Formation of National Identity in Hong Kong SAR: A Discourse Analysis of Grade 1-9  Social Studies Textbooks

dc.creator	Wen-Ting Wu
dc.creator	Li-Hua Chen
dc.date	2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:18:53Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:18:53Z
dc.identifier	1999-8856
dc.identifier	1999-8864
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9a6b88f202c947159536cf4cec58b407
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27204
dc.description	The awareness of national identity in Hong Kong has been determined by policies of government authorities. Hong Kong authorities under British rule replaced national identity by promoting international identity and Hong Kong’s own local identity. During the transition of Hong Kong to Chinese control, national identity toward China gradually increased. It has been 14 years since the 1997 handover, now, with the call for Chinese nationalism and patriotism, the Hong Kong government is trying to construct Chinese national identity in school curriculum.This paper explores the formation of national identity in Hong Kong’s 1–9 grade social studies textbooks. Textbooks entitled “General Studies” (grade 1–6) and “Thriving Social Education” (grade 7–9) were reviewed using the discourse analysis method.Conclusions reached are as follows:1.The textbooks directly claim that the Chinese national identity of Hong Kong citizens is legally based on the policy of “one country, two systems” and “the Hong Kong Basic Law”.2.The textbooks bolster apolitical and cultural identity toward China by making connections to kinship metaphors, national achievements, historical hatreds, and Chinese culture. 3.The textbooks straighten further national identity using the slogan “Face the world with the motherland at your back” underscoring mutual ties of economic interests between Mainland China and Hong Kong. 4.Hong Kong’s national identity continues to feature local identity which extends to care for the world.
dc.language	Chinese
dc.publisher	National Academy for Educational Research
dc.relation	http://ej.naer.edu.tw/JTR/ccount/click.php?id=76
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1999-8856
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1999-8864
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Journal of Textbook Research, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 25-59 (2011)
dc.subject	social textbooks
dc.subject	discourse analysis
dc.subject	national identity
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Formation of National Identity in Hong Kong SAR: A Discourse Analysis of Grade 1-9 Social Studies Textbooks
dc.type	article