Open AccessContextual Utility and Practicality: Cultural Research for the School Community in Hong Kong
Author(s) -
Po-keung Hui,
Cheong-Fat Chan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
cultural studies review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1837-8692
pISSN - 1446-8123
DOI - 10.5130/csr.v12i2.2342
Subject(s) - publishing , context (archaeology) , project commissioning , sociology , curriculum , pedagogy , everyday life , cultural studies , cultural issues , media studies , public relations , engineering ethics , social science , political science , engineering , qualitative research , history , anthropology , law , archaeology
As an intellectual project, is cultural studies actually ‘useless’ in dealing with issues closely tied to students’ everyday practices? In this article, the authors examine the problem through the case of teacher training and curriculum development in the context of educational reform in Hong Kong—in particular, through a community-interface project we are engaged in as cultural researchers at the moment