Reimagining Civic Literacy: A Comparative Study of Hong Kong’s Liberal Studies Reform and U.S. Social Studies Standards

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Abstract

This paper compares recent shifts in civic education curricula in Hong Kong and the United States. It analyzes how Hong Kong’s replacement of Liberal Studies with Citizenship and Social Development and U.S. state-level revisions to social studies standards reflect broader efforts to control civic discourse and manage youth political agency. Drawing on policy documents and critical curriculum theory, the study argues that both contexts reveal a narrowing of civic imagination, raising urgent questions about the future of democratic education.

Author

• Yunlu Wang, Georgia State University