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Religious Engagement and Attitudes to the Role of Religion in Society: Their Effect on Civic and Social Values in an Asian Context
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Cheung, Chris Hin Wah; Kennedy, Kerry J.; Leung, Chi Hung; Hue, Ming Tak – British Journal of Religious Education, 2018
This paper explored the impact of religious engagement (religious background, religious service attendance and religious activities participation) on adolescents' civic and social values. Attitudes towards the influence of religion on society were investigated as a possible mediator/moderator of religious engagement. A model based on Western…
Descriptors: Role of Religion, Religious Factors, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Social Values
Asian Students' Citizenship Values and Their Relationship to Civic Understanding: An Exploratory Study Comparing Thai and Hong Kong Students
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Kennedy, Kerry J. – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2012
This article draws on data from the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) to compare selected citizenship values of students from Thailand and Hong and the relationship of these values to students' civic knowledge. The results indicated considerable differences in the responses of students from each society and differing…
Descriptors: Asians, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics
Civic Education Curriculum Reform in Hong Kong: What Should Be the Direction under Chinese Sovereignty?
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Fairbrother, Gregory P.; Kennedy, Kerry J. – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2011
This article uses results from a cross-national analysis of the impact of varying approaches to civic education curriculum delivery on three learning outcomes, to draw conclusions about the value of a government-mandated compulsory, independent subject of civic education in the school curriculum. It starts from the context of Hong Kong, where…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Democracy, Citizenship Education, Educational Change