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Daoism, Social Justice and Global Citizenship Education book cover

1st Edition

Daoism, Social Justice and Global Citizenship Education

By Jing Dang Copyright 2027
206 Pages
by Routledge

Drawing on Daoist concepts from the  Dao De Jing  and the  Zhuangzi , this book offers a philosophical account of Global Citizenship Education (GCE) that addresses pressing global issues such as poverty, racism, and peacebuilding. It advocates a noncoercive approach to critical pedagogy, illustrating how Daoism can enrich educational theory and practice.   Key features include an extension of... Read more

List of tables

Foreword

Preface

 

PART ONE: Introduction to global citizenship education and Daoism

 

1       Why a Daoist perspective matters                                                                                         

2       Early Daoism and its key concepts                                            

 

 

PART TWO: A non-coercive approach to global citizenship and global citizenship education

 

3       The water model of global citizenship, capabilities and critical pedagogy

4       Spontaneous change and the non-coercive development of global citizenship education            

 

PART THREE: Social justice and the three domains of global citizenship education

 

5       Great knowledge, perspectivism and global poverty

6       Dao, “race” and critical racial literacy

7       Daoist emptiness-mindfulness and anti-racism education

8       Daoist inner peace, social justice and peace education

 

9       Conclusion: Should we all learn Daoism?

Biography

Jing Dang has gained a PhD in the philosophy of education from the University of Sydney, Australia. She has taught traditional Chinese culture and philosophy in Australia and China.

 

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