Perceptions of adolescents among teachers and social workers in the context of training programs in Hong Kong
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Daniel T.L. Shek
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Chitat Chan
Abstract
This article explores whether professionals working with young people hold a negative view on adolescents in Hong Kong. Data were collected from 1112 participants from 23 workshops in a 3-day training program of the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong. In the workshop, there was a group activity inviting the participants to describe the characteristics of contemporary young people in Hong Kong. The findings showed that positive comments about adolescents were only half of the negative comments. The common themes that emerged from the negative comments included: “problematic self-conceptions”, “do not have long-term life goals”, “irresponsible”, “materialistic”, and “calculative”. The common themes that emerged from the positive comments included: “good at learning new things”, “energetic”, and “creative”. The themes apparently reflected sociocultural characteristics of the contemporary Hong Kong Society.
©2011 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston
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- Editorial
- Training programs and implementation process of positive youth development programs
- Review Articles
- Experiential and reflective learning approaches for the train-the-trainers program of Project P.A.T.H.S.
- “Use of self” as a strategy in teaching the P.A.T.H.S. curriculum
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