliefs and actual practice are not in harmony because they see an unsupportive education environment. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3530554 Subjects: Self-perception High school teachers - China - Hong Kong - Psychology

Book International Handbook on Education Development in the Asia Pacific

Download or read book International Handbook on Education Development in the Asia Pacific written by Wing On Lee and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 2588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Springer International Handbook of Educational Development in Asia Pacific breaks new ground with a comprehensive, fine-grained and diverse perspective on research and education development throughout the Asia Pacific region. In 13 sections and 127 chapters, the Handbook delves into a wide spectrum of contemporary topics including educational equity and quality, language education, learning and human development, workplace learning, teacher education and professionalization, higher education organisations, citizenship and moral education, and high performing education systems. The Handbook is grounded in specific Asia Pacific contexts and scholarly traditions, using unique country-specific narratives, for example, Vietnam and Melanesia, and socio-cultural investigations through lenses such as language identity or colonisation, while offering parallel academic discourse and analyses framed by broader policy commentary from around the world.

Book Social Psychology Theories and Methods in Education

Download or read book Social Psychology Theories and Methods in Education written by Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-08-18 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The integration of social psychology and school education has long been a challenge for scholars, hindering progress in understanding student behavior and effective educational practices. Social Psychology Theories and Methods in Education addresses this critical issue by providing a comprehensive exploration of the intersection between these fields. Edited by esteemed scholars, this book fills the existing literature gap, covering diverse content concerns, theoretical perspectives, and research methods. It equips academic scholars, educators, researchers, and students with a robust foundation to apply social psychology in educational contexts, fostering impactful research and enhancing educational practices. Designed for academic scholars, Social Psychology Theories and Methods in Education is an invaluable resource for those seeking an enriched social-psychological approach to educational issues. Social psychologists, educators, educational researchers, and students will find this book highly beneficial as it empowers them to bridge the gap between theory and practice. With its current theories, methodologies, and trends in school education, this handbook enables readers to generate impactful research and enhance educational practices across diverse settings.

Book Philosophical Foundations of Education

Download or read book Philosophical Foundations of Education written by Winston C. Thompson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-23 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume introduces philosophy as a foundational discipline of education. Taking a broadly inclusive approach to the branches of philosophy, it offers an accessible yet duly rigorous orientation to the field. Revealing the values, premises, arguments, and conclusions that inform contemporary philosophical discussions of education, this book equips its readers with the conceptual and analytical resources necessary to engage with and make meaningful contributions to that grand discourse for years to come. About the Educational Foundations series: Education, as an academic field taught at universities around the world, emerged from a range of older foundational disciplines. The Educational Foundations series comprises six volumes, each covering one of the foundational disciplines of philosophy, history, sociology, policy studies, economics and law. This is the first reference work to provide an authoritative and up-to-date account of all six disciplines, showing how each field's ideas, methods, theories and approaches can contribute to research and practice in education today. The six volumes cover the same set of key topics within education, which also form the chapter titles: - Mapping the Field - Purposes of Education - Curriculum - Schools and Education Systems - Learning and Human Development - Teaching and Teacher Education - Assessment and Evaluation This structure allows readers to study the volumes in isolation, by discipline, or laterally, by topic, and facilitates a comparative, thematic reading of chapters across the volumes. Throughout the series, attention is paid to how the disciplines comprising the educational foundations speak to social justice concerns such as gender and racial equality.

Book East and Southeast Asian Perspectives on the Internationalisation of Higher Education

Download or read book East and Southeast Asian Perspectives on the Internationalisation of Higher Education written by Ly Thi Tran and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides robust insights into the current policies, trends, challenges and possibilities in the internationalisation of higher education in East and Southeast Asian countries, revealing emergent and new models and practices in this area, and discussing implications for mutual learning across different education systems. Drawing on case studies from Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, South Korea, Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) and other parts of China, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Japan, this volume addresses emergent and less-heard perspectives on and experiences in the internationalisation of higher education. By detailing, comparing and contrasting the key aspects of internationalisation across countries in Asia and the West, it discusses the implications for mutual learning across different higher education systems. Through practical case studies, this book brings to light the voices and experiences of researchers, who are studying core and new issues, opportunities and challenges facing the internationalisation of higher education in East and Southeast Asia. East and Southeast Asian Perspectives on the Internationalisation of Higher Education is a must-read text for practitioners, international education policy makers and advisors at the national and institutional levels. It will also be of interest to academics, researchers, administrators, students of international and comparative education courses, as well as anyone researching the internationalisation of higher education or looking to learn more about what internationalisation could look like in the future.

