1st Edition

From Citizenship Education to National Education Perceptions of National Identity and National Education of Hong Kong’s Secondary School Teachers

By King Man Eric Chong Copyright 2017
216 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

This book makes a timely contribution to understanding perceptions on national identity and National Education, with both of them have become controversial topics in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. In a so-called globalization era, national identity and National Education, with the latter having an aim of fostering a Chinese national identity in education, have been... Read more

List of tables 
Acknowledgements 
List of abbreviations 
Preface 

1. Introduction 
2. Perceptions of National Identity in Hong Kong 
3. From Citizenship Education to National Education in a Chinese society 
4. Unpacking the concepts of nation, identity, national identity, nationalism in this globalized age 
5. Hong Kong’s secondary schools: Context of implementing National Education and methodology  
6. Different meanings of national identity of teachers and aims, contents and methods of National Education 
7. Implications for understanding National Education: mixed identification, multi-layered identities, knowledge transmission, and ‘global identity’ 
8. Conclusion 

Appendix I – Interview schedule 
Appendix II – School’s National Education’s Programmes/Activities Observation guideline form  
Index 

Biography

Eric King-man Chong was educated at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of York. He is presently an Assistant Professor of Department of Social Sciences, and Head of Resource Centre for Interdisciplinary and Liberal Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong.