Sociological and Philosophical Perspectives on Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

✍ Scribed by Chi-Ming Lam, Jae Park (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Singapore
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 240
• Series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects 29
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book demonstrates the value of approaching education from a sociological and philosophical perspective. Specifically, it addresses current and long-standing educational issues in the Asia-Pacific region, integrating sociological and philosophical insights with practical applications in four key areas: educational aims, moral education, educational policy, and the East-West dichotomy. It discusses educational aims in terms of rationality, philosophical thinking, and sustainable development and presents the literary, religious, and analytical approaches to moral education. Four educational policies are then considered: Hong Kong’s language policy, Hong Kong’s policy on the internationalization of education, East Asia’s policies on English education, and Australia’s policy on teacher education. Different aspects of the East-West dichotomy are analysed: Confucian rationalism versus Western rationalism, Confucian learning culture versus Western learning culture, and Asian research methodology versus Western research methodology. Taken as a whole, the book shows that issues in education are rarely simple, and looking at them from multiple perspectives allows for rich and informed debates. It presents a rare philosophical and sociological analysis of the cultures and experiences of education in the Asia-Pacific region, and promotes research that leads to more culturally rooted educational policies and practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: A Sociological and Philosophical Approach to Education....Pages 1-8
Fostering Rationality in Asian Education....Pages 9-22
Redeeming Philosophy Through the Issue-Inquiry Approach: A Case in Hong Kong....Pages 23-36
Sustainable Development as a World-view: Implications for Education....Pages 37-50
The Water Margin, Moral Degradation, and the Virtue of Zhixing ....Pages 51-65
Teachers as Translators in Asian Religious Education....Pages 67-89
Reflections on Our Individual and Collective Identities as Persons in the World....Pages 91-109
A Matrix Approach to Language Policy Analysis: The Case of Hong Kong....Pages 111-130
Internationalisation of Education in Hong Kong: Practice and Challenges....Pages 131-146
Glocalisation of English Language Education: Comparison of Three Contexts in East Asia....Pages 147-164
Re-envisioning Teacher Education Programmes for International Students: Towards an Emancipatory and Transformative Educational Stance....Pages 165-178
Does Confucianism Hinder Critical Thinking in Education?....Pages 179-192
The Confucian View of Lifelong Learning: Relevancy to the Teaching and Learning of Older Adults....Pages 193-204
Asian Education and Asia as Method....Pages 205-225
Back Matter....Pages 227-229

✦ Subjects

Sociology of Education; Educational Philosophy