Welcome to the Centre for Citizenship Education (CCE)
As of June 24, 2009, the Centre for Citizenship Education has been upgraded to the Institute-level Centre for Governance and Citizenship (http://www.ied.edu.hk/cgc/).
The Centre for Governance and Citizenship (CGC) is an Institute-level research centre of the Hong Kong Institute of Education. The Centre is committed to conducting interdisciplinary scholarly research and public discourse on governance issues and citizenship studies, including citizenship education. It is dedicated to creating an active research platform whereby the themes of Governance and Citizenship can be brought together within an interactive and mutually reinforcing framework to pioneer a new research agenda that contributes toward theory building in “Governance and Citizenship” as a holistic concept.
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The Centre for Citizenship Education (CCE) is designed to study, inform, and improve the processes by which students, as future citizens, acquire the knowledge, skills and dispositions that are prerequisites for active and effective participation in civic life. The CCE is intended to be a catalyst for increasing Hong Kong's and the Asia/Pacific region's capacity to provide high quality citizenship education, and an active and effective citizenry. Using a multi-dimensional approach to citizenship education, the CCE utilises a programme of research, professional development, curriculum development, school partnerships, networking, and technological support to achieve its goals.
CCE was established in February 1999 under the joint leadership of Prof. Lee Wing On and Prof. David Grossman, who served as co-Heads until September 2005. Mrs. Teresa Chai served as Deputy Head of the Centre from 2001-2005. Starting from September 2005, Prof. David Grossman and Dr. Leung Yan Wing become co-Heads of the Centre until August 2007. Dr. Leung Yan Wing and Dr. Gregory P. Fairbrother become co-Heads of the Centre in September 2007.