Kin Cheung Adrian Yan
Biographic Data
| ID | 769577 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kin Cheung Adrian Yan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kin Cheung Adrian |
| FAMILY NAME | Yan |
| SIGNATURE | YAN K C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Education, Practice and Society, University College London Institute of Education, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8747-0213 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The life and death of Liberal Studies: Explaining curriculum change in post-handover Hong Kong
This article analyses the history of a secondary school subject in Hong Kong called ‘Liberal Studies’ which was introduced as a compulsory school subject in 2009 and replaced by ‘Citizenship and Social Development’ in 2021. Through an analysis of curriculum guidelines, government publications, media articles, and the extant literature we explain both why it was created and replaced. What emerges is that the subject was both a product and victim o…
Education, curriculum, and nation-building: Contributions of comparative education to the understanding of nations and nationalism
Understanding civic education in Hong Kong: A Bernsteinian approach
This paper draws on Basil Bernstein’s theory of pedagogic discourse and practice to explain the controversy surrounding civic education in Hong Kong, through the case of a compulsory secondary school subject called Liberal Studies (LS). The distinct advantage of a Bernsteinian approach is that its conceptual grammar cogently captures the contentious nature of LS and locates the structural autonomy of teachers. This article highlights the fragment…
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Understanding civic education in Hong Kong: A Bernsteinian approach
This paper draws on Basil Bernstein’s theory of pedagogic discourse and practice to explain the controversy surrounding civic education in Hong Kong, through the case of a compulsory secondary school subject called Liberal Studies (LS). The distinct advantage of a Bernsteinian approach is that its conceptual grammar cogently captures the contentious nature of LS and locates the structural autonomy of teachers. This article highlights the fragment…
The life and death of Liberal Studies: Explaining curriculum change in post-handover Hong Kong
This article analyses the history of a secondary school subject in Hong Kong called ‘Liberal Studies’ which was introduced as a compulsory school subject in 2009 and replaced by ‘Citizenship and Social Development’ in 2021. Through an analysis of curriculum guidelines, government publications, media articles, and the extant literature we explain both why it was created and replaced. What emerges is that the subject was both a product and victim o…
Education, curriculum, and nation-building: Contributions of comparative education to the understanding of nations and nationalism
Curriculum (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Autonomy (1 works) · Citizenship (1 works) · Comparative education (1 works)