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六月研討會 June Conference
 
「 青少年國民教育 」研討會
Invited Seminar on National Education
日期：二零零八年六月十二至十四日
Date: June 12-14, 2008
 

The objective of this seminar on National Education is to bring together a small, focused group of civic and national education scholars and practitioners to engage in in-depth discussion, share perspectives, and exchange ideas on the teaching and learning of national education, with the outcome of further collaboration, research, and publication among participants.

Seminar participants will explore conceptions of national identity and the theory, practice, and pedagogy of national education in schools and classrooms in diverse Chinese contexts, with a particular focus on what is taught and what students learn about their nation at the primary and secondary levels of education.

 

Specific questions might address include:

�郻hat is the meaning of national identity in Chinese contexts?

�郻hat is the relationship between national identity and multiple citizenship identities?

�� What are the goals of national education?

�軫ow is national education carried out in schools and classrooms?

�軫ow do teachers and students perceive the goals and practice of national education?

�軫ow is national education assessed and evaluated at student and school levels?

�軫ow can success in carrying out national education be defined? How successful is national education in achieving

���鈌ntended goals? How might it be made more successful?

�軱s there a role for critical thinking in the theory and practice of national education?

 

 

Participants came from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau

 

Keynote speaker: Prof. Lee Wing On (HKIEd)

Dr. Gregory Fairborther and Prof. Lee Wing On (HKIEd)

Prof. Zhong Ming Hua (Sun Yat-sen University ),Prof. Deng Yu Hao

(National Taiwan Normal University ) , Dr. Zhao Zhen Zhou (HKIEd)

and Prof. Doong Shiow Lan (National Taiwan Normal University )

Dr. Zhao Zhen Zhou and Dr. Leung Yan Wan (HKIEd), Mr. Wu Han Ping

( The High School Affiliated to Sun Yat-sen University ),Prof. Tse Kwan Choi (The Chinese University of Hong Kong )

Seminar participants