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Teaching for Equality
and Social Justice
Does the through-road concept bring equality and
social justice to HKs education system?
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Farrells 4 Types of (In)equality
Equality of access- different social groups getting in
Equality of survival
- different social groups staying in Equality of output
- different social groups learn the same thingsat the same points
Equality of outcome- different social groups live relatively similarlines (jobs, incomes, status, etc)
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. . . Still in the past . . .
1995
university entrants: 7% to 18%
Elite school graduates got in mostly
Exam orientation drove the edu system Both students and parents felt the
pressure in what many perceived as
unequal education
How different will it be with HKDSE?
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Nowadays: Edu Reforms
Through-road model = students enjoy
studying without having to jump hoops
like public exams
Less pressure for students when studying
Higher chance to reach their potentialand develop in schools
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People believed that an individualsintelligence was responsible for ones
own success/failure
But Bourdieu argues:
due to uneven distribution of cultural
capital ie education institution
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Govt aim:
break inequality circle (smarter studentsfrom elite schools gets into higher school
places while the lower achievers lose out)j
Originally lower achieving students now
have a chance b/c they may do better
with the NSS (less pressure from HKAL)
Is this fair? (fair to who?)
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Criticism:
Academic standard drops (melting pot of
smart and less-smart students)
Overall learning and teaching standard
decreases to cater to overall lower
abilities in classes
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so what did some schools try to do?
Privatize / become DSS to maintain higher
academic standard
= families who can pay the higher school fees
could send their children to study there
cost as a barrier
inequality on class rather than on ability
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Walk in their shoes
1. Students from lower income families2. Students from high-middle income families
3. Parents from lower income families
4. Parents from high-middle income families
5. Principals from traditional elite schools
6. Teachers
(what they think / how they feel about
these changes and effects)
Also consider Farrells 4 types of equality
