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The Value of the Humanities in Higher Education (eBook)

Perspectives from Hong Kong
Artikelnummer: 978-981-1571-87-9
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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.


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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VerlagSpringer Nature Singapore
EinbandPDF
Erscheinungsjahr2020
Seitenangabe105 S.
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
AbbildungenXIV, 105 p. 37 illus., 31 illus. in color.
Masse3'881 KB
PlattformPDF
ReiheSpringerBriefs in Education; Education; Education
AutorChan, Evelyn Tsz Yan / Mak, Flora Ka Yu / Yau, Thomas Siu Ho / Hu, Yutong / O'Sullivan, Michael / Tay, Eddie

Alle Bände der Reihe "SpringerBriefs in Education; Education; Education (R0)"

Über den Autor Evelyn Tsz Yan Chan

Evelyn Chan was previously an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she taught for 13 years. Chan has published widely on the representations of work in the writings of Virginia Woolf and Joseph Conrad. She has also published essays and books on narratives of education in the humanities. This book combines her interests in narrative research and the meaning of work. Sunny Wong is Clinician-Scientist and Associate Professor at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore. He received his MBChB with Honors at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and his D.Phil. in University of Oxford on human genetics and infectious diseases. He completed his clinical training in gastroenterology and endoscopy in the Prince of Wales Hospital Hong Kong. His main research interest is on gut microbiome, investigating the host-microbe interaction in digestive and metabolic diseases, and exploring this for discovery of novel biomarkers and therapeutics.

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