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Teacher Unions, Social Movements and the Politics of Education in Asia - South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines (Paperback)
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Teacher Unions, Social Movements and the Politics of Education in Asia - South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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This title was first published in 2003:In the globalizing world,
South Korea is widely regarded as a model example of how a school
education system can enhance national economic development. Similar
claims are made for other Asian NICs such as Taiwan. However, less
understood is howA the education system in South Korea became a
site of intense conflict as, in the decade from 1989-99, a large
movement of teachers battled with the government over
development-related issues such as democratic reforms and human
rights in schooling, in a struggle that divided this
education-oriented society and at times plunged the nation's
schools into chaos. This book analyses the emergence of the
National Teachers' Union of Korea, Chunkyojo, and traces its
struggle for educational reforms. The book examines the South
Korean education system within national and global contexts and the
historical experiences that have shaped the modern nation - such as
its Confucianist history, its experiences of colonialism and the
legacy of the Cold War conflict with North Korea.A As South Korea
searches for pathways for reunification, economic growth and the
consolidation of democratic civil society, important new
perspectives on the role of education emerge through this analysis
of the teachers' social movement. This book also presents separate
chapters on teacher movements in Taiwan and the Philippines, that
provide interesting comparisons to the South Korean case, while
revealing the distinctive political and historical experiences that
have shaped education in these societies and the emergence of
reformist teacher movements. In a valuable appendix, the author
discusses methodological and theoretical aspects of the research in
this book.
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