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Critical Pedagogy in Hong Kong - Classroom Stories of Struggle and Hope (Paperback)
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Critical Pedagogy in Hong Kong - Classroom Stories of Struggle and Hope (Paperback)
Series: Education and Society in China
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This book chronicles the author's application of critical pedagogy
in Hong Kong secondary schools serving students from working-class
families of South Asian heritage, so-called 'ethnic minorities' in
the local context. Soto used concepts such as banking pedagogy,
generative themes, liberatory dialogue, and transformative
resistance, to first understand students' school, online, and
community experiences, and then to reshape his teaching of English
and humanities subjects to address the students' academic, social,
and emotional needs. This critical ethnography is set against
educational reforms in Hong Kong, which re-orientated schools
towards developing a knowledge-economy workforce, increased
privatization and competition in the school system, aimed to build
national identification with China, and sought to address growing
inequality in a territory known for wealth disparity. While these
reforms opened opportunities for implementing student-centered
pedagogies in schools and increased student access to tertiary
education, ethnic minority youth faced ongoing economic and social
marginalization on top of academic difficulties. The central
narrative captures everyday struggles and contradictions arising
from intersections of neoliberal reforms, institutional school
histories, students' transnational realities, and collective
efforts for equity and social justice. In the course of the book a
parallel story unfolds, as the author explores what it means to be
a critical teacher and researcher, and is reborn in the process.
The book's 'on the ground' story is hopeful, yet tempered, in
discussing the limits and possibilities for critical pedagogy. It
will be of a great resource for researchers, teacher educators, and
pre-service and in-service teachers who are interested in the
topic.
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