School Sponsoring Bodies' Influence on Primary School Teachers' View of Teaching Citizenship in Hong Kong

The 1-country, 2-systems approach of "self-governance" for Hong Kong much depends on the quality and wisdom of its citizens. The teachers' view on important qualities of a good citizen were collected by questionnaire, focus groups, and interviews in this study. Primary schools were se...

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Published inReligion & education Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 218 - 235
Main Author Ling Leung, Mary Tien Wei
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 04.05.2015
Subjects
citizenship education
primary education
school sponsoring bodies
teaching
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Summary:The 1-country, 2-systems approach of "self-governance" for Hong Kong much depends on the quality and wisdom of its citizens. The teachers' view on important qualities of a good citizen were collected by questionnaire, focus groups, and interviews in this study. Primary schools were selected randomly from 2 areas not located adjacent to each other. The study found that teachers from faith-based schools held stronger agreement with both the importance of teaching citizenship and the various qualities of "good citizen" as compared with teachers from schools operated by government.
ISSN:1550-7394
1949-8381
DOI:10.1080/15507394.2013.859950