Book Democracy and Inequality

Download or read book Democracy and Inequality written by 蒋蕾 and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Palgrave Handbook on Critical Theories of Education

Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook on Critical Theories of Education written by Ali A. Abdi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook brings together a range of global perspectives in the field of critical studies in education to illuminate multiple ways of knowing, learning, and teaching for social wellbeing, justice, and sustainability. The handbook covers areas such as critical thought systems of education, critical race (and racialization) theories of education, critical international/global citizenship education, and critical studies in education and literacy studies. In each section, the chapter authors illuminate the current state of the field and probe more inclusive ways to achieve multicentric knowledge and learning possibilities.

Book Students  Staff and Academic Mobility in Higher Education

Download or read book Students Staff and Academic Mobility in Higher Education written by Mike Byram and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic mobility in higher education is an old phenomenon, but it has become a high profile issue as the numbers of students and staff engaged, and the number of countries involved, has increased hugely in the last few decades. For this reason and many others – political, cultural and educational – this book reports research on the many facets of the experience and people involved, both now and in the past. The emphasis in research has so far tended to focus on contemporary student mobility but this collection deliberately includes articles on mobile staff, because the question of mobility is a matter for universities and higher education in its entirety and not just a matter of bringing new students into existing and unchanging lectures, laboratories and seminars. Despite the fact that universities are and have been international institutions in their composition from the beginning, universities became in the 19th and 20th century de facto national institutions. This has changed and continues to change in the 21st century, for many reasons, but often financial, as universities seek to enhance their budgets in a globalised economy, and students seek to enhance their employment chances by acquiring qualifications with a difference. However, even if the starting point is financial, nonetheless the chapters in this book demonstrate that the effects of mobility are much more far-reaching. The effects are on host universities, on the university community of staff and students, on the ways in which staff and students understand the nature of university study, on the ways students may or may not integrate with a local community. By experiencing something different—for institutions, an influx of students with different ideas about academic study, for students an interaction with ‘locals’ and with other ‘internationals’, for staff a challenge to their assumptions about teaching and learning—all see themselves in a new light and are often forced to change. This book charts the changes which are happening now and will undoubtedly continue for the foreseeable future. It therefore offers all involved a reflection on their own experience and practice and the means of improving them.

Book Justice  Education  and the World of Today

Download or read book Justice Education and the World of Today written by Inga Bostad and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-04 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book challenges the limits of current educational philosophical discourse and argues for a restored normativisation of education through a powerful notion of justice. Moving beyond conventional paradigms of how justice and education relate, the book rethinks the promotion of justice in, for, and through education in its current state. Chapters combine international and diverse philosophical perspectives with a focus on contemporary issues, such as climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, racism, and migrant crises. Divided into three distinct parts, the book explores the ontological and socio-political grounds underlying our notions of education and justice, and offers self-reflective meta-critique on education philosophers’ tendency of promoting and upholding orthodox visions and missions. Ultimately, the book offers contemporary and innovative philosophical reflections on the link between justice and education, and enriches the discourse through a multi-perspectival and sensitive exploration of the topic. It will be of great interest to scholars, researchers, and postgraduate students in the fields of philosophy of education, education policy and politics, education studies, and social justice. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. Funded by University of Oslo.

Book Educational Assessment in Tanzania

Download or read book Educational Assessment in Tanzania written by Joyce Kahembe and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines teachers’ conceptions and practices of assessment in Tanzania. Adopting a sociocultural perspective, it reveals how Tanzanian teachers understand the role of assessment in relation to their classroom practices, community and other factors. The book determines that although teachers in Tanzania generally consider assessment to be useful for evaluating and monitoring learning, improving student performance and for accountability, their assessment practices are rarely seen as directly supporting student learning; it is not that teachers do not know how to implement the mandated assessment reforms. Instead, they are reluctant to adopt and embrace the reforms because they consider them to be contradictory to their teaching roles, and overly burdensome, if not implausible, given the physical, economic and cultural contexts of teaching and learning. This book argues that improving traditional assessments, rather than radically transforming them, can be more effective for cultivating practices that suit the physical, political, economic and cultural contexts of Tanzanian schools. Highlighting the significance of sociocultural factors in educators’ professional practices, while also illustrating the major challenges in implementing global reform agendas in diverse contexts, it is a valuable resource for educators and scholars interested in development and educational reform in African contexts.

