Creating socially responsible citizens : cases from the Asia-Pacific region

• Other Authors: Cogan, John J. (Editor), Grossman, David L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2012.
• Series: Research in social education.
• Subjects: Moral education > East Asia > Cross-cultural studies.; Moral education > Pacific Area > Cross-cultural studies.; Citizenship > Study and teaching > East Asia > Cross-cultural studies.; Citizenship > Study and teaching > Pacific Area > Cross-cultural studies.; Education > Aims & Objectives.; Moral and social purpose of education.; Educational strategies and policy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806614844
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-955-2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 170 pages) : illustrations

This book originates from a collaborative research initiative to examine how various societies in the Asia-Pacific Region construct moral and civic education, and to what extent these systems achieve the democratic objective of creating socially responsible citizens. In many western societies there...