Teacher alienation in Hong Kong

Teachers’ negative emotions began to receive attention in the Hong Kong context in the mid-1990s. As negative emotions may affect both teachers’ well-being and the quality of their teaching, Hong Kong education policy-makers and educators have used psychological approaches to determine the reasons why teachers experience negative feelings. However, these approaches fail to accommodate the social causes of negative emotions. Therefore, this study investigates the possible social causes of teachers’ negative emotions from the perspective of alienation theory. In-depth interviews with 21 teachers in Hong Kong reveal that Hong Kong teachers may be suffering from alienation (characterised by a sense of powerlessness, meaninglessness, isolation, and self-estrangement) due to their experiences of teaching, their employment status, and their structural position in schools, which are related to the occupational and organisational structure of teaching. The findings also indicate that patterns of alienation may differ between more and less experienced teachers.     

重看《红楼梦》之“抄家”--兼及对团圆大结局的评价

《红楼梦》中的贾府被抄家,是家族命运悲剧的高潮部分。曹雪芹在《红楼梦曲》中预设“落了片白茫茫大地真干净”的结局,似乎代表着贾家将完全的毁灭与终结。然而“抄家”乃后四十回所续,且并没有一败涂地,因此历来不被看好。本文试图分析“抄家”缘由,认为后四十回“抄家”一节深刻地体现了大家族无法掌控命运的无力感,比满门覆灭更具有悲剧意味;并且,结合曹雪芹的生平与前八十回的写作,分析曹氏无力改变自身命运,也无力拯救红楼梦中人的“无力感”,与高鹗的续写有着前后一致性;进而评价后四十回“团圆”结局的悲剧意义。     

大学生疏离感和价值观关系的研究

译订价值观量表分为五个因素,分别为物质名利取向、个人幸福取向、自然保护取向、社会发展取向、人际和谐取向,与原价值观量表的维度基本一致。自我分离感高群者更重要礼物物质名利取向的价值观,无能为力感高群者更不重视物质名利取向的侩同,疏离感与个人幸福取向、社会发展取向、自然保护取向以及人际和谐取向的价值观之间存在显著负相关;ｔ检验发现,疏离感高群与低群个人幸福取向、自然保护取向、社会发展取向、人际和谐取向     

学校疏离感问题研究

学校疏离感在西方已经研究得比较深入，而国内对之探讨得还较少。通过参阅文献、访谈和施测等方式，我们编制了学校疏离感问卷。该问卷包括四个分量表，即无意义感、无规范感、无力感、孤立感。累积贡献率达到49．464％，总问卷的Guttman分半信度为0．775，内部一致性信度（α系数）为0．773，内容效度、结构效度良好，可以作为正式施测的工具。