Citizenship Education 15 pages
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ce3_1.docxPurpose of the research:
You are invited to take part in a research study seeking to investigate Citizenship Education that is offered in international schools in Hong Kong. This form is part of an “informed participant consent,” which enables one to understand the study before choosing to participate.
This study is being conducted by a researcher named Mian Shum who is undertaking Master of Arts in Global and International Citizenship Education at the University of York.
Background information:
The purpose of this study is to investigate Citizenship Education that is offered at international schools that are located within Hong Kong through education system adapted from various countries.
Privacy:
The information provided will be kept confidentially by the researcher. The researcher will not disclose or use the information for other purposes other than writing this academic thesis. The researcher will not include personal details or anything else that could give out your identity in the study reports. Anonymity of the participants will be assured through allocation of numbers for identification of participants. The information will be kept in password protected computers until the research is due, as per the institution’s requirements. The data will form the basis of my MA thesis, it may also be used for presentation based on the study. Your identity will never be revealed in any report based on the study. Comment by Victoria Elliott: How long will transcripts be kept? The word anonymity needs to be used here.
Procedures:
If you accept to participate in this research, please answer the question on the following page.
Question 1: Do you have any experience of Citizenship Education?
No, I don’t.
Question 2: What is your definition of Citizenship Education?
It’s to prepare a person to become a citizen of a country, both legally and socially.
Question 3: In your opinion, what are the benefits of teaching Citizenship Education?
So that people understand the country which they are movingto, not only basic common facts, but so they know what is acceptable and what is not acceptable. This will help them assimilate better into a new culture.
Question 4: What do you think the obstacles might be for educators in teaching Citizenship Education?
If they are not citizens of the countries they are from, they may misinterpret or mis-communicate information.
Question 5: In the context of Hong Kong, do you think Citizenship Education is applicable? Why?
I don’t really understand the questions, but if this means citizenship education for people who are new in Hong Kong, then yes. In recent years there have been many mainland Chinese who have moved to Hong Kong, and culturally, they are two very different places. Some things that are acceptable in Mainland China are definitely not acceptable in Hong Kong.
Question 6: Should international schools located in Hong Kong adapt a Citizenship Education curriculum based from the country of its origin? (eg: Australian International School Hong Kong teaches students with the democracy concept of Australia.)
I think you can teach the concept of democracy etc in a social studies class and you can compare democracy from different countries, it’s not necessarily for there to be a Citizenship Education course. Not all of the students will be moving to the country that the school is originated, and this may put into the students mind that they have a chance to immigrate when their parents don’t really have this plan.
Question 7: Should Hong Kong Government create a Citizenship Education curriculum for International School students in Hong Kong, to teach them the contexts based on the location that they are living in?
I think signalling the students out may isolate them from other students. But I definitely think something similar should be offered to help the students blend in and adapt to both the school environment and to Hong Kong. I think it’d be important mostly to educate the parents who have most influence in the students’ lives.
**Thank you for your time in participating this research.**
