by Wong Wing Kwan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-172). / Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. / by Wong Wing Kwan. / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / ABSTRACT (in Chinese) --- p.iv / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.xi / LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS --- p.xii / LIST OF APPENDIXES --- p.xiii / Chapter 1/ --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Research Impetus --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Central Research Problem --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Research Significance --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- Organization of This Thesis --- p.6 / Chapter 2/ --- ON ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION -- THE THEORETICAL AND GLOBAL CONTEXT --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Environmental Crisis --- p.9 / Chapter 2.11 --- The dominating perspective --- p.10 / Chapter 2.12 --- Problems overlooked --- p.11 / Chapter 2.13 --- Environmental problems as problems of social injustice --- p.14 / Chapter 2.14 --- Locating the power relations --- p.15 / Chapter 2.141 --- The dominating definition of life quality --- p.15 / Chapter 2.142 --- The global economic order--- a platform of power asymmetry --- p.17 / Chapter 2.143 --- "Global development agenda--- ""catching-up"" as the basis for sustainability" --- p.18 / Chapter 2.2 --- Environmental Education: A Critique of the Established Views --- p.22 / Chapter 2.21 --- Seeking definitions --- p.23 / Chapter 2.22 --- "From definition to practice- the split of mind, body and heart" --- p.24 / Chapter 2.23 --- The domination of mainstream science and technologyin environmental education --- p.27 / Chapter 2.3 --- Environmental Education in the Form of Empowerment --- p.30 / Chapter 2.4 --- Chapter Summary --- p.37 / Chapter 3/ --- ON ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION -- THE LOCAL CONTEXT --- p.38 / Chapter 3.1 --- Environmental Agenda in Hong Kong --- p.38 / Chapter 3.11 --- Role of the government --- p.38 / Chapter 3.12 --- Role of private corporations --- p.42 / Chapter 3.13 --- Role of green groups --- p.44 / Chapter 3.14 --- Role of scientists and experts --- p.47 / Chapter 3.15 --- Dangerous liaisons --- p.48 / Chapter 3.2 --- Environmental Education in Hong Kong - An Overview --- p.49 / Chapter 3.21 --- Environmental education targeted at public awareness --- p.50 / Chapter 3.22 --- Environmental education in formal schooling --- p.52 / Chapter 3.23 --- Local researches on environmental awareness and environmental education --- p.53 / Chapter 3.3 --- Chapter Summary --- p.55 / Chapter 4/ --- RESEARCH DESIGN --- p.58 / Chapter 4.1 --- Research Design --- p.58 / Chapter 4.11 --- The nature of critical qualitative research --- p.58 / Chapter 4.12 --- The nature of case-study --- p.60 / Chapter 4.13 --- Selection of cases --- p.61 / Chapter 4.2 --- Case Profiles --- p.63 / Chapter 4.21 --- Tim Po Primary School --- p.63 / Chapter 4.22 --- Sing Tak Primary School --- p.64 / Chapter 4.23 --- Fung Lan Primary School --- p.65 / Chapter 4.3 --- Data Collection --- p.67 / Chapter 4.31 --- Written and printed texts --- p.68 / Chapter 4.32 --- Interviews --- p.69 / Chapter 4.33 --- Observation --- p.72 / Chapter 4.34 --- Research validity and data triangulation --- p.74 / Chapter 4.4 --- Data Recording and Analysis --- p.75 / Chapter 4.41 --- Data recording --- p.75 / Chapter 4.42 --- Data analysis --- p.75 / Chapter 4.5 --- Research Limitations --- p.77 / Chapter 4.6 --- Chapter Summary --- p.79 / Chapter 5/ --- INSIDE STORIES -- ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS --- p.80 / Chapter 5.1 --- The Case of Tim Po Primary School (TPS) --- p.80 / Chapter 5.11 --- Environmental education in formal curriculum --- p.80 / Chapter 5.12 --- Environmental Education in informal curriculum --- p.90 / Chapter 5.2 --- The Case of Sing Tak Primary School (STS) --- p.92 / Chapter 5.21 --- Environmental education in formal curriculum --- p.92 / Chapter 5.22 --- Environmental education in informal curriculum --- p.94 / Chapter 5.3 --- The case of Fung Lan School (FLS) --- p.100 / Chapter 5.31 --- Environmental education in formal curriculum --- p.100 / Chapter 5.32 --- Environmental education in informal curriculum --- p.102 / Chapter 5.33 --- Environmental education beyond curriculum --- p.102 / Chapter 5.4 --- Chapter Summary --- p.106 / Chapter 6/ --- BEHIND THE STORIES - -FORCES AND DYNAMICS --- p.108 / Chapter 6.1 --- Seeing Environmental Education through the Eyes of Teachers --- p.108 / Chapter 6.11 --- Conceptualizing the environmental problematique --- p.108 / Chapter 6.111 --- Central problems --- p.109 / Chapter 6.112 --- Causes of the problems --- p.110 / Chapter 6.113 --- Dealing with the problems --- p.112 / Chapter 6.12 --- Understanding environmental education --- p.114 / Chapter 6.121 --- Environmental education as a matter of lifestyle --- p.114 / Chapter 6.122 --- "The cultivation of ""personal"" attitudes" --- p.115 / Chapter 6.123 --- Pupils' age and teachers' expectation --- p.117 / Chapter 6.13 --- Personal level constraints acting on teachers --- p.119 / Chapter 6.131 --- Lack of subject knowledge --- p.119 / Chapter 6.132 --- Teaching experience --- p.121 / Chapter 6.2 --- School Level Factors in Environmental Education --- p.123 / Chapter 6.21 --- The focus of work: the marginalized status of environmental education and General Studies --- p.123 / Chapter 6.22 --- Tight schedule --- p.127 / Chapter 6.3 --- External Forces and School Environmental Education --- p.130 / Chapter 6.31 --- School inspectors and board of directors --- p.130 / Chapter 6.32 --- The preoccupation with school reputation and academic attainment --- p.131 / Chapter 6.4 --- Chapter Summary --- p.133 / Chapter 7/ --- A GROUNDED CRITIQUE --- p.134 / Chapter 7.1 --- The Non-critical and Apolitical Environmental Agendain School Environmental Education --- p.134 / Chapter 7.11 --- The narrow definition of environmental subjectsin the syllabus of General Studies --- p.134 / Chapter 7.12 --- The anti-environment themes --- p.137 / Chapter 7.2 --- Teachers as Agency --- p.138 / Chapter 7.3 --- "The Task Oriented Environmental Education ""Show""" --- p.143 / Chapter 7.31 --- "Schools' primary concerns: environmental education and ""quality"" education" --- p.143 / Chapter 7.32 --- The reliance on external resources --- p.145 / Chapter 7.4 --- Chapter Summary: The Detachment from the Process of Empowerment --- p.149 / Chapter 8/ --- CONCLUSION: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN THE WHIRLPOOL OF EDUCATION REFORM --- p.150 / Chapter 8.1 --- A Restatement on the True Meaning of Environmental Education --- p.150 / Chapter 8.2 --- Some Characteristics of Environmental Educationin Hong Kong Primary Schools --- p.151 / Chapter 8.3 --- Looking Beyond: Environmental Education in the Whirlpool of Education Reform --- p.152 / Chapter 8.31 --- The overarching priority of education --- p.153 / Chapter 8.32 --- "Environmental awareness as part of the entrepreneur's ""personality package""" --- p.154 / Chapter 8.33 --- The formalization of extra-curricular activities --- p.156 / Chapter 8.4 --- Final Words --- p.158 / APPENDIXES --- p.160 / REFERENCES --- p.163
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322626 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Contributors | Wong, Wing Kwan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Education. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xiii, 172 leaves ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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