This thesis is a comparative study which examines the formal art
curriculum guides of Hong Kong and British Columbia. The rationale for
this study lies, in part, with the documented demographic change that
has taken place in British Columbia schools over the past decade, in
particular, the significant numbers of Hong Kong immigrant students who
have enrolled in four of British Columbia's five largest school districts.
The study examines the Hong Kong and British Columbia education
systems overall, places the art curriculum for each jurisdiction in
respective context, and surveys the content of the guides themselves.
The study then examines in comparative fashion the guides with regard
to general content of the guides, conceptual frameworks for the
curriculum, the presentation of expected learning outcomes, curricular
content, and assessment and evaluation. The findings within these
topics are summarized in terms of similarities and differences. The
findings are also analyzed relative to traditional Chinese conceptions of
education and the extent to which they reflect the histories and traditions
of art education in Hong Kong. The curriculum guides are also analyzed
according to the three conceptual orientations of curriculum posited by
Miller and Seller: transmissional, transactional, and transformational.
The thesis finds that while there are a number of similarities between the
art curriculum guides of Hong Kong and British Columbia, the differences
between the two sets of documents are significant in terms of 1) how art
curriculum is conceptualized, 2) implied expectations with regard to
teaching and learning styles, and 3) the specificity of curricular content.
The thesis also suggests that the Hong Kong art curriculum guides reflect
a transmissional orientation to curriculum, while the British Columbia
guides reflect a transformational, if not transactional orientation. The
thesis concludes by pointing to the need for comparative observation of
art education in Hong Kong and British Columbia in order to more
concretely identify the similarity or differences in the actual art
educational experiences of students within each jurisdiction. / Education, Faculty of / Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/8087 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Gleckman, Brian Keith |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Format | 7960916 bytes, application/pdf |
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