The Centre for Popular Culture and Education is a focal point for research on popular culture and education in Hong Kong. Taking a broad view of popular culture and education, the Centre supports research in a variety of areas, including New Literacies, Media Education, Digital Media and Learning, Learning and Play, and Public Pedagogy.
The Centre is currently engaged in three core projects:
- Young people’s engagement with popular culture and digital technology and its implications for curriculum development and pedagogy in Hong Kong schools
- Public pedagogy and informal learning in globalized online spaces
- Pre-service teachers’ conceptions of popular culture and its roles in teaching and learning
Located in the Hong Kong Institute of Education, we are especially interested in the opportunities and challenges that engagement with popular culture presents to teachers and schools. Located in the Faculty of Languages, we are also interested in issues of language and popular culture in multilingual Hong Kong.
The Centre welcomes opportunities to link up with researchers at other institutions, school leaders and teachers, and industry partners. If you would like to know more about our activities or discuss collaboration, please email < hkpop@ied.edu.hk >.
Phil Benson
August 2010
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