Tradition meets pluralism: the receding Confucian values in the Taiwanese citizenship curriculum

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 176-190

  Hung, Cheng Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese culture; citizenship education; Confucianism; moral education; Taiwanese curriculum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937022810     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188791.2014.934782     Document Type: Article

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