Taming cosmopolitanism: The limits of national and neoliberal civic education in two global cities

Taming cosmopolitanism: The limits of national and neoliberal civic education in two global cities

• Baildon, Mark National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University
• Alviar-Martin, Theresa Kennesaw State University

Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 40(1), 98-111, 2020

Routledge

2020

• P Social Context of Education
  • PC Society & Education
• P Social Context of Education
  • PE Law & Education ; Politics & Education
• P Social Context of Education
  • PB Comparative Education

Cosmopolitanism Civic Education Global Education Global Citizenship Education Social Studies Education Comparative Case Study Method Discourse Analysis

• Hong Kong
• Singapore

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

This paper analyzes global education policy and curricular documents in Singapore and Hong Kong. Using a discursive approach, we characterize curricular aims through various cosmopolitan perspectives. We posit that although touted as Asian global cities, Singapore and Hong Kong are cases where neoliberal and nation-centric educational agendas have effectively rebranded cosmopolitanism and tamed its transformative potential. To develop this argument, we review theories and critiques of cosmopolitan forms of global citizenship education deemed necessary to prepare young people for complex global social conditions. We discuss cosmopolitan principles on identity, values, and deliberation and draw on critical cosmopolitanism and Asian forms of cosmopolitanism to provide a discursive framework for analyzing curricular intentions in the two cases. Copyright ©Routledge.

• English

Journal Articles

• 02188791

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2021-02-16