Education as Cultivation in Chinese Culture

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hsu, Shihkuan (Editor), Wu, Yuh-Yin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 26
• Subjects: Education.; Culture > Study and teaching.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Sociology of Education.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; International and Comparative Education.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

Given the increasing global interest in Chinese culture, this book uses case studies to describe and interpret Chinese cultivation in contemporary Taiwanese schools. Cultivation is a concept unique to Chinese culture and is characterized by different attitudes towards teaching and learning compared...