Book Postdigital Research

    Book Details:
  • Author : Petar Jandrić
  • Publisher : Springer Nature
  • Release : 2023-06-28
  • ISBN : 3031312996
  • Pages : 326 pages

Download or read book Postdigital Research written by Petar Jandrić and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores genealogies and the challenges related to the concept of the postdigital, the ambiguous nature of postdigital knowledges, and the many faces of postdigital sensibilities. The book answers three key questions: What is postdigital knowledge? What does it mean to do postdigital research? What, if anything, is distinct from research conducted in other perspectives? As such, this book is a one-stop publication for those interested in the theory of postdigital research. Postdigital Research: Genealogies, Challenges, and Future Perspectives is complemented by Constructing Postdigital Research: Method and Emancipation, also edited by Petar Jandrić, Alison MacKenzie, and Jeremy Knox, which explores these questions in practice.

Book Can the Church Be Decolonized  Holy Cross Education in Bangladesh

Download or read book Can the Church Be Decolonized Holy Cross Education in Bangladesh written by Md Shaikh Farid and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Education and Society in Hong Kong  Toward One Country and Two Systems

Download or read book Education and Society in Hong Kong Toward One Country and Two Systems written by Gerard A. Postiglione and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 1992: Explores the implications of the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997 to the People's Republic of China and the political, economic and cultural impact of the social transition on education.

Book Race and Racism in Education

Download or read book Race and Racism in Education written by Liz Jackson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-09 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racism has been endemic in the history of western societies, while the nature of race as a social category of difference is controversial and rigorously contested from scholarly and everyday perspectives today. This edited collection traces the history of considerations of the meaning and importance of race and racism in society and education through a deep dive into the contents of the archives of the journal Educational Philosophy and Theory. Journal articles from the 1970s to today have been carefully selected throughout the text to showcase the trends and transformations in the field of educational philosophy over time. While historically western analytic philosophy of education did not focus particularly on race and racism, this changed in the 1990s, with the emergence of critical conversations about social justice that moved beyond liberal models. More recently, historical and theoretical accounts have sought to understand the processes of racialization in depth, as well as the intersectional nature of race privilege and discrimination across contemporary diverse societies worldwide. Taken together, the pieces in this book illustrates both the history of theorizing about race and racism in educational philosophy and theory as well as the breadth of present-day concerns. This collection provides a foundation for developing a historical understanding of the position of race and racism in philosophy of education, while it also inspires new works in Critical Race Theory, Black and African Studies, critical pedagogy, and related areas. Additionally, it will inspire educators and scholars across diverse fields to further consider the significance of race and racism in education and in research in the present age.

Book The Role of Civic Education in Strengthening Civic Identity Among Hong Kong Adolescents

Download or read book The Role of Civic Education in Strengthening Civic Identity Among Hong Kong Adolescents written by Pui-Yee Chiang and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "The Role of Civic Education in Strengthening Civic Identity Among Hong Kong Adolescents" by Pui-yee, Chiang, 蔣佩儀, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract The problem addressed in this dissertation is the inadequate awareness of civic identity among Hong Kong adolescents. The effects derived from this are low involvement in civic activities, lack of commitment to society and confidence towards the society. Such attitude of adolescents is caused by the social-political factor, education system, parenting, learning environment, and their own cognitive and psychological development. In order to strengthen adolescents' sense of civic identity, the central thesis is the suggestion of applying a holistic approach in civic education promotion. A person's civic identity is shaped in part by their experience. During this experience, three domains, cognitive, emotional and behavioral, are significant. In this holistic approach, cognitive experience forms knowledge base, while the behavioral experience in society provides with adolescents opportunities to examine what they have learnt and get a thorough picture of society. Their actual experience can inspire their thinking of identity and evoke their affection to the society. With positive emotional attachment, sustained citizenship behavior can be maintained. None of these three factors can work alone. Citizenship behavior is formed under the inter-dependence of the three factors. In short, provision of authentic practice is significant in cultivating i Abstract adolescents with a stronger sense of civic identity, and preparing them to be active citizens in the future. ii DOI: 10.5353/th_b2772407 Subjects: Civics, Hong Kong - Study and teaching Citizenship - China - Hong Kong Teenagers - China - Hong Kong