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Table of contents :
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Values of a Humanities Higher Education in Hong Kong
References
Contents
1 Interviews with Humanities Graduates
1.1 Methodology
1.1.1 Background of the Interviewees
1.1.2 Sampling
1.1.3 Interview Format
1.1.4 Data Analysis
1.2 Results: Graduate Interviews
1.2.1 Individual Benefits
1.2.2 Characteristics of Career Development Narratives
1.2.3 Characteristics of Humanities Pedagogy
1.2.4 Characteristics of Humanities Education Narratives
1.2.5 The Essential Contributions of Humanities Education to Hong Kong Society
1.3 Further Discussion
1.3.1 Recommendations on Pedagogical Interventions Based on the Graduate Interviews
1.3.2 Hong Kong’s Economic Conditions
References
2 Graduate Employment Survey Data
2.1 Methodology
2.2 Results: Graduate Survey Data
2.2.1 GDP by Government-Defined Sectors
2.2.2 University Data
2.3 Further Discussion
Reference
3 Conversations with Senior Humanities Scholars
3.1 The Humanities as Both Broadly and Personally Defined
3.2 The Humanities as Engaging with and Contributing to (Hong Kong) Society
3.3 The Current State of the Humanities in Hong Kong Universities
3.4 Conclusion
References
A Final Brief Summary
Appendix
Works Cited