1st Edition
Teacher Unions, Social Movements and the Politics of Education in Asia South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines
By John P. Synott
Copyright 2002
354 Pages
by
Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2003:In the globalizing world, South Korea is widely regarded as a model example of how a school education system can enhance national economic development. Similar claims are made for other Asian NICs such as Taiwan. However, less understood is how the education system in South Korea became a site of intense conflict as, in the decade from 1989-99, a large... Read more
1: Teacher Union Studies in Asian and International Contexts; 2: A Narrative Account of the Chunkyojo Movement in South Korea; 3: Cultural and Historical Roots of the Teachers’ Union Movement in South Korea; 4: The Social Construction of Teacher Identity in South Korea; 5: Development and Education in South Korea: Models and Contexts; 6: Development, Schools and Teachers in South Korea; 7: Industrial Relations for South Korean Teachers; 8: Militarism and National Reunification in School Education; 9: Taiwan: Coalition of Teachers to Establish a New Nation; 10: Teachers for Social Justice and Liberation in the Philippines; 11: Educational Social Movements in Asia: Pathways to the Future
Biography
John P. Synott
'...a very welcome addition to the thin, almost non-existent literature on teacher unions in Asia.' Globalisation, Societies and Education
