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

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...

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Other Authors Cogan, John J. (Editor), Grossman, David L. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2012.
SeriesResearch 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
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806614844
DOI10.1108/978-1-61735-955-2
Physical Description1 online resource (x, 170 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1
  • Introduction / David L. Grossman and John J. Cogan
  • Chapter 2. Teaching for social justice across the curriculum: Connecting theory and practice / John T. King
  • Chapter 3. The development of civic and moral education in hong kong's changing context / Yan Wing Leung and Timothy W. W. Yuen
  • Chapter 4. Governance and self-governance in macau: Is there a pathway to socially responsible citizens? / Teresa Sou Kuan Vong
  • Chapter 5. Educating socially responsible citizens: A view from hawai'i / Gay Garland Reed
  • Chapter 6. Local governments as promoters of citizenship education: A case study of shinagawa city, tokyo / Julie Higashi
  • Chapter 7. Challenges and opportunities for citizenship education in the changing society of south korea / Yong Lin Moon
  • Chapter 8. Citizenship education in Mexico / Maria Eugenia Luna-Elizarraras
  • Chapter 9. Epilogue / John J. Cogan and David L. Grossman
  • About the contributors.

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