Social Studies Education in East Asian Contexts (Hardcover, 1)

Section 1. A theoretical perspective on social studies education 1. The development of social studies education: An international perspective, Kerry J. Kennedy.Section 2. Politics, culture and reform in Asian social studies education 2. Beyond pendulum? Social studies education in Japan, Hiromi Kawaguchi and Jongsung Kim.3. The disciplinary base of social studies education in the People’s Republic of China: The case of geography, Xiaxoue Kuang. 4. Evolution and controversies of social studies education in the Hong Kong education context, Wilton Chi Fung Chau and Kin Lin Wong. 5. Taiwan's new social studies curriculum and its challenges, Liou Show-Mann.6. What has the global high performing education system to do with local social studies education? ?The case of the Macao Special Administrative Region, Sou Kuan Vong.Section 3 Social studies education in East Asian classrooms 7. "This is a matter of survival": The collaboration between education for disaster prevention and Social Studies education in Japan, Jongsung Kim and Hiromi Kawaguchi.8. Chinese students’ attitudes toward patriotism education, Weiliang Luo, Yuzhen Ding and Xiaoxue Kuang.9. Teachers’ perceptions of moral, civic and national practices in schools, Kin Lin Wong and J.C.K Lee.10. Integration of cross curriculum priorities into the social studies curriculum: The challenges of Taiwan's social studies teachers, Show-Mann Liou.11. "Learning from experience" in Social Studies curriculum in Macao: Examples of classroom practice in Geography teaching, Min-Chuan Sung.Section 4 Agenda for the future 12. Social studies education in a changing world, Kerry J. Kennedy