The representations of youth in liberal studies student works in Hong Kong

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2011

Keywords

Representations of youth, Liberal studies, Critical thinking, Schools

Abstract

The study explored whether the deficit approach to understanding youth, which has been widely critiqued in contemporary youth studies, could still be a dominant paradigm in the student works of an emerging curriculum emphasizing multiple-perspective thinking. The study analyzed the student works in the Enquiry Study Award Scheme organized by Hong Kong Education City (HKEdCity), which was a region-wide competition awarding Liberal Studies (LS) student projects. The findings indicated that although there were diverse theoretical labels presented by the student works, a deficit approach to understanding youth was still a dominant paradigm. This also implied that negative representations of youth were not merely enforced by authoritative institutional discourses, but were partly supported and endorsed by the students themselves.

Source Publication

International Journal of the Humanities

Volume Number

9

Issue Number

1

ISSN

1447-9508

First Page

245

Last Page

256

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