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dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Kerry Johnen_US
dc.contributor.authorProf. HUE Ming Taken_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-16T07:57:24Z-
dc.date.available2024-01-16T07:57:24Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.citationKennedy, Kerry John & Hue, Ming Tak (2009 Jun). Ethnic minority students in a Chinese society: Towards multiculturalism in Hong Kong?. Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference 2009, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/8943-
dc.description.abstractEthnic minority students comprise just 2% of Hong Kong's school population. A recently approved Racial Discrimination ordinance has led to a renewed policy interest in these students and their academic progress. In the West, such contexts have led to policies on multiculturalism as a means of embracing the needs of diverse groups within societies. In Hong Kong, however, the prevailing social ethic favours harmony rather than diversity so that the prospects of embracing Western versions of multiculturalism do not seem strong. Nevertheless, some readjustment will be needed if the distinctive needs of ethnic minority students are to be met in a predominantly Chinese society. This paper will address this issue by drawing on a variety of data sources: the current policy debate in Hong Kong relating to ethnic minority students, a recent survey of teachers in schools with responsibilities for ethnic minority students and interviews with ethnic minority parents and students. In so doing, a new policy framework will be developed that might best be described a "multiculturalism with Hong Kong characteristics". This "new multiculturalism" will serve as a basis for meeting the needs of ethnic minority students while also respecting cultural norms that do not support difference affirmative action.en_US
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dc.titleEthnic minority students in a Chinese society: Towards multiculturalism in Hong Kong?en_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US
dc.relation.conferenceRedesigning Pedagogy International Conference 2009: Designing New Learning Contexts for a Globalising Worlden_US
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crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Counselling & Psychology-
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