Creating Good Citizens in China: Comparing Grade 7-9 School Textbooks, 1997-2005

Autor/in	Kwan-Choi Tse, Thomas
Titel	Creating Good Citizens in China: Comparing Grade 7-9 School Textbooks, 1997-2005
Quelle	In: Journal of Moral Education, 40 (2011) 2, S.161-180 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7240
Schlagwörter	Citizenship; Textbooks; Asian Culture; Foreign Countries; Ideology; Comparative Analysis; Content Analysis; Citizenship Education; Social Systems; Global Approach; Civil Rights; Personal Autonomy; Political Attitudes; Public Policy; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerschaft; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Ausland; Ideologie; Inhaltsanalyse; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Social system; Soziales System; Globales Denken; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Individuelle Autonomie; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Öffentliche Ordnung
Abstract	Ideological indoctrination is explicit and pervasive in China, with the school curriculum used to mould the spirit and character of adolescents, fulfilling ideological and political purposes. But the exact content varies over time. Comparing two versions of textbooks published in 1997 and 2005, this paper depicts the continuities and change in the curricular discourses centred on the notion of "good citizen". While keeping the official status of socialism and the Party leadership untouched, the new textbooks soften the presentation and packaging of the ideological content, very much in tandem with the soft authoritarianism practised since the post-Deng era when China has been deeply involved in the processes of marketisation, liberalisation and globalisation. The new textbooks also adopt a stance of greater reconciliation with human rights and global citizenship. While being granted more autonomy and rights, young citizens are still expected to shoulder the mission of national revival and socialist modernisation--very much derived from official policies. (Contains 4 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10