中国公民教育成功吗 Is Citizenship Education in China a Successful Practice.docx
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中国公民教育成功吗IsCitizenshipEducationinChinaaSuccessfulPractice
IsChinaDevelopingCivicEducationSuccessfully?
1.Introduction
ThisessaydiscussesthefeaturesandcontentsofciviceducationinChina,andarguesthatthoughfurtherimprovementsinteachingmethodsandthecurriculumareneeded,civiceducationinChinaisarelativesuccessfulpracticeinitspatrioticeducation,politicalandconstitutionaleducation.Afterthereformandopening-uppolicyin1978,dramaticsocial,politicalandeconomicchangeshavetakenplaceinChina,whichcontributestoashiftfromthetraditionalConfucianismandIeo-logicaleducationtopatriotic,moral,politicaleducationandextra-curricularactivitiesinthecurriculumofcitizenshipeducation.TheessaywillfirstlygiveabriefreviewofthedevelopmentofcitizenshipeducationinearlymodernandcontemporaryChina,thenfocusonthefeatures(theCPCguiding,classroomteachingdominatingandsocialresponsibilitycultivating)andcontents(patriotic,moral,politicalandconstitutionaleducationandextra-curricularactivities)oftheChineseciviceducationcurriculuminprimary,middle,highschoolsanduniversities.AftertheintroductiontoeachareaofChineseciviceducation,evaluationsandanalysiswillalsobegiventotheeffectivenessofcitizenshipeducation.Finally,IconcludethatthereisaneedforChinatodevelopworldcitizenshipeducationandcultivateworldcitizens.
AccordingtoHargreaves,civiceducationcanbedefinedasakindof“civicvirtueanddecentbehaviorthatadultswishtoseeinyoungpeople”(ascitedinCrick,2004,p.3).“Successful”means“havingtheeffectorresultyouintended”intheLongmanDictionary.Intheessay,“successful”refersthatChineseciviceducationservestocultivatetheyoungergenerationandhelpspeopletobequalifiedcitizens.Citizenshipeducation,whichfosterscitizenscollectivesolidarity,equipspeoplewithpoliticalknowledgeandtrainstheyoungsterstobequalifiedcitizensthroughsystematicimpartment,hasbeenacontroversialissueforalongperiodoftime.ScholarsandeducatorsfocusedondifferentaspectsofChinesecitizenshipeducationinChinaandshapeddistinctevaluations.Forinstance,thecurriculumofChineseciviceducationisinfluencedby“thestate’spolicies”,“transmitsstateprescribedvalues”,andtakestheformof“politicalleadership”(Xu&Law,2015,p.33).Li,Zhong,Lin&Zhang(2004)whomainlyfocuson“deyu”,thetraditionalChinesemoraleducation,suggestthatmoraleducationisanimportantpartofciviceducationforpreservingsocialstabilityandindoctrinatingtheyoungsters.Zhu&Feng(2008)pointoutthatafterconstantimprovementsandreformsinthecurriculum,greatchangeshavetakenplaceincitizenshipeducation,butChinastillneedstoconsidercultivatingworldcitizensintheglobalizationera.Kennedy,Fairbrother&Zhao(2014)statethatcitizenshipeducationmight“transformChinaintoamoreopen,modernandliberalsociety”(p.43),butthequestionishowtomakethetransformation.Onthebasisofpreviousstudies,thisessayfocusesonChinesecitizenshipeducationcurriculuminprimary,middle,highschoolsandhighereducationalinstitutionsfrom2000to2015.
2.ThedevelopmentofciviceducationinearlymodernandcontemporaryChina
Inthelate19thcentury,theterm“citizen”originatedinthewesternworldcametoChina(Xu,2014).DuetotheeffectsandstrugglesofChinesescholarsinthelateQingDynasty,civiceducationgrewintheearly20thcentury.Aseriesofmovementsliketheenlightenment,theexplorationofcivicmovement,theMayFourthMovementpromotedthedevelopmentofciviceducation(Xu,2014).AsXustates,civiceducationinthebeginningof20thcenturytookthefeatureof“reformingnationalcharacter,rescuingthenation,cultivatingcivicawareness,advocatinghumanrights”(p.27)andpromotingfreedom.ThesemovementsbroughtenlightenmentstoChinesecitizens,alteredpeople’sthinkingpatternsandmostimportantly,laidasolidfoundationforthefurtherdevelopmentofcitizenshipeducationinmodernChina.
In1957,theMinistryofEducationcalledforestablishingasystematicalschool-orientedciviceducationsystemfortheyoungergeneration.Thiswasthefirsttimethat“theconceptofdevelopingcitizens”(Qin,2014,p.42)hadbeenraisedtothenationallevelsincethefoundingofthePeople’sRepublicofChina.AftertheReformandOpeninguppolicyin1978,dramaticchangeshadtakenplaceinsocial,political,culturalandeconomicareasinChina.Thesechangesacceleratedthedevelopmentofciviceducation,andatthesametimearousedpeople’sawarenessofbeingthe“mastersofthecountry”(Qin,2014,p.42).Inthe1980sand1990s,theCPCCentralCommitteeandtheChineseeducationaldepartmentmadegreatprogressinexplainingtheultimatepurposeandenrichingthecontentsofcitizenshipeducation.
