Critical Pedagogy

The aim of this focal research area is to examine and/or explore: How pedagogy constructs the limits and horizons of knowledge and social action How pedagogy shapes and is shaped by culture and identity How pedagogy is situated within and perpetuates particular social and textual practices
How pedagogy positions individuals and groups ideologically How pedagogy can problematize and respond to dominant, naturalized or conventionalized texts, narratives, discourses and practices Blog of the Critical Pedagogy http://cpcommon.blogspot.com/2007/10/our-blog-has-been-set-up.html

Forthcoming Meeting

12 Mar 2008 (Wednesday) 12:45-2pm	Meta-analysis of critical pedagogy- a discussion of a chapter from Jennifer Gore's The struggle for pedagogies: Critical and feminist discourses as regimes of truth	Runme Shaw 204
7 Nov 2007 (Wednesday) 12:45-2pm	Research Sharing on 'Deviant' Youth in China (Presenter: Ms Lucia Lau)	Hui Oi Chow LG02

Focal Group Members (*Co-convenors)

Name	Email	Faculty
Dr Matthew Clarke*	mclarke@hkucc.hku.hk	Education
Ms Margaret Lo*	mmlo@hkucc.hku.hk	Education
Dr Vichy Ho	vichyho@hkucc.hku.hk	Arts- CLEP, Chinese
Ms Tess Hogue	thogue@hkucc.hku.hk	English Centre
Dr Cheung Chi Kim	cheungck@hkucc.hku.hk	Education
Mr Gwyn Edwards	gedwards@hkucc.hku.hk	Education
Dr Jasmine Luk	lukcmj@hkucc.hku.hk	Education
Dr Mark Mason	mmason@hku.hk	Education
Prof Gerard Postiglione	postiglione@hku.hk	Education
Dr Linda Tsung	lindat@hkucc.hku.hk	Education
Ms Ying Danjun, Issa	yingdj@hkusua.hku.hk	PhD candidate, Education
Miss Gao Fang	gaofang@hkusua.hku.hk	PhD candidate, Education
Ms Lucia Lau	lucialau@hkusua.hku.hk	PhD candidate, Education
Miss Maria Manzon	mimanzon@hku.hk	PhD candidate, Education
Mr Hayes Tang	hayes@graduate.hku.hk	PhD candidate, Education
Ms Eudora Lee	eudoralee@hotmail.com	MEd candidate, Education
Ms Nicol Pan	nicol@graduate.hku.hk	MPhil candidate, Education

Research that group members currently undertaking around the focal area

-	Discourse analysis, sociocultural theory, critical literacies in ESL contexts
-	Cross-cultural classroom interaction
-	Language and anthropology
-	Media education
-	Ethnicity and identity, comparative cultures and societies
-	Teacher identity, curriculum policy analysis
-	Strategic language use
-	Family structure, institutional context and school success among Korean pupils in China
-	Bilingual education, language policy, minority languages and ethnic identity
-	Epistemology and critical pedagogy after postmodernism
-	Culture, Migration and Education, Social Capital

Constituent Theme-funded Projects

-	Visitorship of Dr Kristina Love, University of Melbourne, Australia, 1 December 2006
-	Visitorship of Dr Brian Morgan, York University, Canada, 3-11 February 2007