The value of the humanities in higher education : perspectives from Hong Kong / Evelyn Tsz Yan Chan, Flora Ka Yu Mak, Thomas Siu Ho Yau, Yutong Hu, Michael O'Sullivan, Eddie Tay.
2020
AZ183.H85
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The value of the humanities in higher education : perspectives from Hong Kong / Evelyn Tsz Yan Chan, Flora Ka Yu Mak, Thomas Siu Ho Yau, Yutong Hu, Michael O'Sullivan, Eddie Tay.
ISBN
9789811571879 (electronic book)
9811571872 (electronic book)
9811571864
9789811571862
9811571872 (electronic book)
9811571864
9789811571862
Publication Details
Singapore : Springer, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-15-7187-9 doi
10.1007/978-981-15-7
10.1007/978-981-15-7
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AZ183.H85
Dewey Decimal Classification
001.3071/1
Summary
This book presents an extensive analysis of the multifaceted benefits that higher education in the humanities offers individuals and society, as explored in the context of Hong Kong. Using both quantitative graduate employment survey data and qualitative data from interviews with past humanities graduates and with leading humanities scholars, the study provides an objective picture of the "value" of humanities degrees in relation to the economic needs and growth of Hong Kong, together with an in-depth exploration of their value and use in the eyes of humanities graduates and practitioners. Therefore, although it is hardly the only book on the value and status quo of the humanities worldwide, it nonetheless stands out in this crowded field as one of the very few extended studies that draws on empirical data. The book will appeal to both an academic and a wider audience, including members of the general public, non-academic educators, and government administrators interested in the status quo of humanities education, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere. The report also includes a wealth of text taken directly from interviews with humanities graduates, who share their compelling life stories and views on the value of their humanities education.
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Chan, Evelyn Tsz Yan, 1982-
Mak, Flora Ka Yu.
Yau, Thomas Siu Ho.
O'Sullivan, Michael.
Tay, Eddie.
Mak, Flora Ka Yu.
Yau, Thomas Siu Ho.
O'Sullivan, Michael.
Tay, Eddie.
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SpringerBriefs in education.
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Table of Contents
Part I: Results: graduate interviews
1. Individual benefits
2. Characteristics of career development narratives
3. Characteristics of humanities pedagogy
4. Characteristics of humanities education narratives
5. The essential contributions of humanities education to Hong Kong society
Further discussion
Part II: graduate employment survey data
Part III: Conversations with senior humanities scholars
Conclusion.
1. Individual benefits
2. Characteristics of career development narratives
3. Characteristics of humanities pedagogy
4. Characteristics of humanities education narratives
5. The essential contributions of humanities education to Hong Kong society
Further discussion
Part II: graduate employment survey data
Part III: Conversations with senior humanities scholars
Conclusion.