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The Internal and External Obstacles of the Creativity in Education in Hong Kong

Authors
Qingya Zhao1, *
1Department of Liberal Arts, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
*Corresponding author. Email: qingya@smail.nju.edu.cn
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Qingya Zhao
Available Online 30 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_317How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Creativity in education; Hong Kong; Pedagogical dilemmas
Abstract

In the era of a knowledge-based economy, cultivating students’ creativity has received increasing policy and research attention worldwide. Although Hong Kong has launched educational reforms aiming at fostering creativity in daily class, the implementation of creativity in education still encounters substantial difficulties. Based on previous research, this article aims to sort out the obstacles to this implementation from both external and internal aspects. The external obstacles include the Confucian culture and the educational system. On the one side, the Confucian culture emphasizes the social role of education, the moral model role of teachers, and diligence in the learning process. On the other side, Hong Kong educational system has put great pressure on teachers and schools through various high-stake examinations and reforms. These two external factors have created an environment that is detrimental to the development of creativity in schools. While the internal obstacles lie in the teachers’ concept and practice of creativity education, that is teachers’ incomplete understanding of creativity education and the low efficiency in the creative classroom. These two internal factors have hindered Hong Kong teachers from fostering creativity. Overall, the combination of internal and external factors has impeded the cultivation of students’ creativity in Hong Kong.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
30 December 2022
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978-2-494069-89-3
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_317How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Author(s)
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