Citizenship Education in China

Kerry J. Kennedy is Research Chair Professor of Curriculum Studies and Director of the Centre for Governance and Citizenship at The Hong Kong Institute of Education.Gregory P. Fairbrother is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences, and a Research Fellow in the Centre for Governance and Citizenship at The Hong Kong Institute of Education.Zhao Zhenzhou is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Centre for Governance and Citizenship at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.

• 1. Introduction: Educating Chinese citizens for the ‘Chinese century’: Views from the Inside Kerry John Kennedy Part 1. Citizenship Education in China: Theoretical Lens, History and Today's Debates 2. The Chinese Paternalistic State and Moral Education Gregory P. Fairbrother 3. Reforming the National Character and the Development of Chinese Civic Education in the Early Modern Period Xu Ruifang 4. A Review and Vision of Civic Education in Contemporary China Qin Shuli 5. Paradoxes of Civic and Political Education in China’s Higher Education Institutions Jiang Kai and Xu Yujie Part 2. Citizenship Education, China and the World: Visiting Locality from a Global Perspective 6. Educating for World Citizens in Chinese Schools: Moral Education in the Cosmopolitan Age Yu Tianlong 7. Globalization, Citizenship Education, and International Events: 2010 Shanghai World Exposition Education in China Law Wing-Wah 8. Multileveled Citizenship Education in Beijing: Liberation With Limitation Pan Suyan 9. Becoming Global Citizens Through Bilingualism: Chinese Citizenship Education in A Globalising World Chen Yangguang Part 3. Citizenship Curriculum: Textbooks and Learning Activities 10. Citizenship Education as the Basis for China’s Educational Modernization Tan Chuanbao 11. An Overview of Civic Education Studies in China Wang Dongxiao 12. From Ideo-political Indoctrination to Real-life Narration: Reform of Textbooks for Moral and Citizenship Education in China Wang Xiaofei and Tan Chuanbao 13. Volunteer Development in Chinese Universities Zhao Zhenzhou 14. Understanding Citizenship Education in China: Multiple Perspectives Kerry John Kennedy, Gregory P. Fairbrother, and Zhao Zhenzhou

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