1. The Standardization and Globalization of World History Teaching in Three Chinese Societies.
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Suk-Ying Wong
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WORLD history ,MODERN history ,HISTORY education ,SECONDARY education - Abstract
This paper examines the forces that have influenced changes in the way history is written. Specifically, the paper investigates systematically changes in the modern world history teaching in three Chinese societies in East Asia, namely, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The main objective is to examine differences in the organization of and emphasis on world history instructional content in junior and senior secondary school textbooks to better understand the meaning and implications of these changes that are embedded in this school subject. For an investigation of textbook content, a total of 26 world history textbooks from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong have been selected. The focus is on the inclusion and presentation of the historical figures in these textbooks by specifically looking at the historical characters mentioned within the chronological. By applying both a cross-time and cross-sectional analysis of these textbooks, it is hoped that some adequate and meaningful theoretical explanations for school curricular reform and social change might begin to emerge. The paper concludes by discussing how world educational models might have had an effect in shaping the local realities of education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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