Social Studies Education in East Asian Contexts

Kerry J. Kennedy is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and Advisor (Academic Development) at The Education University of Hong Kong. He is also a distinguished Visiting Professor in curriculum studies in the Faculty of Education at the University of Johannesburg.

• Part 1. A theoretical perspective on social studies education 1. The development of social studies education: An international perspective Part 2. Politics, culture and reform in Asian social studies education 2. Beyond the pendulum? Social studies education in Japan 3. The disciplinary base of social studies education in the People’s Republic of China: The case of geography 4. Evolution and controversies of social studies education in the Hong Kong education context 5. Taiwan's new social studies curriculum and its challenges 6. What has the global high performing education system to do with local social studies education? –The case of the Macao Special Administrative Region Part 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 8. Chinese students’ attitudes toward patriotism education 9. Teachers’ perceptions of moral, civic and national practices in schools 10. Integration of cross curriculum priorities into the social studies curriculum: The challenges of Taiwan's social studies teachers 11. "Learning from experience" in Social Studies curriculum in Macao: Examples of classroom practice in Geography teaching Part 4 Agenda for the future 12. Social studies education in a changing world

'Currently, interest in the education systems of some countries in East Asia focuses on how they produce students who outperform their counterparts in Western countries on international tests in areas such as Mathematics, Science and Reading. Yet little is known about the nature of social studies education and the significant influence it plays in inducting young people in Asia into the social, moral, cultural and political values of a society. This edited volume provides a unique insight into a highly significant but little known aspect of Social Studies Education in East Asia’s high performing education systems. It offers rich and unique insights from experts in the field on mandated social studies curriculum from selected Asian societies, together with perspectives on the characteristics and role of social studies education in an increasingly volatile 21st century context.' - Deborah Henderson, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia.