General Education and the Development of Global Citizenship in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China by Xing Jun;Ng Pak-Sheung;Cheng Chloe;

Author:Xing, Jun;Ng, Pak-Sheung;Cheng, Chloe;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group

Table 8.2 General education attributes specifically addressed by Hong Kong universities

Notes

CUHK

Chinese University of Hong Kong

CityU

City University of Hong Kong

HKBU

Hong Kong Baptist University

HKIEd

Hong Kong Institute of Education

PolyU

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

HKUST

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

LU

Lingnan University

HKU

University of Hong Kong

The Lingnan program also includes a greater language requirement (18 credits) than any other institution, exaggerating this difference. Institutions differ with respect to how they describe their language requirements and the extent to which they are integrated into general education. In some cases they are viewed as a separate part of the curriculum, whereas PolyU requires not only nine credits of language courses (six English, three Chinese) but also suggests that content courses in other areas include reading and writing instruction and assignments of a specified nature.

Similarity in overall goals and size of general education programs conceal some variety in the way these curricula are structured. Overall, general education programs range from those that ensure breadth by requiring students to select subjects from different disciplinary categories to those that mandate a core curriculum for all students that is integrated across disciplines. Most programs, both in the USA and Hong Kong, lie somewhere between these two extremes. Thus while they may require students to select courses from different categories, those courses are specifically designed for the general education program and the connections between them are made more or less explicit. All of the new programs in Hong Kong include some kind of distribution requirements where students are required to select a certain number of subjects from different categories (Table 8.4). Some are described in relatively simple disciplinary terms, e.g. HKUST (arts and humanities, social analysis, science and technology, quantitative reasoning), whereas others have more interdisciplinary names, e.g. HKIEd (truth, value and aesthetics, identity, community and culture, science technology and nature). While the names may differ, the broad disciplinary areas are apparent.

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