Dr Linnie Wong, Assistant Professor at EPL, has been awarded Best Publication Award 2020: Category Research from the Children's Identity and Citizenship European Association (CiCea).
Her article, School leadership for civic learning: The case of socio-political turbulence in Hong Kong, was co-authored with Prof John Lee, Chair Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, and Prof Kerry John Kennedy, Emeritus Professor (Education) and Advisor (Academic Development).
The article looks at how principals negotiate the political context of citizenship education, and how these practices influence the civic learning in schools. Dr Wong reveals that when principals lacked a clear vision of citizenship education most teachers avoided discussing controversial political topics with their students.
Dr Wong suggests that principals must reflect on their own understanding of the purposes and perspectives of citizenship education to meet the demands of a changing socio-political environment.
“Dr Wong’s publication is noteworthy in many categories, but we believe its relevance to issues of civic learning and the role stakeholders play in this process, is important,” the award committee said.
CiCea makes an annual award for the best publications of the year in the field of citizenship education and identity related to children and young people.
As this award illustrates, FEHD supports our faculty members throughout their career stages. We also encourage research that meets the needs of the times and seek to take education leadership to the NEXT LEVEL.