Thecurriculumofciviceducationwhichwasdesignedonthebasisofsocialdevelopmentprocessexperiencedseveralreforms.Beforethecurriculumreformin2000,thetextbookstenttoleadChinesecitizenstoconcernaboutmany“complicatedpolitical,philosophicalorethicalproblems”(Wang&Tan,2014,p.195).Consideringtheoldtextbookswereoutofdateandpoorlyconnectedwithstudents’reallife,thenewtextbooksafterthereformputmoreemphasisonthestudents’engagementinpublicandsocialaffairs,andtheirawarenessofbeingcitizens(Wang&Tan,2014).After2000,civiceducationwasrecognizedasanessentialpartnotonlyinschooleducation,butalsoinsociallife.Forinstance,variousactivitiesandTVprogramswereorganizedandproducedtocultivateyoungstersas“aspiring,ethical,educatedanddisciplined”(Qin,2014,p.43)socialistcitizens.In2007,the17thNationalCongressoftheCPCstatedthatthepurposeofciviceducationwasto“enhancecivicawarenesseducationandbuildupsocialistdemocracy,ruleoflaw,freedom,equalityandjustice”(ascitedinKennedy,Fairbrother&Zhao,2014,p.43).Tosumup,aftervariousrefromsandimprovementsinthepastcenturies,ChinahasdevelopedcitizenshipeducationwithChinesecharacteristic.
3.FeaturesofciviceducationinChina
ThefeaturesofChineseciviceducationcanbesummarizedinthreeaspects:
theCPCguiding,classroomteachingdominatingandsocialresponsibilitycultivating.TheCPCguidingsuggeststhatChineseciviceducationshouldbeundertheinstructionandgovernanceoftheCommunityPartyofChina(Zhang,2007).Inchina,patriotismiscloselyrelatedtotheCPCguiding.AsZhao(1998)demonstrates,though“thecontentofpatrioticeducationisnon-Communist,theessenceofthepatrioticeducationcampaignwastomaketheChinesepeoplesupporttheleadershipoftheCommunistParty”(p.296).Afterreceivingpatrioticeducation,mostoftheChineseyoungstersmayformapowerfulemotiontoChina,gainasenseofnationalidentity,nationaldignityandnationalpride,andholdadesiretocontributetoChina’sfuturedevelopment(Fairbrother,2004).
Inaddition,thecurriculumofciviceducationputsgreatemphasisonclassroom-basedteachingmodes,especiallyinprimaryandmiddleschools.Morespecifically,exceptsomevolunteeringactivitiesdesignedmainlyforuniversitystudents,mostoftheciviceducationactivitiestakeplaceinclassroomteachingenvironment.Atypicalformofciviceducationisthattheteachersimpartknowledgeintextbookstostudents.Differentcontentsoftextbooksaredesignedforprimary,secondary,highschoolanduniversitystudentsaccordingtotheircognitivecapabilities(Wang&Tan,2014).Throughasystematicalimpartmentofsuchsubjectsashistory,politics,andgeographybyteachers,studentsmayconcernaboutthedevelopmentanddestinyofChinesesociety,traditionalChineseculture,achievementsordifficultiesinthemodernizationconstruction,whichmaybeeffectiveinpromotingstudents’socialresponsibilityandenhancingtheirmoralconsciousness.
ApartfromtheCPCguidingandclassroomteachingdominating,anotherfeatureofChineseciviceducationisthatcitizenshipeducationaimsatcultivatingstudents’socialresponsibility.Differentfromcitizenshipeducationinthewesternworldwhichconcentratesonindividualism,civiceducationinChinafocusesmoreoncollectivismandresponsibility(Zhang,2007).AccordingtoCummings,somepossibleinstancesofcollectiveconcernscanbe“providingaguideforbehaviorindailylife,encouragingcivicconsciousness,strengtheningnationalidentity,fosteringanappreciationfortheheritage,andemphasizingfamilyvalues”(ascitedinLee,Grossman,Kennedy&Fairbrother,2004,p.26).Inaddition,inthepastfewdecades,thecurriculumhasconcentratedonguidingyoungstershowtoundertaketheirresponsibilityfortheirfamiliesandclassmates,thenation,thesociety,thegovernmentandthecountry,howtogetalongwithothers,whatrolesdotheyneedtoplayinthecommunity,andwhattheirobligationsandrightsare.Thepurposeofcultivatingstudentstotakeresponsibilitiesistoincreasetheir“awarenessofdemocracy,awarenessofrightsandobligations,andawarenessofequityandjusticeamongcitizens”(Wang,2014,p.179).
Ascanbeseenfromwhathavebeendiscussedabove,typicalfeaturesofChineseciviceducationaregovernment-oriented,classroomteachingdominatingandtextbooksinstructing,andaimingatcultivatingstudents’responsibility.
4.ContentsandevaluationsofciviceducationinChina
4.1Patrioticeducation
AsFairbrother(2004)illustrates,Chinesepatrioticeducationservesseveralfunctions:
firstly,increasingnationalunityandterritorialintegrity;secondly,impartingknowledgeaboutinternationalre
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