Promotion of Holistic Development of Young People in Hong Kong

Daniel T L Shek, Tak Yan Lee, Joav Merrick (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

245 Seiten

2013
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62808-019-3 (ISBN)

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Research findings showed that secondary school students in Hong Kong face many challenges. In particular, morbid emphasis on academic excellence has created much competition and stress in high school students. It was estimated that around one-fifth of secondary school students in Hong Kong had different forms of mental disorders. In a three-year longitudinal study, it was found that the prevalence rates of Internet addiction in Secondary 1, Secondary 2 and Secondary 3 students were 26.4%, 26.6% and 22.5%, respectively. In the same study, suicidal ideation in junior secondary school students was found in more than one-tenth of the students. At the same time, there were more than two-tenths of students showing signs of self-harm and suicidal behaviour in junior secondary years. The number of adolescents experiencing economic disadvantage has increased while family solidarity has dropped in recent years. In spite of these adolescent developmental issues, the lack of life education and life skills training in secondary school students has made the situation worse. Although moral and civic education is one of the pillars in the new 6-year secondary school curriculum, there are several problems involved. First, the coverage on social and emotional learning in the curriculum guide is very thin. Second, although there are curricula materials on life skills training in the field, validated curricula are almost non-existent. In fact, in a review of adolescent prevention and positive youth development programs in Asia, Shek and Yu pointed out that there were very few validated evidence-based programs in Hong Kong. Third, training in social-emotional learning and adolescent prevention programs is grossly inadequate in Hong Kong. Finally, while nobody would dispute the importance of life skills and psychosocial competence, such topics are seldom taught in depth in the school contexts.

Daniel T.L. Shek, PhD, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, (Medical Director, Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Adolescent Medicine, KY Childrens Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Lexington, Kentucky, US; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centers, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel; School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, US)

Introduction; Developmental Issues of University Students; Confucian Virtues & Chinese Adolescent Development; Developmental Outcomes of Economically Disadvantaged Adolescents; Factors Influencing the Implementation of a Positive Youth Development Program; Impact of Staff Commitment & Morale on the Implementation of a Positive Youth Development Program; Transforming Potential Program Implementers in Professional Development; Implementation of the Positive Youth Development Project Based on the Co-Walker Scheme; Implementation Quality of the Positive Youth Development Project; Evaluation Based on the Perspective of the Program Participants; Evaluation of a Positive Youth Development Program Project by the Program Implementers; Helping Adolescents with Greater Psychosocial Needs; Perception of Collaborative Learning in Associate Degree Students; Development of a Credit-Bearing Service Leadership Subject for University Students; Service-Learning from the Eyes of University Teachers: A Qualitative Study Based on Focus Groups; Development of an E-Learning Package on Service-Learning for University Teachers; Index.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	180 x 260 mm
Gewicht	636 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medizinrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-62808-019-1 / 1628080191
ISBN-13	978-1-62808-019-3 / 9781628080193
Zustand	Neuware