Citizenship Curriculum in Asia and the Pacific

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Grossman, David L. (Editor), Lee, Wing On (Editor), Kennedy, Kerry J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: CERC Studies in Comparative Education ; 22
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Social sciences.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; International and Comparative Education.; Curriculum Studies.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.; Social Sciences, general.

Based on case studies of 11 societies in the world’s most dynamic region, this book signals a new direction of study at the intersection of citizenship education and the curriculum. Following their successful volume, Citizenship Education in Asia and the Pacific: Concepts and Issues (published as No...

Table of Contents:

• Conceptual Overview
• Globalised Economies and Liberalised Curriculum: New Challenges for National Citizenship Education
• East Asia
• The Development of Citizenship Education Curriculum in Hong Kong after 1997: Tensions between National Identity and Global Citizenship
• Taiwan’s New Citizenship Curriculum: Changes and Challenges
• Citizenship Curriculum in China: A Shifting Discourse towards Chinese Democracy, Law Education and Psychological Health
• Citizenship Education Curriculum in Japan
• South/Southeast Asia
• The Anatomy of an Islamic Model: Citizenship Education in Pakistan
• Citizenship Discourse in the Context of Decentralisation: The Case of Indonesia
• The Building of a Nation and Ideas of Nationhood: Citizenship Education in Malaysia
• Political Pragmatism and Citizenship Training in Singapore
• Pacific Rim
• Democracy at a Crossroads: Political Tensions Concerning Educating for Citizenship in the United States
• More Civics, Less Democracy: Competing Discourses for Citizenship Education in Australia
• “Creative and Innovative Citizenry”: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Citizenship Education in New Zealand
• Reflective Analysis
• Tensions and Contentions in Citizenship Curriculum in Asia and the Pacific.