Doing cultural studies in the Hong Kong educational context a tale of two action research experiments

Document Type

Journal article

Source Publication

Cultural Studies

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Volume

25

Issue

1

First Page

109

Last Page

122

Keywords

teacher action research, school context, school-university partnerships, role of cultural researcher, action research as cultural studies method, Anthropology, Cultural Studies

Abstract

The paper focuses on the close collaborative work our research team has been engaged in with two local schools to study how action research measures may help to facilitate the improvement of the Integrated Humanities (IH) curriculum through school-university partnerships. It attempts to understand action research as a form of cultural practice for education, and examines how such collaborative work with local schools may contribute to sustainable cultural work of education and intervene at different levels of the schooling practices. In all, the paper seeks to offer preliminary analysis and reflection on the re-orientation of Cultural Studies as a research and problem-solving, intellectual and critical project with a potential for long-term input to cultural policy-making. It also aims at examining the role of cultural studies practitioners as action researchers in the process of doing cultural work of education.

DOI

10.1080/09502386.2011.534586

Print ISSN

09502386

E-ISSN

14664348

Publisher Statement

Copyright © 2011 Taylor & Francis

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Additional Information

Paper presented at the International Symposium on Education and Cultural Studies, May 22-24, 2008, Hong Kong, China.

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Language

English

Recommended Citation

Hui, P.-k. & Pang, C.-S. (2011). Doing cultural studies in the Hong Kong educational context a tale of two action research experiments. Cultural Studies, 25(1), 109-122. doi: 10.1080/09502386.2011.534586

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