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Citizenship Curriculum in Asia and the Pacific (Comparative Education Research Centre, University of Hong Kong) New Edition
Author(s): David Grossman (Author), Wing On Lee (Author), Kerry Kennedy (Author)
- Publisher: Comparative Education Research Cnte, Hong Kong Uni
- Publication Date: 1 Feb. 2008
- Edition: New
- Language: English
- Print length: 280 pages
- ISBN-10: 962809369X
- ISBN-13: 9789628093694
Book Description
Based on case studies of societies in the world’s most dynamic region, this book signals a new direction in the study of the citizenship curriculum. Following their very successful “Citizenship Education in Asia and the Pacific: Concepts and Issues”, the editors have gone beyond broad citizenship education frameworks to examine the realities, tensions, discontinuities and pressures that influence citizenship curriculum. Comparative cross-case and reflective analyses show a complex picture of curriculum reform that reflects struggles between global and local agendas. On the one hand, the cases reveal a global rhetoric and rationale dominating reform discourse across societies. On the other hand, this discourse does not necessarily extend to citizenship curriculum that continues to be constructed according to distinctive social, political and cultural contexts. Whether the focus is on Islamic values in Pakistan, an emerging discourse about Chinese “democracy”, a nostalgic conservatism in Australia, or a continuing nation-building project in Malaysia – these cases show the distinctive social values and ideologies that construct citizenship curriculum in these new times, reflecting the diversity of the region. The editors are widely regarded as leaders in the field in the Asia-Pacific region.
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About the Author
David L. Grossman is an Adjunct Senior Fellow of the Education Programme of the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. Grossman was formerly Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Languages, Arts and Sciences, and Head of the Centre of Citizenship Education at the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd). Before that he was Director of the Stanford University Programme on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE). Wing On Lee is Acting President and Vice-President (Academic) of the Hong Kong Institute of Education. Before that he was Professor of Education and Director (International) for Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney in Australia, where he remains an Honorary Professor. Prior to his Australian appointment, he served at HKIEd as the founding Dean of the School of Foundations in Education, Head of two Departments, and Head of the Centre for Citizenship Education. Kerry J. Kennedy is Acting Vice-President (Academic) and Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Professional and Early Childhood Education at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. He has also served as Head of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at HKIEd. Prior to that, he was Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the University of Canberra in Australia.
