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Conference Paper: Towards A Citizenship Education Curriculum For e-democracy
Title | Towards A Citizenship Education Curriculum For e-democracy |
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Issue Date | 2016 |
Citation | Hong Kong & Macao SAR Youth: Identity, Citizenship Education and Civic Participation 2016 Conference, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 17 December 2016 How to Cite? “港澳青年身份認同, 公民教育及公民參與”學術會議, 香港, 2016年12月17日 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Globally and locally, an increasing number of young people participate in the democratic process through online media and these participations affect the institutionalized socio-political participation more and more effectively. This paper serves as a follow-up to OECD’s Promise and problems of e-democracy published more than a decade ago, in particular the capacity building for e-democracy through Hong Kong school curriculum. After a brief survey of the literature and news sources regarding Hong Kong young people’s online socio-political participation, a content analysis of the official curriculums and textbooks of relevant school subjects is presented. It is found that many key issues relating to citizens’ e-democracy practices are entirely omitted in most of the official curriculums studied. For the topics that are included within these curriculum artefacts, the statements regarding the associated knowledge and skills do not specify the desired breadth and depth of learning clearly. While occasional presence of relevant materials can be found in the textbooks corresponding to these artefacts, the coverage tends to be superficial and biased despite the presence of some good exemplars, which is highlighted and examined in-depth in this paper. On the basis of the above careful reading, several possible curricular directions that are aimed at enhancing future citizens’ ability to understand online political information, to present their ideas appropriately and effectively through the electronic media, and to take socio-political actions to ensure equal opportunity of online participation are recommended. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/245685 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Cheng, KLA | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-18T02:15:05Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-09-18T02:15:05Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Hong Kong & Macao SAR Youth: Identity, Citizenship Education and Civic Participation 2016 Conference, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 17 December 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | “港澳青年身份認同, 公民教育及公民參與”學術會議, 香港, 2016年12月17日 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/245685 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Globally and locally, an increasing number of young people participate in the democratic process through online media and these participations affect the institutionalized socio-political participation more and more effectively. This paper serves as a follow-up to OECD’s Promise and problems of e-democracy published more than a decade ago, in particular the capacity building for e-democracy through Hong Kong school curriculum. After a brief survey of the literature and news sources regarding Hong Kong young people’s online socio-political participation, a content analysis of the official curriculums and textbooks of relevant school subjects is presented. It is found that many key issues relating to citizens’ e-democracy practices are entirely omitted in most of the official curriculums studied. For the topics that are included within these curriculum artefacts, the statements regarding the associated knowledge and skills do not specify the desired breadth and depth of learning clearly. While occasional presence of relevant materials can be found in the textbooks corresponding to these artefacts, the coverage tends to be superficial and biased despite the presence of some good exemplars, which is highlighted and examined in-depth in this paper. On the basis of the above careful reading, several possible curricular directions that are aimed at enhancing future citizens’ ability to understand online political information, to present their ideas appropriately and effectively through the electronic media, and to take socio-political actions to ensure equal opportunity of online participation are recommended. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Hong Kong & Macao SAR Youth: Identity, Citizenship Education and Civic Participation 2016 Conference | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | “港澳青年身份認同、公民教育及公民參與” 學術會議 2016 | - |
dc.title | Towards A Citizenship Education Curriculum For e-democracy | - |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
dc.identifier.email | Cheng, KLA: chengkla@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 276960 | - |