Document Type
Symposia
Department/Unit
Department of Education Studies
Conference End Date
13-7-2013
Conference Title
Education, Ethnicity, and Inequality Symposium: Issues and Insights
Abstract
This impressionistic paper will describe and discuss, from the perspective of their British father, the experience of a mixed British / Filipino set of female triplets as they navigate the Hong Kong local school system. It covers the period from September 2010, when they were promoted to P6 in one local subvented primary school, to today, when they are just about to complete S2 in three very different local secondary schools; one Protestant, single sex, subvented, with only a sprinkling of non-Chinese students; one Catholic, single sex, low cost DSS, with a large percentage of non- Chinese students; and one Catholic, coeducational, mid-priced DSS, predominantly Chinese but with a significant minority of non-Chinese students. Issues covered, perhaps briefly, will include the primary curriculum (particularly Chinese language), the secondary school application process (and the special problems it causes for “Non Chinese Speaking” students), the secondary school curriculum particularly Chinese language), extra-curricular activities, single-sex versus coeducational schools, the role of religion in schools, and differences in educational culture.
Conference Location
Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
Keywords
Parenting experience, Hong Kong school system, non-Chinese students
Publication Date
7-12-2013
Place of Publication
Hong Kong SAR
APA Citation
Stables, Paul. "Navigating Hong Kong Schools: The ongoing experience of one set of Non-Chinese triplets." Education, Ethnicity, and Inequality Symposium: Issues and Insights July 12, 2013 - July 13, 2013 Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR. Hong Kong SAR: 2013.