Abstract
This paper examines the gender components in the Hong Kong New Senior Secondary Liberal Studies (NSSLS) and evaluates whether the various discursive construction of gender converge to education of gender equity. Using Reisigl and Wodak (2009)'s discourse-historical approach to critical discourse analysis, the study analyzes the gender discourses in the Liberal Studies Curriculum and Assessment Guide (secondary 4-6) (2007). It is found that inconsistent and contradictory conceptions of gender are existent in the curriculum document. I therefore call upon policy makers to warn against the nuanced ways in which gender inequality can be implicitly embedded in curriculum documents. The study is the first empirical study that examines gender politics in secondary general education in Hong Kong. Copyright © 2016 American Educational Research Association.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - Apr 2016 |
| Event | 2016 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: "Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies" - Washington, D.C., United States Duration: 08 Apr 2016 → 12 Apr 2016 https://www.aera.net/Events-Meetings/Annual-Meeting/Previous-Annual-Meetings/2016-Annual-Meeting |
Conference
| Conference | 2016 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: "Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies" |
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| Abbreviated title | AERA 2016 |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Washington, D.C. |
| Period | 08/04/16 → 12/04/16 |
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