ERIC Number: EJ678277
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-7925
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Education Reform in Taiwan: A Search for a "National" Identity through Democratisation and Taiwanisation.
Law, Wing-Wah
Compare, v32 n1 p61-81 Mar 2002
Argues that democratisation, localization, and national identity are indivisible in Taiwan. Explains that social pressure groups, teachers, and parents are empowered in policy making processes, while the power of school officials to respond to these groups is limited. Discusses the role of school curriculum in promoting ethnic cultures and identities. (CAJ)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Democracy, Democratic Values, Economic Change, Educational Change, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Higher Education, Multicultural Education, Official Languages, Parent Empowerment, Participative Decision Making, Principals, Public Policy, School Personnel, Secondary School Curriculum, Social Influences, Teacher Empowerment, Textbooks
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China; Taiwan
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