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Educating “Good” Citizens in a Globalising World for the Twenty-First Century

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Murray Print

    1. University of Sydney, Australia

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  2. Chuanbao Tan

    1. Beijing Normal University, China

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  • This book examines the concept of 'good' citizen in two linked, yet different countries - China and Australia
  • The book examines how policies, curricula and school practice address what it means for school students to become 'good' citizens in the 21st century
  • The book contends that citizenship education and moral education in both countries overlap on the task of how to educate for a “good citizen”

Part of the book series: Civic and Political Education (CAPE)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Educating “Good” Citizens for a Globalized World

    • Murray Print, Chuanbao Tan
    Pages 1-10

  3. Exploring the Potential to Educate “Good Citizens” through the Australian Civics and Citizenship Curriculum

    • Deborah Henderson
    Pages 11-31

  4. The “Good” Citizen for the 21st Century

    • Murray Print
    Pages 33-48

  5. Civic Virtue and Global Responsibilities

    • Andrew Peterson
    Pages 49-64

  6. Cultural Difference and Shared Values

    • Minkang Kim
    Pages 65-79

  7. Values Education and the Making of “Good” Citizens in Australia

    • Murray Print
    Pages 81-95

  8. “Citizen” or “Simin”?

    • Jianwu Ban, Chuanbao Tan
    Pages 97-137

  9. To Show “Chinese Character”

    • Liang Du
    Pages 139-154

  10. On Identities of Community in Civic and Citizenship Education

    • Xiaofei Wang
    Pages 155-175

  11. Being Good but Critical Citizens

    • Zenzhou Zhao
    Pages 177-192

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 193-196
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About this book

"What is needed to be a “good” citizen for the twenty-first century? And how can schools and curricula address this question? This book addresses these questions and what it means to be a “good citizen” in the twenty-first century by exploring this concept in two different, but linked, countries. China is a major international power whose citizens are in the midst of a major social and economic transformation. Australia is transforming itself into an Asian entity in multiple ways and is influenced by its major trading partner – China. Yet both rely on their education systems to facilitate and guide this transformation as both countries search for “good” citizens.


The book explores the issue of what it means to be a “good citizen” for the 21st century at the intersection between citizenship education and moral education. The issue of what constitutes a “good citizen” is problematic in many countries and how both countries address this issue is vitally important to understanding how societies can function effectively in an increasingly interconnected world.


The book contends that citizenship education and moral education in both countries overlap on the task of how to educate for a “good citizen”. Three key questions are the focus of this book: 
1.   What is a “good citizen” in a globalizing world? 
2.   How can “good citizenship” be nurtured in schools?
3.   What are the implications of the concept of “good citizen” in education, particularly the school curriculum?


Murray Print (PhD) and Chuanbao Tan (PhD) are professors from the University of Sydney, Australia and Beijing Normal University, China respectively. Both are national leaders within their respective countries and they have brought together a group of leading Australian and Chinese citizenship educators to explore these key questions."









Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Sydney, Australia

    Murray Print

  • Beijing Normal University, China

    Chuanbao Tan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Educating “Good” Citizens in a Globalising World for the Twenty-First Century

  • Editors: Murray Print, Chuanbao Tan

  • Series Title: Civic and Political Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-346-9

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-346-9Published: 14 December 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 196

  • Topics: Education, general

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