Teaching sociology in a divided society

Wing Kai Stephen CHIU; Lai Hang HUI

doi:10.1108/STICS-09-2023-0003

Teaching sociology in a divided society

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Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to offer authors’ humble yet unique experiences about developing an undergraduate sociology programme in an increasingly divided city.

Design/methodology/approach: In this study, the authors reflect upon the development of a new sociology programme in Hong Kong in which a wide spectrum of expectations from different stakeholders, together with their own sense of mission towards sociology education, have set a very challenging stage.

Findings: Developing an undergraduate sociology programme has never been easy, and there is no self-complacence as far as developing a programme that is of both academic and social values.

Originality/value: This paper offers a first-hand account of how sociology educators have developed a new sociology programme in a unique social context. Copyright © 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	63-72
Journal	Social Transformations in Chinese Societies
Volume	20
Issue number	1
Early online date	Jan 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/STICS-09-2023-0003
Publication status	Published - May 2024

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Curriculum development
Sociology education

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