Educating “Good” Citizens for a Globalized World
Two Different but Linked Countries
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There are many ways to understand the concept of “good citizen”. This book focuses on what it means to be a “good citizen” in the twenty-first century by exploring this concept in two different, but closely linked, countries. China is a superpower in Asia, and internationally an emerging leading power, whose citizens are in the midst of major social and economic transformation. Australia, with British / European roots, is transforming itself into an Asian entity in multiple ways including through trade, economic and educational relations with China, its main trading partner.
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Citizenship Education Civic Virtue Good Citizen Global Citizenship Australian Curriculum
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