This book focuses on the academic foundations, trends and traditions of environmental education for sustainable development in Chinese contexts. It highlights case studies that illuminate recent sustainability initiatives in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
This book focuses on the academic foundations, trends and traditions of environmental education for sustainable development in Chinese contexts. It hi...
Education officials, specialist leaders and teachers have all been involved in different ways to bring about school reform in Hong Kong. This book provides current and relevant analysis of these reforms, highlighting the way in which agencies have cooperated in bringing about change over the last several decades.
Education officials, specialist leaders and teachers have all been involved in different ways to bring about school reform in Hong Kong. This book pro...
Much has been written about globalization and the challenge of preparing young people for the new world of work and life in times of complexity and continuous change. However, few works have examined how globalization has and will continue to shape education in the East. This volume discusses education within the context of globalization and examines what is occurring in schools and systems of education in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Singapore, and Australia. Closer examination of recent developments and current trends reveal the same turbulence and a range...
Much has been written about globalization and the challenge of preparing young people for the new world of work and life in times of complexity and...
Environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) are asserting their growing role in curricula around the world, yet how deeply embedded are they in the learning systems of the Pacific nations? Building on an earlier analysis in China and Taiwan, this volume expands its purview to examine the quality and extent of environmental and sustainable development education in a number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including China itself, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and Indonesia.As well as offering detailed national analyses provided by Asian-Pacific academics...
Environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) are asserting their growing role in curricula around the world, yet ho...
This handbook provides an ultimate reference work that provides authoritative and international overviews of schools and schooling in Asia. In three parts, it displays the current state of the scholarship for schools and schooling in Asia including emerging, controversial and cutting-edge contributions in a thematic approach. Part (i) covers regional contexts influencing education, part (ii) includes educational priorities (such as curriculum, assessment, teacher education, school leadership, etc.) and part (iii) focuses on issues such as private tutoring and cram schools, lifelong...
This handbook provides an ultimate reference work that provides authoritative and international overviews of schools and schooling in Asia. In thre...
There has been much debate in recent times between the Anglo American tradition of curriculum studies and the Continental and North European tradition of didactics (Didaktik). As important as such debate has been, this book seeks to add new voices to the debate representing ideas and traditions from a different part of the world. The focus is on Chinese curriculum thinking that has passed through a number of stages and currently represents a blend of some aspects of the American tradition and Chinese cultural traditions. How does Chinese thinking about curriculum, teaching and learning...
There has been much debate in recent times between the Anglo American tradition of curriculum studies and the Continental and North European tradit...
This book addresses growing reservations about the relevance of educational systems to the economic and social needs of individuals by examining different aspects of transitions from school to work or further studies within formal and informal settings in Asia.
This book addresses growing reservations about the relevance of educational systems to the economic and social needs of individuals by examining diffe...
