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Book SynopsisGlobalization, Nationalism, and Music Education in the Twenty-First Century in Greater China examines the recent developments in school education and music education in Greater China – Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan – and the relationship between, and integration of, national cultural identity and globalization in their respective school curriculums. Regardless of their common history and cultural backgrounds, in recent decades, these localities have experienced divergent political, cultural, and educational structures. Through an analysis of the literature, official curriculum documents, approved music textbooks, and a survey questionnaire and in-depth interviews with music teachers, this book also examines the ways in which policies for national identity formation and globalization interact to complement and contradict each other in the context of music education in respect to national and cultural values in the three territories.
Wai-Chung Ho’s substantive research interests include the sociology of music, China’s education system, and the comparative study of East Asian music education. Her research focuses on education and development, with an emphasis on the impact of the interplay between globalization, nationalization, and localization on cultural development and school music education.
Trade Review"A frequent contributor to international research journals in the fields of education, music education, and cultural studies, Wai-Chung Ho, wrote a masterful and scholarly text that unfolds the issues of music education inside the context of the political and social challenges of globalization and nationalism in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. [...] The research is thorough, extensive, and current."
- Frank Abrahams,
Visions of Research in Music Education, Vol. 38 (2021)
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One Introduction
Chapter Two Rising China and Governing Aspirations for Cultural Politics, Music, and Education
Chapter Three The Struggle for Cultural Identity, School Education, and Music Education in Hong Kong
Chapter Four Music Education in Taiwan: Imagining the Local, the National, and the Global
Chapter Five Music Teachers' Perspectives on Cultural and National Values in School Music Education in Greater China
Chapter Six Discussion: Rethinking the Transmission of Values and Music Cultures between Nationalism and Globalization in Music Education in Greater China
Chapter Seven Recapitulation and Conclusion
Closing Words
Index
