TY - BOOK
T1 - Teachers' Continuing Professional Development in Hong Kong Primary Schools: Contrasting perspectives from the Policy-makers and Classroom teachers
AU - Mok, Siu Fai Peter
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This research was a qualitative study of an education policy process in Hong Kong, with an aim to conduct an analysis of policy by the Education Manpower Bureau (EMB) on teachers' continuing professional development (CPO) since 2003, with reference to 'policy practice'. The inquiry helps develop an understanding of how the production and practices of the CPO policy affected teachers' perspectives of their roles in professional development. The study was conducted in three primary schools and finding revealed significant variance In both the policy-makers' and classroom teachers' understanding of policy processes surrounding the development and enactment of CPO in Hong Kong.
AB - This research was a qualitative study of an education policy process in Hong Kong, with an aim to conduct an analysis of policy by the Education Manpower Bureau (EMB) on teachers' continuing professional development (CPO) since 2003, with reference to 'policy practice'. The inquiry helps develop an understanding of how the production and practices of the CPO policy affected teachers' perspectives of their roles in professional development. The study was conducted in three primary schools and finding revealed significant variance In both the policy-makers' and classroom teachers' understanding of policy processes surrounding the development and enactment of CPO in Hong Kong.
KW - teachers' perceptions of CPD
KW - understanding of policy processes and enactment
KW - power dynamics and struggles
KW - improving teachers' CPD policies and practices
KW - the need for re-conceptualization of teachers' CPD
KW - macro and micro level of CPD policy implementation
KW - centralised control over the policy discourses
KW - greater autonomy needed for CPD planning
U2 - 10.4225/23/59d6e9c190275
DO - 10.4225/23/59d6e9c190275
M3 - Doctoral Thesis
ER -