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To promote law abidance in university students, we have launched a 3-hour law abidance leadership education program since 2021/22 academic year. To understand teachers' perceptions of the program, we have conducted qualitative evaluation of the programs delivered via a hybrid mode and online mode in 2021/22 academic year. As the program was delivered via a face-to-face mode in the first semester of 2022/23 academic year, we invited the teachers (N=9) to describe and share their teaching experience. Several observations can be highlighted from the results. First, teachers prepared the lecture using different strategies, and previous teaching experience was helpful. Second, the teaching experience of the teachers was generally positive, although they also experienced some challenges. Third, while the responses of most students were generally positive, some students showed negative behavior. Fourth, teachers generally agreed that the teaching promoted their professional teaching and well-being. The participants also had positive reflections about their teaching. These findings are generally consistent with the research findings presented previously, suggesting that law abidance leadership is beneficial to students and teachers.
Keywords: Qualitative study, teacher evaluation, Hong Kong National Security Law, law-abidance leadership, replication, Hong Kong
Introduction
The Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill proposed by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region triggered unprecedented protests in Hong Kong with pervasive violence and vandalism (1). To restore peace and order in Hong Kong and based on the "Decision of the National People's Congress on Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanisms for Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region," the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" (also known as "Hong Kong National Security Law") was enacted in 2020. In the Hong Kong National Security Law, educational institutions (including universities) have the responsibility to educate students on the Hong Kong National Security Law.
To educate students on Hong Kong NSL, we embed NSL education in a leadership subject entitled "Tomorrow's leaders." The program consists of a 3-hour lecture on law abidance leadership covering concepts on national security, the need for national security, modern Chinese history, the Constitution, the Hong Kong Basic Law, and the Hong Kong National Security Law. Besides the 3-hour lecture, students...