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Civic Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

Case Studies Across Six Societies

This book examines the approach to civic education in six societies located on the Pacific Rim: Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and the US. In these scrupulously designed studies, the contributors investigate the recent re-emergence of civic education in this region. Developments such as globalization, nationalism, and sovereignty have profound effects on how schools make "good citizens." These essays reveal how definitions of citizenship are contested and revised under such influences, and interrogate differences in civic education from nation to nation. As societies attempt to strike a balance between obedience and critical thinking, schools become the primary site of these transformations. Analyzing both educational policy and its implementation, these contributors offer a groundbreaking, comparative study that grounds civic education historically and politically.

Introduction We stated in the opening chapter of this book that our goal was to
examine the nature of civic education across six societies located on the Pacific
Rim (Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and the United States) ...

Civic Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

Case Studies Across Six Societies

This text examines the approach to civic education and its recent re-emergence in the Pacific Rim and the USA. Under the influence of globalization, nationalism and sovereignty, the authors reveal how definitions of citizenship are contested.

Although most of the participants believed civic education should deal with
controversial issues, these were avoided at all levels. In Thailand, the case
studies of the three selected schools (public, private, and demonstration)
exhibited very ...