Macau Multiculturalism

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Macau Multiculturalism

• Dr. So Chiu Ho
• University of Macau

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Introduction

• Macau is a multi-cultural city with its unique
  groups of inhabitants, races, culture, language,
  religion and convention.
  
• The factors have an effect on our educational
  system, bringing forth to a diverse and
  multi-cultural school systems and schooling
  operation.

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Introduction

• The lecture mainly focuses on the multicultural
  education in Macau.

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Introduction

• The lecture is divided into three parts
• Background information of Macau
• Geographical location, area, population
• Multiculturalism in Macau
• Multi-cultural education in Macau
• Statistics
• School systems
• The effect of religion on schools

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Geographical Location

• Latitude 22o14' N and longitude 113o35' E
• Pearl River Delta of Guangdong Province
• 60km from Hong Kong

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Geographical Location
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Area

• Total Area 25.8 km2
• Includes the peninsula, the 2 outlying islands
  Taipa and Coloane
  

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Population

• Local population numbered 440,000
• Population density 18,000/km2
• Male 47.2
• Female 52.8

• People under 19 about 30 of the population

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Multiculturalism in Macau

• A combination of the West and East Culture
• Local Chinese and Portuguese
• From the West (Spanish, Dutch, Englishmen,
  Italian and French)
  
• From the East (Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese,
  Malaysian and Indian)

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Multiculturalism in Macau

• Contribution the special and unique culture of
  Macau
  
• Thus affects the races, language, religion, law,
  architecture, art and convention of the people

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The Races, Language and Religion

• Unique living and thinking styles
• Mutual effect with each other as a result of
  their social interaction
  
• Local Chinese and Portuguese are the two
  influencing groups

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The Races, Language and Religion

• How does the coexistence affect the people?
• Living places
• Chinese and Portuguese started to live
  together
  
• Intermarriage
• results in the mixed-race Macanese
• Language
• Macanese speak fluent Portuguese and Cantonese

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The Races, Language and Religion

• Religious Culture
• Different religions
• Buddhism
• Catholicism
• Christianity
• Taoism
• Confucianism
• Islam

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• Thus, Macau is a multi-cultural city

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Education

• Number of Schools

Number of school units 130
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Education

• Statistics for Classes

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Education

• Statistics for Students

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Education

• Statistics for Teachers

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Education

• Statistics for Students (by gender)

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Education

• Number of Religious Schools

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Education

• 4 types of school systems in Macau
• The Chinese-based
• The KMT (Taiwanese)-based
• The Portuguese-based
• The Hong Kong-based

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Education

• The school system in Macau is diverse
• There is a great difference in the ways of school
  operation, enrollment of students, medium of
  instruction and the length of instruction
  

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Education

• Hence, a non-standardized educational system and
  irregular outcome of the standard of students and
  teaching qualities.

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Education

• Different religions set up schools in Macau
  however, they share similar schooling vision and
  mission

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Education

• Common Visions
• Promote the human and spiritual growth
• Develop students to be fine and honest adults,
  who are capable of shouldering their
  responsibilities to society
  
• Develop students to be sensitive to the needs of
  others

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Education

• Common Missions
• To provide quality education with
• Well-planned and qualified curriculum
• Comfortable learning environment
• Respect of students diversity

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Conclusion

• Macau is a rich repository of multicultural
  culture, which can be best manifested by the
  coexistence of both the West and East language
  and religion.

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Conclusion

• Although different schools of different religious
  background share a common mission and vision in
  their schooling, there are still differences in
  
• School operation and environment
• Goal (of running the school)
• Principal and other administrative staffs
• School rules and mottos
• Facilities in schools

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Conclusion

• Arrangement of curriculum and extra-curricular
  activities
  
• Content and aim of the religious, civic and moral
  education
  
• Content and aim of inner-school activities in the
  morning assembly or meetings
  
• Arrangement of functions in religious festivals

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Conclusion

• Religious environment in the school
• Different target of worship
• Different style of worship
• Different function for worship

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Conclusion

• Despite their different religious background,
  schools in Macau are still in good cooperation
  and harmony, showing respect to others, and
  working together to contribute to a better
  education for the next generation.

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Conclusion

• Hence, an embodiment of the coexistence of
  multicultural education.

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• Thank you for your attention!