1st Edition

School Reform and Democracy in East Asia

Edited By Masamichi Ueno Copyright 2021
196 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book discusses how East Asia has introduced school and curricular reform to reflect democratic citizenship and globalized skills, knowledge, dispositions, and competencies in the 21st century. It also focuses on the tendencies and reasons students from Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore receive the highest scores in international students’ assessment such as PISA and TIMSS; yet... Read more

1. School Reform and Democracy in Japan in the Global Era  2. The Case of School Reform in Korea: Seeking innovation of school culture  3. Curriculum Change and Teacher Education Reform in China in the Age of Globalisation  4. The Implementation of SLC in Taiwan: A new chapter in education of democracy  5. Problem-Based Learning in Singapore: A bridge between institutional and workplace learning  6. Democratisation and Education Reform in Indonesia  7. Shapes of Liberty: From the biographies of Vietnamese socialist teachers

 

Biography

Masamichi Ueno is Professor of Education at Sophia University, Japan, Visiting Professor at Shandong Normal University and Northwest University, China, and President of the Institute of East Asian Education.

 "This book provides readers with a clear and interesting introduction about how school reforms take place in Asian countries including Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam. This book is a significant reference for scholars who are interested in the fields of comparative and international education, school reform and democracy."

Rayu Hung, National Chiayi University, Taiwan