The Influence of Liberal Studies on Students' Participation in Socio-Political Activities: The Case of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong

Autor/inn/en	Fung, Dennis; Su, Angie
Titel	The Influence of Liberal Studies on Students' Participation in Socio-Political Activities: The Case of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: Oxford Review of Education, 42 (2016) 1, S.89-107 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-4985
DOI	10.1080/03054985.2016.1140635
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Liberal Arts; Student Participation; Secondary School Students; Activism; Semi Structured Interviews; Questionnaires; Nationalism; Moral Values; Values Education; Citizenship Education; Curriculum; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Sekundarschüler; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Fragebogen; Nationalismus; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Werterziehung; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Hongkong
Abstract	This paper reports an investigation into how secondary student participants in Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement related this particular political experience to their learning of Liberal Studies. Questionnaire-based surveys and interviews were conducted to probe their interpretations of Liberal Studies' impact on their political involvement and their perceptions of national versus local identity. The results indicate that students perceived the subject to have offered them background knowledge necessary for comprehending the movement rather than functioning as the cause of their participation against the backdrop of wider socio-economic conflicts in the community at large. Moreover, the current Liberal Studies curriculum seems to have reinforced students' sense of a dichotomy between their local and national identities. Further examination of that dichotomy sheds light on both the review of Liberal Studies and another recently proposed, but swiftly shelved, curriculum: Moral and National Education. The study's broad implications for citizenship education worldwide are also discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01