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ERIC Number: EJ1236715
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0218-8791
EISSN: N/A
To Teach or Not Teach Controversial Public Issues in Taiwan?
Hung, Yu-Han
Asia Pacific Journal of Education, v39 n4 p562-576 2019
This study is aimed at exploring how teachers make curricular-instructional decisions regarding teaching contemporary controversial public issues in Taiwan (e.g., national identity, sovereignty, and ethnic issues). Using a case study design, this study documents how six social studies teachers make curricular decisions about whether to teach controversial public issues or not, and how teachers develop the curriculum and pedagogy for teaching controversial public issues. Findings illuminate that teachers' personal practical knowledge -- i.e., their family background and teacher preparation -- act as important factors that influence their curricular decision-making. In addition, teachers' curricular-instructional decisions on whether to teach controversial public issues or not reflects an increased autonomy and authority in Taiwan. In sum, this study, refracted through the national context of Taiwan, provides insights into the possibilities that exist within Taiwanese teachers' curricular-instructional decisions and increased autonomy and authority.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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