Exploring school ethos: an investigation of children’s human rights in two secondary institutions in Hong Kong

Lo, Yan Lam; Leung, Yan Wing; Yuen, Timothy Wai Wa

doi:10.1080/14675986.2015.1048078

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“…Teachers are crucial for the success of students’ participation in school governance as student participation actually means teachers’ relinquishing part of their traditional authority. Lo et al (2015) indeed proposed that teachers’ attitudes (including their commitment to social justice and human rights) did influence students’ participation. Given these, building up committed staff and resetting the goal of education would be the first step to promoting involvement of students in school governance and from there nurturing future participatory citizens.…”

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The civic mission of schools and students’ participation in school governance

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Cheng²,

Guo

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between the civic mission of schools and students on participation in school governance through an empirical study. It articulates the importance of school mission on nurturing citizenship of high school students. Design/methodology/approach The research used a mixed method with questionnaire survey in the first phase and qualitative interviews in the second phase. Quantitative data were obtained from a survey completed by 3,209 students and 495 teachers (including principals) from 51 secondary schools in Hong Kong. Qualitative data were collected from 41 individual interviews with principals and teachers and 17 focus group interviews with 56 students in five case study schools. Findings Both students and teachers believed that good citizenship qualities should include students’ participation in school governance. Schools in general took up the civic mission to nurture good and participatory citizens. A mission of nurturing students to become good and participatory citizens made a significant and positive contribution toward achieving students’ actual participation in school governance. However, students’ actual impact on major school policies was minimal. A paradox existed whereby students, knowing their influence over managerial issues was much circumscribed, still gave it a higher rating than their teachers. Originality/value The paper contributes an empirical model for school leaders to develop school vision for promoting student participation in school governance. Based on a large-scale research supported by public funding, the paper contributes an empirical model for school leaders to develop school vision for promoting student participation in school governance. It further adds to the literature on relationship between citizenship education, civic mission of school and student participation in governance.

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“…Participation in school governance is often defined in a very broad sense to include the making of decisions over how a school is led, managed and run (Lo et al , 2015; Huddleston, 2007). The current study adopted such a broad definition.…”

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The civic mission of schools and students’ participation in school governance

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Cheng²,

Guo

et al. 2019

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“…Alanyazında yapılan çalışmalarda öğretmenlerin çocuk katılımına yönelik olumlu bakış açılarının uygulamalarına tam olarak yansımadığı belirlenmiştir (Batistič Zorec, 2015;Turnšek, 2007). Bu durum öğretmenlerin sahip oldukları yetersiz bilginin uygulama süreçlerini olumsuz yönde etkilemesi şeklinde açıklanmaktadır (Lo, Leung & Yuen 2015;Robson, 2016). Öğretmenlerin lisans eğitiminde almış oldukları derslerin çocuk haklarına ilişkin bakış açılarını etkilediği belirtilmektedir (Jerome, 2016;Leblebici & Çeliköz, 2017).…”

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“Başarılı bir öğretmenin çocukların katılımına önem vermesi gerektiğini düşünüyorum.”: Okulda Çocuk Katılımına İlişkin Fenomenolojik Bir Çalışma

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“…If teachers do not value children’s rights, it does not only take away students’ chances to develop participation skills and affect the effectiveness of HRE and CRE (Osler and Starkey, 1996), it also may affect the relationship between teachers and students. For instance, Lo et al’s (2015) study found that if teachers do not regard children’s rights such as right to express their opinions on school regulations and right to appeal when enforcing discipline, students would feel discontent and might even rebel against the teachers.…”

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Hong Kong pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards and knowledge of children’s rights

2018

Education, Citizenship and Social

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The Convention on the Rights of the Child emphasizes that the education of the child should be directed to the development of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. However, though Hong Kong is a one of the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the government does not put much emphasis on promoting Convention on the Rights of the Child. Children’s rights education is not compulsory in schools or in teacher training institutions in Hong Kong. It is detrimental if teachers do not possess adequate knowledge and positive attitudes towards children’s rights as they hold a crucial role in educating children about their rights and nurturing rights-respecting students. Through modifying Rogers and Wrightsman’s Children’s Rights Attitudes Scale, the present research examined pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards children’s self-determination rights, nurturance rights, and the conflict between self-determination and nurturance rights, and also their knowledge of children’s rights, in order to uncover the areas of improvements.

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Exploring school ethos: an investigation of children’s human rights in two secondary institutions in Hong Kong

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

The civic mission of schools and students’ participation in school governance

The civic mission of schools and students’ participation in school governance

“Başarılı bir öğretmenin çocukların katılımına önem vermesi gerektiğini düşünüyorum.”: Okulda Çocuk Katılımına İlişkin Fenomenolojik Bir Çalışma

Hong Kong pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards and knowledge of children’s rights

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