Portrayals of Pro-Beijing Workers' Night Schools in Hong Kong from 1946 to Post-1997

Autor/in	Lau, Chui Shan
Titel	Portrayals of Pro-Beijing Workers' Night Schools in Hong Kong from 1946 to Post-1997
Quelle	In: Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 10 (2011) 3, S.135-147 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1570-2081
DOI	10.1007/s10671-011-9100-2
Schlagwörter	Activism; Labor Education; Social Change; Foreign Countries; Politics of Education; Vocational Education; Educational History; Evening Programs; Adult Education; Political Attitudes; Standards; Benchmarking; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Labour education; Arbeitserziehung; Sozialer Wandel; Ausland; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Evening studies; Evening class; Abendstudium; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Standard; Hongkong
Abstract	This study focuses on the transformation of pro-Beijing labour education in the socio-political context of Hong Kong. It explores the reasons that Hong Kong pro-Beijing educators initiated Workers' Night Schools for adults; the organisation of schools in many locales and the transformation of labour education that workers received in these educational settings. The history of the development of this organization is deeply intertwined with the politics of education and the social transformation of that period. That development provides an understanding of how the pro-Beijing educators constructed an alternative culture that opposed the colonial government and was later transformed to serve as a pro-hegemonic force in the post-1997 era. In addition, rapid and widespread changes were taking place throughout Hongkongese life. Labour education was once viewed as a radical project to enhance working-class's anti-hegemonic consciousness, socialist practices and political activism in the colonial Hong Kong. The introduction of international standards, global benchmarks for career and technical education and the transfer of sovereignty have created a new situation forcing these pro-Beijing educators to respond quickly. This article aims to see how the pro-Beijing educators related to international standard for vocational training and how the schools transforms itself to fit into the industrialized, market-oriented and globalized society of HKSAR (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region). (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10