Introducing Human Rights Education in the Confucian Society of Taiwan: Its Implications for Ethical Leadership in Education.

Hwang, Kwang-Kuo

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ERIC Number: EJ639020

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2001

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ISSN: ISSN-1360-3124

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Introducing Human Rights Education in the Confucian Society of Taiwan: Its Implications for Ethical Leadership in Education.

Hwang, Kwang-Kuo

International Journal of Leadership in Education, v4 n4 p321-32 Oct-Dec 2001

Discusses recent introduction of human-rights education in Taiwan. Describes essential characteristics of Confucian ethics; compares Confucianism with ethical leadership in education. Discusses relationship between findings on the use of corporal punishment in Taiwanese schools and ethical leadership. Describes worldwide use of corporal punishment in schools. (Contains 32 references.) (PKP)

Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Confucianism, Corporal Punishment, Cultural Context, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Foreign Countries, Individualism, Public Policy

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan

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