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Cultural Difference and Shared Values

A Critical Perspective on Being a Good Citizen, East and West

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

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In the middle of a snowstorm, in March 2010, my husband and I left our home in South Korea and boarded a flight to Australia. The flight was delayed as snow had to be removed from the plane before it could take off, but eventually we landed in Sydney on a sunny autumn day. I had arrived to take up a new appointment as lecturer in Human Development and Education at the University of Sydney.

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Kim, M. (2015). Cultural Difference and Shared Values. In: Print, M., Tan, C. (eds) Educating “Good” Citizens in a Globalising World for the Twenty-First Century. Civic and Political Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-346-9_5

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